Death of Mrs. Ward GOODRICH

This community was painfully shocked on Monday morning at the news of Mrs. Ward Goodrich's death which occured the preceding evening. She had been reported sickly for two or three weeks past, but no one, not even the intimate relatives considered her condition serious until a comparatively short time before the end. For some years past she had been subject to bad bilious attacks and other troubles arising from a disordered liver, and her last illness was considered to be no worse than an accute repetion of one of these attacks. The case was difficult to diagnose and not untill Saturday could the physicians fully determine that she was affected with an abcess on the liver. An effort was then made to remove the accumulated pus by the use of an aspirator. This was successful to the extent of extracting a large quanity of the corruption, but the whole system had become imptegnated with the poison and the patient was beyond human aid. Towards the last it became evident that the attack must prove fatal and when death came to claim the sufferer she was surrounded by all her family who were so anxious and yet so powerless to ward off the grim messenger. Mrs. Goodrich had been a resident at the family home southwest of town for nearly 30 years and was universally liked for her sunny disposition and womanly qualities. Her neighbors will miss her sadly and nothing but the healing influence of time can obliterate the desolation which her death has caused in the home of her husband and children. Funeral services were held at the farm on Tuesday and were attended by people living for miles in every direction. Almost all the buisness, houses were represented and nothing but the inability to procure conveyances prevented the town from being practically desereted by it's unhabitants who wished to show their respect and regard for a good woman and a life well spent. The Citizen joins in the sincere expressions of sympathy for the bereaved family. Eva Francis Eddie was born in Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, on July 31st, 1855. At the age of ten years she accompanied her parents to Dixon, Illinois, where she remained until her marriage with Ward F. Goodrich, December 28th, 1872. In the following spring she came to Nebraska and settled on the honestead taken by her husband, which was her continuous home from that date until death occurred on the evening of January 5th, 1902.

Card of Thanks

We wish to express our appreciation and thanks for the great kindness and assistance extended to us by our many friends during the trying time which resulted in the bereavement of our home of a loving wife and mother. We also desire to sincerely thank all who so kindly aided us with their practical help and sympathy at the funeral.

Ward F. Goodrich and Family

Laid to rest in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.

Former Citizen Dies in Washington - Ward F. GOODRICH

Ward F. Goodrich was born in Courtland county in N.Y., July 10th, 1845. On December 28th, 1873 he was united in marriage to Eva F. Eddy. To this union was born two sons and three daughters. In 1874, Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich came to Antelope county, Nebraska, where the lived and toiled as pioneers until after the death of Mrs. Goodrich in 1902. In 1905 Mr. Goodrich moved with his daughters to Vancover, Washington where he lived at the time of his death April 9th, 1918. Mr. Goodrich served one year in the Civil War having enlisted in Co. F 147th Illinois Infantry. He leaves a son, Morris of Hopewell, Oregon; two daughters, Miss Ida who has been his constant attendant since the death of his wife; and Mrs. T. O. Wilson of Portland, Oregon; two brothers Bennett C. of Wagner, S. Dakota and Ira H. of Vancover, Washington; and one sister Mrs. Junius Brown of Wooster Texas. Burried in the I.O.O.F. cemetary, Tilden, Nebraska.

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