Individual Details

Death

SOURCE:  ANAMOSA JOURNAL...DECEMBER 21, 1916...PAGE 1
DEATH OF A MOTHER
  Gertrude Toenjes was born May 30, 1886, near Amber, Jones Co, Iowa. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Toenjes and passed to her eternal reward at Greeley, Co.  Dec. 11, 1916.She was married Aug 15, 1910 to L.R. Vorhees who with three little children, her parents and brothers and sisters mourn her loss.
  About a year ago the health of the deceased began to fail and when told a change of climate might benefit her, her husband took her to the invigorating climate of Colorado several months ago.  Her remains were brought back to her parents at Amber and tenderly laid to rest in the family cemetery in Wayne Township.
Profound sorrow has been caused here and at Amber by the death of Mrs. Vorhees.  Her happy, courageous nature, her unfailing joyousness of manner and the many lovable qualities which were characteristic of her made her dearly loved by her friends who were hers in a large number.  That she should be taken from her husband and dear little babes at a time when she was most needed in the home is one of those mysteries which can never be made clear in this life.
  If there is anything in sympathy to soften the sting of grief so bitter as this, those nearest and dearest to her may be sure that it is tendered by a community appreciative of the life that has enfolded in the calm and beauty of the long, long day.