Individual Details

Birth

Larry Skeen e-mail has DOB 9 Aug 1889

Death

"Little Zella"

Zella, the little six year old adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Trowbridge, died very suddenly at their home in Topeka on last Friday morning, March 6th, of congestion of the brain. Little Zella, it will be remembered, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hile, formerly of this city, and was adopted by Mr. Hile's sister, Mrs. Trowbridge shortly after the death of the mother, Zella Hile, nee Guizlo.
She was the sunshine of her home and won the hearts of all who knew her and her death, so unexpected, makes it doubly hard for both, father and adopted parents who have the sympathy of the many friends here. Their comfort is that this is not a parting for always, for there is a day of meeting on the "Golden Shore."
The funeral services were held at her home in Topeka Saturday morning at 10 o'clock and the remains were then brought to Burlingame for burial.
The following verses were contributed in rememberance of little Zella:

Oh, I am so lonesome to-night,
I have never felt so before,
Till Zella pasted the portals bright,
Where angels guard the door

For steadfast as the stars above --
Ne'r wav'ring to the end,
Next to God above, her mother's love
Was her best earthly friend.

But oh, alas, her voice is still,
We ne'r shall hear it more -
Unless it is our Master's will-
We meet at Heaven's door.

And if he will but hear my prayer,
How happy I shall be:
And keep us pure to meet her there,
On Heaven's sheltering shore.

Dear Zella has gone to her rest,
Oh, such rest as she must find,
She leaves but sweet rememberance
With loved ones left behind.

But on that crystal river brink,
Some sweet day by and by,
We shall find each broken link
Some sweet day by and by.

Burial

Trowbridge, Zella May, d. 5 Mar 1896, aged 6yrs

The Burlingame Enterprise (Burlingame, Kansas) Thu, Mar 12, 1896, Page 3
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Callihan and Mr. Chas. Trowbridge, of Topeka, and Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Duval of Osage City, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hile, of Lyndon, were here last Saturday, attending the funeral of Little Zella.