DOUGLAS, Florence Trimble - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Mrs. Donald Douglas died at her home on East Main St. about 7 on Monday morning. She has been an invalid for several years but her death came as a surprise to her many friends. Funeral services at the Methodist Church where the body lay in state from 1 until 2 Wednesday afternoon were in charge of Rev. WD Headrick. A quartet from New Market, Albert Armentrout, Walter Pinkley, Mrs. Catherine Friend and Mrs. Pauline Firend with Mrs. Lucilee Etter at the piano sang The old Rugged Cross; Three Will Be No Night There and Mrs. Cather Friends sang Whispering Hope. The pall bearers were Delbert Clifton; Philip Douglas; Otis Southard; Howard Conover; Guy Tyler and Emmons Douglas. The flowers were carried by Mrs. Lowell Spencer; Mrs. JM Milligan and Misses Ida Isaacs and Juanita Moody. Burial in Masonic Cemtery, Crawfordville. Florence Trimble Douglas was born April 19, 1898 at Murdock, Ill. She was the daughter of Ragan P. and Amanda Derby Tyrimble, one of 7 children. She spent her entire youth in and around Murdock. She was graduated in 1916 and later attended the Eastern Ill. State Teacher's College, Charleston. After obtaining her teacher's certificate she spent 11 years in the teaching profession, having taught at Murdock, Ill and Montezuma and New Market, Indiana and Villa Grove, Ill. At New Market, she met Donald Douglas to whom she was married Dec 25, 1925. They resided in Philo, Illinois where the husband was employed as teacher in the schools. In March, 1928, she suffered a nervous breakdown from which she never fully recovered. In Sept the following year they removed to Waveland, where they lived until the death on March 7, 1932. She was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Murdock and was always a devoted church member. One brother, Harold Trimble preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her loss the husband, the mother and father, 3 brothers, Ernest of Philadelphia, Pa; Gerald of Philo, Ill and Robert of Murdock; two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Hudson of Shelbyville, Ill and Bertha Trimble of Urbana, Ill, together with several relatives and a host of friends. During the 3 years that Mr. and Mrs. Douglas have been living in our community Mr. Douglas has been instructor in Vocational Agriculture in our school, they have made many friends and the sympathy of all goes out to the bereaved husband, parents and relatives.