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Obituary

The Keokuk Gate City had the following concerning a former Burlington resident, who was laid to rest here today: Between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock Sunday morning at the family residence, No.1225 Missouri avenue, Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, wife of the late Henry K. Campbell, crossed her hands on her bosom and sank to a final rest. Her death was very sudden, although not unexpected. For the past four weeks she had been bedfast and was almost constantly attended by relatives. At 2 o'clock in the morning she was visited by her daughter, and was found sleeping, but on the return of the daughter at 5 o'clock she had passed away. The body was still warm and death came but a few minutes before that hour. "Mrs. Campbell was one of the old residents of this city, having lived here for the past forty-one years. She was born in Pennsylvania on August 3, 1823, and spent her early years there. During the many years that she has been a resident of Keokuk she was respected by all who knew, and in death leaves many friends. The health of Mrs. Campbell has not been the best for a number of years, and for the past four years she had been paralyzed. This made it impossible for her to enjoy things as in her younger days, but she took great pride in her children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Trinity M.E. church. The following survive: Four sons, George and John of this city; Robert, of Butte, Mont., and David, of St. Louis; two daughters, Mrs. Anna Leach, of Keokuk and Mrs. Kuhn, of Burlington; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The body was sent to Burlington this afternoon at 2:05 o'clock to be interred.