Individual Details

Death

Mrs. Hattie Streeter Triplett
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Hattie Streeter was the daughter of Charles Clinton and Elizabeth Iamble Streeter.
She was born August 26, 1860 in Fillmore county, Minn., and came with her parents to Douglas County in 1872, at the age of twelve years. Here she resided almost continuously from that time.
She belonged to a family of noted pioneers of Colorado. Her grandfather, the Rev. John L. Dyer, was one of the first Christian ministers in the state and she was a grandniece of Mrs. Elizabeth Endrikin and Mrs. Ann Bailey, whose names are inseparably connected with the development of the Platte River country, where they were among the founders of the town of Bailey and gave it its name.
Inheriting such sturdy and sterling characteristics she very naturally gave her heart to God at the early age of nine years, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church, to which she ever remained a most devoted member.
She was united in marriage to George A. Triplett, July 3, 1878. Four children were born to them, Bertha, (now Mrs. Will Ellis.) Grace, who died in childhood, Edgar and George.
Her death came suddenly Friday morning, March 20, 1925. Her aged mother, Mrs. Streeter, a brother, three children and four grand children survive to mourn her loss and with them mourns the community.
Mrs. Triplett was one of the best known and beloved women of the county. A most devoted daughter and mother, a loyal friend, and untiring worker in the church and a patriotic citizen, it could well have been said of her "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness" (Prov. 31:26)
With an unwavering faith in God and trust in His care the words of Susan Coolidge seem to express the thoughts she did not speak--
If I were told that I should die tomorrow,
That the next sun which sinks
Should bear me past all fear and sorrow,
What should I do?
I do not think that I should shrink or falter,
But just go on,
Doing my work, nor change, nor seek to alter
Aught that is gone;
But rise, and move, and live, and smile and pray
For one more day
And lying down at night for a last sleeping
Say in that ear
Which hearkens ever - "Lord, within Thy keeping
How should I fear?
And then tomorrow brings Thee nearer still,
Do Thou Thy will."
Funeral services were held at the M.E. church on Monday afternoon where a host of friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last sad respects to the deceased.
Rev. R.V. Howell came from Denver to preach the funeral sermon, and his review of the life of the departed mother and friend brought comfort to the sorrowing ones.
Burial was made in the Castle Rock cemetery.
The heartfelt sympathy of the entire community is extended the sorrowing family in this sad hour of bereavement.