Obit: Noble, Margaret (1849 - 1914)
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Surnames: NOBLE
HUNTZICKER ----Source:
GREENWOOD GLEANER (Greenwood, Wis.) 12/17/1914 Noble, Margaret (6
JUN 1849 - 4 Dec 1914) Mrs. Margaret
Noble died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.C. Huntzicker, at
Ivanhoe, Minn., Friday Dec. 4th, 1914, at the age of 65 years, 2
months and 1 day. Having been born June 6th, 1849, at Labo, Co.
Ontario, Canada. She was united in marriage to Mr. William Noble on
Dec. 21st, 1871. Something over thirty-five years ago the came to
Clark County, Wis., and began to carve for themselves and their
young family a farm and home in the then well known wilderness that
they found along the north side of what was called the Twenty-Six
Road, four miles southwest of Loyal. There they toiled and waited,
and waited and toiled on the farm, in the lumber camp, and in the
grading of the new Railroad between Loyal and Greenwood, Wis.,
until Mr. Noble suddenly called to leave home and family while yet
in the very prime of life, and at the very time when he was so much
needed in the church as well as on the farm. Honored and respected
by all. He passed away Dec. 4th, 1900. For four long and weary
years of toil and sickness and disappointments, the family
surrendered to what seemed to be the "inevitable" and moved to
Loyal for a rest, as well as for educational advantages. But here
again was a frail woman making heroic efforts to survive the
ravages of disease. The battle lasted for many years, with only
slight and occasioned intermissions. So, at last, only a few months
ago, she found a quiet resting place at the home of her only
daughter, Belle, in Ivanhoe, Minn. Here, in the midst of much
anguish of both body and mind, her spirit at last yielded to the
Master’s call to "come home to a land of rest." For many years
Mrs. Noble was in full communion with the Baptist Church, but much
of the time she found it more convenient to meet for worship with
her husband and family in the Presbyterian Church, where she also
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