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Obituary- Almeda Landon Naper
| MRS. ALMEDA NAPER
Laid to rest
Feb. 10th,
in the hallowed precints of our love and tears, another of the
century's
mother, Mrs. Almeda Naper. In
this
death the
pretty little village of Naperville has lost one of the spirits that
christened
it, and in each release of a pioneer spirit do we see the removal of
the
cordon of time. The
maiden
name
of Mrs. Naper was Almeda Landon. She was born in Salisbury, Conn,
sept. 25th, 1800; was married to Capt. Joseph Naper, in Buffalo, in
August,
1823, and came to Illinois in 1831, where she resided until the wave of
her life broke, and she passed to her Savior, February 6th, 1885.
The
death of Capt. Naper in 1862 left her long a widow, and one by one six
of their seven children passed through the gates leaving that sacred
legacy,
ministry to declining years, to the love of her only surviving son, Mr.
Wm. Naper and her devoted daughter-in-law, Mrs.Julia Naper.
A tender watch, faithfully kept.
Mrs. Naper was a member of the Episcopal church, in this village.
Her retiring spirit led her to recoil within the sanctum of her own
home
sphere, but the many friends who met her there will not forget her pure
charity and gentleness of spirit; while there yet live those who recount
with gratitude the beneficence of her pioneer life. Submitted by Judy Fessler and Polly Hitt |
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