OBIT: Hattie OWENS, 1897, of Birmingham, Blair County, PA

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MISS HATTIE OWENS.

A Young Lady of Birmingham Passes Away in Virginia.

  A correspondent at Birmingham writes:
  Miss Hattie Owens died at the home of her brother at Wythville, Va., Saturday 
last, and the remains were brought here for interment, Sunday afternoon, by her 
father and brother, Mr. B. B. Owens of Winston, N.C.  Her death has not only 
caused sadness in the home of her parents and amongst her relatives but 
throughout the entire community.  The deceased was the second daughter of 
George and Sarah Owens and at the time of her death was in the 23d year of her 
age.  During the early spring she left here for the purpose of spending some 
time at Wythville with her brother Courtland, at whose home, after weeks of 
suffering, she died on the date noted.  After going south she entered the store 
of her brother for the purpose of gaining a knowledge of the drug business that 
might in after years prove beneficial to her.  Shortly after entering the store 
she contracted a severe cold, from which she speedily recovered.  Some weeks 
later a general drouth prevailed in that section of Virginia that caused impure 
water and an atmosphere that was detrimental to the health of scores of people 
in the town and vicinity of Wythville.  She was among the first to be stricken, 
and while it is said that for some time the disease baffled the skill of the 
physicians of that section, it was nothing more or less than typhoid fever, in 
its very worst form, from which she died after thirteen weeks of patient 
suffering.  That the deceased was ready for the great change that awaited her 
from this to the better world, there can be no doubt whatever in the minds of 
those near and dear to her.  Very early in life she sought and found pardon for 
her sins in the cleansing power of Christ.  In church and Sunday school work 
while here she labored most diligently for her Master and his cause in whatever 
way she could.  The last two weeks of her sickness were attended with unusual 
suffering.  She is said to have borne it with a Christian grace seldom 
witnessed by one so young in years, and at different times expressed a desire 
to be with her Savior and those who had already crossed over.  To-day she is 
infinitely better off than we, being permitted to sing the songs of our blest 
Redeemer in that far away home of the soul. What a beautiful legacy to leave to 
the living.  A life tender in years, rich in the love, of Christ, and one that 
was full of those little acts of kindness that endear one to those about them.  
Thus endeth a pure and good life.  The deceased leaves a father, a mother, a 
sister and four brothers to mourn her early death.  The funeral services took 
place at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after which her remains were consigned 
to a grave in the Methodist cemetery, being followed to their last resting 
place by a large concourse of friends and relatives.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Tuesday, December 14, 1897, page 6