Varnum, Miss Ollie - Obit
Died at her home near Ava, Ill., Feb. 6, 1891, MISS OLLIE VARNUM, born 
March 28, 1872, aged 18 years, 10 months and 9 days. The deceased formerly 
lived near Harrisonville, Monroe County, Ill., from which she, with the rest 
of her family, removed to Jackson County, in October, 1882, to the present 
home of her father, MR. B. B. VARNUM. At an early age, MISS VARNUM 
showed symptoms of pulmonary weakness, which in later years developed 
into consumption. Her condition, though for many years not alarming, within 
the last few weeks reached a point which baffled all attempts of recovery; and 
in obedience to the will of him who doeth all things well, she passed beyond 
the vale of tears to her reward. the funeral was conducted at the Presbyterian 
Church in Ava on Sunday, Feb. 8th at 11 o'clock am and was largely attended 
by the friends of the family; after which the remains were interred in the Ava 
Evergreen Cemetery. She was a kind, loving daughter and sister, an amiable 
and agreeable friend and neighbor whose greatest delight was to make others 
happy. By her genial spirit and womanly conduct she had endeared herself to 
all who knew her, and her many friends join in extending sympathy to the 
bereaved family in this their darkest hour. Let us comfort ourselves with the 
thought that what is our loss is her gain: There is no death; What seems so is 
transition; This life of mortal breath is but a foretaste of the life elysion; Whose 
portals we call Death.