Mrs. Deborde Passed Away
Emma Isabel Deborde was born August 6, 1857 in Illinois and lived there with her parents until she was 16 years old when the family moved to Nebraska where she met and married Solomon Deborde. They lived in Nebraska several years coming to Montana in the year 1884. Ten children were born to them and two died in infancy. They moved to the Missouri Valley in 1899 and have made their home here until the present time. All her children live in Montana and were in attendance at the funeral except Mrs. Charlotte Burgess of Helena, who was unable to be there.
Mrs. Deborde was of pioneer ancestry being a great-granddaughter of Daniel Boone. She was always ready to visit the sick in time of need. She had a happy buoyant spirit that carried joy where ever she went.
She has been an invalid for the past four years suffering with paralysis which was the cause of her death.
The funeral service and burial were at the Lavina Chapel and burial grounds. Rev. W. H. Mitchell of the Episcopal Church conducted the services.
"The more we sink into the infirmities of old age, the nearer we are to mortal youth. All people are young in the other world. That state is an eternal spring, ever fresh and flourishing. Now to pass from midnight into noon on the sudden, to be decrepit one minute and all spirit and activity the next, must be a desirable change. To call this dying is an abuse of language."
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