Mears - Dora
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 30 July 1897
Dora Ethel, daughter of George and Lizzie Mears, died July 25, 1897, upon whose golden hair the silver sheen of only sixteen summers had fallen. Truly had it been said, “The stars have their time to set, the leaves to fall; but thou O death hast all seasons for thine own.”
A few short years ago the death angel crossed this threshold and claimed for his own an idol boy, and now again with ruthless hand he numbers among his trophies this loved daughter, leaving only one child, Elsie, to cheer the hearts of the grief stricken parents. Why providence so dispenses we cannot understand. But must it not be sweet in childhood to give back the spirit to its Maker ere the heart has grown familiar with the paths of sin and sown to garner up its bitter fruits. So let the stricken ones in this sad home tonight say with the Psalmist David, “I can go to him, but he cannot come to me.” -s