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The Greenleaf community
was saddened Thursday morning when they learned of the death
of Mrs. I. J. Beals. Although she had been ailing for several
years and had not been able to be out among us the last year
yet her influence was plainly left.
All
that a kind loving husband and children could do was done for
her but to no avail. Just a few days before her death Mrs.
Beals made all of the arrangements for her funeral, having
uppermost in her thought that some unbeliever might be touched
and come to know her Savior. It was a very impressive service,
and he Holy spirit was strongly felt by all present. Cora,
daughter of Arthur and Martha Bufkin, was born at Lynville,
Jasper county, Iowa, on June 14, 1869. Died of tuberculosis at
Greenleaf, Idaho, March 16, 1916. She was a birthright member
of the Friends church. She graduated from the Lynville high
school in 1887 and taught in this school most of the following
four years. She was married August 13. 1891 to I. J. Beals, of
Piatt, South Dakota. They immediately moved to his farm near
that place and resided there almost six years, then moved to
Searsboro, Ia., where they resided eleven years, then moved to
Greenleaf, Idaho, where they have since resided. To this union
were born four children, Prescott. Louella, Ellis and Charles,
all of whom with her husband servive her and were at her
bedside when she passed away.
During all
of these years she showed herself possessed of gifts which she
used freelv in the service of the Master. The beauty and
strength of her character were evident not alone to her family
but also to a large circle of friends and neighbors. She was
an ideal mother, and has to a marked degree handed down these
characteristics to her children. She was always thoughtful of
others. Those who knew her best, speak of her strong
conviction of right, of her devotion and loyalty to truth as
she knew it. Her willingness to sacrifice unsparingly to the
cause of Christ. She has left a place never to be filled in
the home. Her faithfulness in the church has been an
inspiration to many to give themselves as a living sacrifice.
She was laid to rest in the Greenleaf cemetery. |
