Miami Union

April 20, 1911 

PATTY, ALICE ARMILDA - Pleasant Hill--Seventy-four years and one month ago, on March 13, 1837, there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cox a child to whom was given the name, Alice Armilda.  She was one of a family of five brothers and four sisters.  The home was in Darke county of this State.  The country was new and covered with forests and the life was that of the semi-frontier, with much hard work and many limitations.  In these the child shared, and grew to womanhood in a life of usefulness very much unlike that of the average childhood today.  When she was ten years old the family moved to Missouri; but after two years returned to this vicinity where the rest of her life has been spent.  In 1855 Miss Cox was united in marriage to Mr. Wilk F. Patty.  One month more would have completed fifty-six years of wedded life together.  In that half century there has been much of happiness and something of sorrow.  The usual experiences of home life have been theirs.  They have shared its toil and divided its enjoyment.  Into the home came three little girls to make it glad with their prattle and play, and to give it strength and life as they grew into womanhood.  Eight years ago one of them Mrs. Flora Boyer passed into the great beyond, but the other two have been permitted to live and minister in loving devotion to the comfort and happiness of their mother to the close of her long life.  In these later years, there has come to her much feebleness, and the long months of inactivity and waiting have been gladdened by the love and watchful care of these daughters.  Mrs. Amanda Whitmer resides here and Mrs. Emma Imbers at Dayton.  Three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren and two brothers complete the family circle.  More than fifty years ago, she and her husband united with the Christian church at Pleasant Hill, under the preaching of Rev. Richard Brandon.  In this church they have worshiped and prayed and hoped together.  Always of cheerful and even temperament, she has been a loving wife and ministered to her children in kindness.  She has made and held a large circle of friends, who know her virtues and the strength of her life.  Her faith has not wavered when sickness closed in upon her, and thru the long months of inactivity her good cheer and readiness to laugh and hope for health tomorrow has been an inspiration to those who are well and strong.  On the thirteenth of April she passed on into the realms of light and joy; and those who remain feel that another of the aged landmarks in our lives and our community has been removed.  The funeral services were conducted at Pleasant Hill on April 15, 1911, by Rev. Alva M. Kerr assisted by Rev. Isaac Frantz.

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