Obituary

  Corning friends were grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. C. J. Leckliter, long time resident of this community, which occurred Friday, September 27, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Miller of LaGrange, Ill. Mrs. Leckliter had just closed her home a week ago and had gone to make her home with her daughter in La Grange. She was found dead in her bed Friday morning. Although she had had a severe cold and the trip to LaGrange had been hard on her, and while her family knew she was not as well as usual, yet her condition was not considered alarming when the physician was called on Thursday before her death. She had received so much relief from the medicine administered by the physician that she remarked at bedtime that she was feeling better than she had for a year. There was no evidence of a- final struggle and it is thought her heart just wore out. The body was brought to Corning on No. 5 Sunday morning and taken to the Hilliard Funeral Home and services were held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. G. T. Roberts. Interment was made in Walnut Grove cemetery.
  Cornelia Jane Hanks was born December 25, 1849 in Edgar county, near Paris, Ill., and died September 27, 1929, at LaGrange. Ill. She came to Iowa with her parents when six years old and settled in Clark county where she lived through the experiences the early pioneers had. November 10, 1870, she was married to John Henry Leckliter and to them were born seven children, two of whom, Oliver and Harlan, have recently preceded her in death. Those who survive are Mrs. Alma Bilderback of Council bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Katherine Farrar of Berkley, California; Mrs. C. L. McGhee of Steins, New Mexico; Mrs. Arthur Miller of LaGrange, Illinois, and Ralph Leckliter of Corning. She is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Will Church, of Carson, Iowa, and eight grandchildren.
  Mrs. Leckliter has lived a long and well spent life. Underneath her very quiet manner there dwelt a very brave spirit and a strong beautiful character. Self-sacrificing and unselfish, she always submerged her own needs for the benefit of others. She was a faithful follower of Christ and a member of the M. E. church for many years. Being an ardent reader she kept posted on topics of the day and retained her keen reasoning until the end. Her one calling in life was "motherhood" and no children ever had a better mother.
(Adams County Free Press, Thursday, October 3, 1929)