COLE, IDA
MRS. IDA COLE DIES AT FRISCO
Newspaper, August 11, 1927
Mrs. Ida Cole died last Thursday night at eleven o’clock. She had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Gordon, and was taken sick several weeks ago. As she did not improve it was deemed best to take her to Dallas for an operation. She had complained of intense suffering in her side. However, when an investigation was made they surgeons found a growth of malignant nature that could not be removed. The patient was brought home about two weeks ago and every care and comfort that loving hands and loving hearts could devise were resorted to, but to no avail. After much pain and suffering she softly breathed her last and the gentle unselfish spirit passed on to its eternal home.
Ida Charlotte Nohm was born in the little town of Hamburg, Saint Charles county, Missouri, October 4, 1857. Her parents died when she was about 10 years of age and she made her home with her aunt and uncle until her marriage to Christopher Clark in 1874. They moved to Texas in 1881, locating near Lebanon.
Christopher Clark died in 1885. She was married to John E. Cole in 1888. Mrs. Cole moved to Frisco in 1907 and since her children were all married has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Gordon.
The subject of this sketch with her husband, Kit Clark, was converted at a revival held by the Presbyterians at the old Wilder school house in Andrian county, Mo., about the year 1876. At that time she accepted the teachings of Jesus Christ as her guide through life; and those who have known her through all the intervening years can testify to her loyalty to those teachings. And only a few days before she was taken ill she remarked to a friend that if it were not for our trust in Him there would be nothing worth having in life.
After coming to Texas Mr. and Mrs. Clark united with the Christian church where she continued since that time. The writer, who has known Ida Cole for more than forty years, can testify to the loveliness of her character. Faithful, patient, generous almost to a fault, she never tired of helping others; and of laboring patiently to make others happy And many a life has been blessed by coming in contact with hers. It can well be said of this good woman as an old preacher, some years ago, was heard to say at the funeral of another Christian mother, “We build them no monuments, for they have builded their own.”
Funeral services were held in the Christian church in Frisco Saturday, July 30, conducted by Eld. Roy Anderson of Denison, assisted by the pastors of the Methodist and Baptist churches. Revs. Hagard and Gerault. A large procession followed the remains to the cemetery at Bethany for interment.
She leaves the following relatives to mourn her loss: One sister, Mrs. Mary Clark of Cordell, Oklahoma; Daughters, Mrs. Eliza Gordon, Frisco; Mrs. Mary Clark, Denison; Mrs. Willie Roe, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Marvin Smith, Colorado, Texas; Champ Clark of Fort Worth and Chester Cole of Frisco. Thirteen grandchildren and two great-grand children.
Newspaper, August 11, 1927
Mrs. Ida Cole died last Thursday night at eleven o’clock. She had been making her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Gordon, and was taken sick several weeks ago. As she did not improve it was deemed best to take her to Dallas for an operation. She had complained of intense suffering in her side. However, when an investigation was made they surgeons found a growth of malignant nature that could not be removed. The patient was brought home about two weeks ago and every care and comfort that loving hands and loving hearts could devise were resorted to, but to no avail. After much pain and suffering she softly breathed her last and the gentle unselfish spirit passed on to its eternal home.
Ida Charlotte Nohm was born in the little town of Hamburg, Saint Charles county, Missouri, October 4, 1857. Her parents died when she was about 10 years of age and she made her home with her aunt and uncle until her marriage to Christopher Clark in 1874. They moved to Texas in 1881, locating near Lebanon.
Christopher Clark died in 1885. She was married to John E. Cole in 1888. Mrs. Cole moved to Frisco in 1907 and since her children were all married has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Gordon.
The subject of this sketch with her husband, Kit Clark, was converted at a revival held by the Presbyterians at the old Wilder school house in Andrian county, Mo., about the year 1876. At that time she accepted the teachings of Jesus Christ as her guide through life; and those who have known her through all the intervening years can testify to her loyalty to those teachings. And only a few days before she was taken ill she remarked to a friend that if it were not for our trust in Him there would be nothing worth having in life.
After coming to Texas Mr. and Mrs. Clark united with the Christian church where she continued since that time. The writer, who has known Ida Cole for more than forty years, can testify to the loveliness of her character. Faithful, patient, generous almost to a fault, she never tired of helping others; and of laboring patiently to make others happy And many a life has been blessed by coming in contact with hers. It can well be said of this good woman as an old preacher, some years ago, was heard to say at the funeral of another Christian mother, “We build them no monuments, for they have builded their own.”
Funeral services were held in the Christian church in Frisco Saturday, July 30, conducted by Eld. Roy Anderson of Denison, assisted by the pastors of the Methodist and Baptist churches. Revs. Hagard and Gerault. A large procession followed the remains to the cemetery at Bethany for interment.
She leaves the following relatives to mourn her loss: One sister, Mrs. Mary Clark of Cordell, Oklahoma; Daughters, Mrs. Eliza Gordon, Frisco; Mrs. Mary Clark, Denison; Mrs. Willie Roe, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Marvin Smith, Colorado, Texas; Champ Clark of Fort Worth and Chester Cole of Frisco. Thirteen grandchildren and two great-grand children.
