Obituary

Called To Her Reward

  Mrs. Elizabeth Keysor was found cold in death in her room in South Brooklyn last Saturday morning about nine o'clock. She boarded with her daughter, Mrs. E.J. Benton and roomed at the Frank Negus home only a short distance away. She retired in good spirits Friday evening and when she did not appear as early as usual the next morning nothing strange was thought of it. As it was getting rather late one of her grandchildren went over to have her come to breakfast, and as nothing had been heard of her Mrs. Negus went to her room to awaken her and was shocked to find her cold in death, lying on the floor face downward as though she had attempted to get up and had fallen. Death had resulted from heart trouble with which she had been afflicted many years. The circumstances of her death demanded that an inquest should be held and Coroner Bliss was summoned from Grinnell. He empaneled a jury consisting of L.M. Bennett, Geo. Littlefield and W.G. Pierson, who after hearing the evidence rendered a verdict in accordance with the facts as above stated.
  Elizabeth Keysor was born in Morrow county, Ohio, July 13, 1830, and died Oct. 28, 1899, age 69 years 3 months and 15 days. She was united in marriage to Robert Keysor Sept. 15, 1860. By this union six children were born, five of whom survive to mourn her loss. With her husband she came to Poweshiek county in 1863 locating at Ewart, where they resided fifteen years when they moved to Brooklyn where she has since lived. Her husband preceded her to the other world, having died suddenly at Kirksville, Mo., Jan. 20, 1897. The funeral services were held at the Brethren church in south Brooklyn Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J.W. Hannon, after which the remains were tenderly laid to rest in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. The sympathy of the community is tendered the sorrowing family.
(Brooklyn (Iowa) Chronicle, 1899)