Goble - Phoebe Josephine - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

Again has God in his infinite power seen fit to call from our midst another precious soul. But there is no sorrow on earth that Heaven cannot heal. Mrs. Jose Goble quietly passed away Saturday night, leaving six children, many relatives and friends to mourn her loss, but what is our loss is her gain. Her funeral was conducted by Rev. Beckett, of Kentucky, Monday morning at ten o’clock. Interment was at Finley’s Chapel. -s

Josephine Martin was born in Montgomery County, Indiana, May 21, 1838, and died at her home in Whitesville July 28, 1900, aged 62 years, 2 months and 7 days.

When quite young she was married to Thomas Goble, who, seven years ago, preceded her. She was the mother of eight children—four sons and four daughters. Two sons died in early childhood; the other six, all grown men and women, are left to mourn a loss which can never be filled.

Mrs. Goble had been an invalid for thirty years and during this long period of years she, a great part of the time, suffered much pain, yet there were times when her suffering seemed lightest that she was quite cheerful although entirely shut in from the beauties of the outside world. Though her trials were patiently borne, she often wondered, when the young and strong were falling about her, why she, a poor invalid, should so long be spared, and often expressed her desire to be forever at rest. She had been a member of the Universalist Church for many years.

The funeral services were held at the home Monday at ten o’clock a.m. and conducted by Rev. H. C. Beckett, of Pana, Ill. Many beautiful flowers were placed in the casket and heaped upon the lid. To those who have loved and cared for her all these years, we would say, try to console yourself with the thought that your mother, after a bondage of thirty years, is now enjoying the sweet bliss of immortality. -s