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The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, June 10, 1888
pg. 3

The Silent Messenger
Few announcements of a similar character have occasioned more surprise or awakened more heartfelt regret in this community than did the intelligence of the death of Mrs. T.J. Clark, which took place at her home in west Denison Sunday afternoon.
Upon the very threshold of womanhood, with the first warm pulsation of a mother's love warming the young heart, surrounded by all that makes life desirable, the loving wife and excellent lady was torn from husband, mother, sister, brother, and passed to the pathetic silence of the tomb.
As Miss Katie Chamberlain she was known for her refined affability, her gentle good nature and unparalleled sweetness of temper, and the rejoicing of her wedding eve told how wide was her popularity.
As Mrs. Clark her power to compel friendship was no less potent than in her maiden days, and if all the kind words could be printed that have been spoken in her praise, they would fill many volumes.
After the birth of her child, which took place Monday week, she was taken with what the physicians denominate child-bed fever, and seemed to acquire a presentiment that she was going to die. Every effort was made to discourage this idea in her, but though she was quite cheerful and composed she still persisted in saying that she did not think she would live. How prophetic this feeling was became apparent when Sunday afternoon with scarcely the slightest warning, the silent messenger came to her bedside and the agonized and grief-stricken friends were called to gaze upon her lifeless clay.
The funeral took place Monday morning at 10 o'clock from the Catholic church, into which she was baptized shortly before her death, she having acquired an inclination towards this faith during her sojourn as a pupil in the convent of St. Joseph, at Sherman.
After the services at the church, a long, sad cortges filed away to Oakwood Cemetery, where the last solemnities were administered, and Kate Chamberlain Clark was lowered forever from the scenes that had been so bright to her, and that she had rendered so much brighter by her presence.
The Gazetteer extends its heartfelt sympathy to the sorely distressed relatives, whose sad bereavement occasions the most painful regret throughout this community.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, August 5, 1888
pg. 4

Local Condensations
Tuesday - The funeral of Mrs. T.J. Clark yesterday was one of the largest that has been seen in the city for a long time.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, August 5, 1888
pg. 4

Mrs. C.R. Chamberlain was taken to Sherman Wednesday morning to remain for a time with her daughter, Mrs. Will Dickerman. The lady was still unable to walk, and was carried to the train on a cot.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, August 19, 1888
pg. 3

OBITUARY
Last Sunday evening in Sherman at half past 12 o'clock, passed away Mrs. C.R. Chamberlain.
Mrs. Chamberlain had been suffering with eresypelas, for the past 3 months; grief at the loss of her daughter and grandchild also contributed to break her down.
She was in the 63d year of her age.
Her many friends will learn with deep sorrow of her demise. Her remains were brought to this city and interred in Oakwood Cemetery Monday.
Two daughter and a son mourn her loss. To them in their bereavement the Gazetteer extends its sincerest sympathy.