Obituaries
MARY (ROBERTSON) SEARS
"Beautiful faces are those that whole-souled honesty written there .Beautiful eyes are those that show Beautiful thoughts that burn below Beautiful hands are those that do Deeds that. are. earnest, brave and true Beautiful shoulders are they that bear Ceaseless burdens of honest care. Beautiful feet are they that go Swiftly to lighten another's woe."
These few lines fully portray the life of Mary Robertson Sears who was born Oct. 2; 1858, in Owen County, Ind., and died at her home in Patricksburg, Owen Co., Ind.. July 3rd. 1927, following an illness of more than a year. She was the oldest .daughter of John S. and Sarah J. Robertson, in a family of eight children of whom only three survive, one sister and two brothers, her father, mother and four sisters having preceded her to that better world. She united with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Vandalia in the year 1876, under the pastorate of Rev. Samuel Kennedy. Later she transferred her membership to Patricksburg M. E. Church where she was faithful and loyal until she was called home. She was united in marriage to Thomas A. Brown on June 28, 1877 by Rev. Kennedy. Mr: Brown died Jan. 5,. 1911. . On July 22, 1915, she was married to Isaac J. Bears who preceded her in death. May 5th. 1926. : In her home, Mrs. Sears was ever a kind and true helpmate. Not a fibre of selfishness was to be found in her disposition. Her large sympathies reached far beyond her own hearthstone and, in .her quiet, modest way, she ministered to the suffering and dispensed her charity with a willing heart and hand. Those who knew her best loved her most. May the loss of a sister so dear and so devoted to them in life, tend to strengthen and purify those whom she has left behind while they live with the memory of her love, of the tender and watchful care administered by her, comforted by the surety and realization that she is forever at rest in that eternal haven where only peace and happiness reign.
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