Sarah P. Drennen Cross Halsted (1828-1909)
(Mrs. Pamer R. Cross; Mrs. Melvin A. Halsted)
- Sarah P. Halsted, daughter of William and Rachel (Allison) Drennen, was born March 27, 1838, in Butler county, Pennsylvania, and died in Hammond January 20, 1909*, aged 70 years, 9 months and 23 days. After the death of her mother she came to live with her brothers in Lake county, Indiana, where she has spent the greater portion of her life. February 7, 1857, she married Palmer R. Cross with whom she lived until his death April 24, 1900. To them were born four children -- Eva B. (Cross) Minninger, Ellis B. Cross, Effie S. (Cross) Klein, Daisy M. (Cross) Granger, of whom Daisy and Ellis remain. January 28, 1906, she married M.A. Halsted, of Lowell, who survives her. She became a member of the Church of Christ in Lowell about 1860 and has always retained her faith in Christ and was happy in the hope of meeting the Lord of Glory in Heaven.
Her remains arrived here by the 1:20 p.m. train Friday and taken to the Christian church, where funeral services were held, conducted by Rev. Herbert Hunt, of Hammond, assisted by Rev. A.T. Harris, of Hammond, and Rev. J.B. Dunkleberger, pastor of the Christian church, Lowell. The Christian church choir furnished beautiful and appropriate music. Funeral director John Castle had charge of the burial services. The following acted as pall-bearers: Thomas Powell, George Davis, Martin Driscoll, Oliver Surprise, Martin Sanders and H.H. Ragon. Interment in the Lowell cemetery. She leaves to mourn her, her husband, one son, Rev. Ellis B. Cross, one daughter, Mrs. H.E. Granger, and numerous other relatives who have the sympathy of their old friends and neighbors here at their old home.
- Thy loving eyes are lately closed,
Thy weary form is well reposed
In dreamless sleep;
Thy furrowed face how saintly fair
Beneath its crown of silvery hair,
Thy rest, how deep.
O, tired feet your race us run,
O, weary hands you work is done,
Your task complete;
For thou hast won thy glorious crown
And layest all thy burdens down
At Jesus' feet.
Be no repining here expressed,
May no rude grief disturb thy rest,
Thou sainted one;
Thy many years of service past,
Thou enterest into rest at last,
God's will be done.
We'll miss from thine accustomed place
Thy well known form, thy patient face,
But He knows best:
Thy home is now beyond the skies,
And even thy children's children rise,
And call thee blest.
When we have run our destined race
Somewhere in God's appointed place,
We'll meet again;
Though wearing robes of righteousness,
And dwelling with the Prince of Peace,
We'll know thee then.
* NOTE -- Although this obituary listed the date of death for Mrs. Halsted 1919, and the Lowell Cemetery Index at the public library also indicated that she died in 1909, Melvin Halsted's obituary put the year as 1911.
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