LUSE, Rhoda - L-Obituaries

On last Friday afternoon at the residence of Frank Cottrell, one and a half miles northwest of town, Miss Rhoda Luse passed from labor to rest. She had been sick for a considerable time with cancer, and the spirit took its flight about 10 o’clock on said day.  She was born at Attica and was the daughter of Jacob and Charlotte Luse, and was 54 years and 9 days old. She had lived most of the time for many years with her sister, Mrs.  Frank Cottrell, at the old homestead, where she had passed most of her days. The funeral was held at the M. E. Church—of which she had been a faithful member since she was eighteen years old—on Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock and was preached by Rev. C. W. Postill, from Psalms cxvi: 15. There was a very large attendance, notwithstanding the unpleasantness of the weather. Interment was at the cemetery north of town. She leaves two brothers and three sisters to mourn her loss, to-with: Amos Luse, of Waynetown; Albert Luse, of Wesley; Mrs. Belinda Bottenberg, of Benton County; Mrs. Hattie Dick, of Philo, Ill.; and Mrs. Ella Cottrell, of this place. She was always ready to help in any good cause. She gave of her means liberally for the promotion of the cause of mankind and of the kingdom of God. Those who know her best say she would rather do more than her part in these things than to come short of her duty. Truly the death of such a one “is precious in the sight of the Lord.”