St. Clair County Obits

MARGARET A. WOOD

Appleton City Journal
1 July 1920
In Memoriam
Margaret A. Brenizer was born April 19, 1834, in Morrow County, Ohio. She was married to Albert A. Wood in 1855, in Ohio. To this union three children were born: Frank of Longton, Kansas, Alice (now deceased), and Miss Emma who was her companion in her old age. She was raised in the United Brethren faith and was ready and willing to leave this world for a brighter, better home. She came to Missouri in 1877 and has lived here ever since. She leaves 14 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, one sister, of Conrad, Iowa.
Mrs. Wood had lived in Rockville 43 years, at the same home and was 86 years old at her death. She was of a very friendly and hospitable turn of mind, and her home was sought by all, where good cheer and hearty welcome were always found. One of her chief characteristics was her love of her home and her children, which made her a mother and homemaker in the truest sense. Her mind was rich in all those qualities that make for true friendship and the perfume of her life will linger long in the community and her name will be spoken in loving remembrance.
Mrs. Wood was preceded to the grave by her husband about ten years ago, and since that time her daughter Miss Emma has been her loving companion, and much sympathy is now felt for her, as she is left alone in the home. Mrs. Wood was a great needle woman and like Dorcas of old, left much of her work behind her. Her funeral was held Tuesday at her home, Rev. Mathews officiating, and the many beautiful flowers spoke in silent eloquence of the love and esteem in which she was held. After the funeral obsequies, she was laid to rest in the City Cemetery beside her late husband.
"It is almost over now,
My life work is nearly done,
A few more stitches yet I trow;
Long it seems since I begun;
And the thread of many years
Has been sometimes soiled by tears,
Knotted, too, by cares and fears,
Look, my children, everywhere,
O'er my work and heart is spread
This bright gleaming from the air,
Blotting out my trembling dread;
From the light such joy I take
That ye must not murmur make
If thus sitting, life's thread break.
Only put my chair aside,
And in gentle accents say-
Mother worked here 'till she died
With God's love light on her way."