Work - John
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday 1 April 1898
John Work departed this life March 19, 1898, and was born in September 1879 in Champaign, Ill. Age eighteen years, six months and fifteen days. He had only been sick a few brief weeks and was under the impression to the last that he would recover. It not only casts a gloom around parents, brothers and sisters but over the whole community to think that one just in the full bloom of manhood and when all of life’s sweetness is laid before him, should be taken. But we know that God moves in mysterious ways, and it is left to us to bow in humble submission to His will. John always had a cheerful word for everyone. Sunshine could be seen on his face and he was loved by all. We all feel that one of our bright blooming flowers has been plucked down, but it was only to live again.
He leaves a father, mother, three brothers, two sisters, and a loved one, with a host of friends to mourn his loss. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J. M. Williams at the M. E. Church last Monday, and was laid to rest bedecked with flowers, in the Wesley Cemetery. -s