Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

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PIONEER HISTORY OF INGHAM COUNTY

And now sitting alone in the darkness,
All alone in our hours of grief,
We turn back o'er the pages of memory,
Seeking there for some hope of relief.
There we learn of the long years of service
Of devotion to those she held dear,
Of that patience that marked hours of suffering
Ever striving to cheerful appear.
Of her love for her church and its teachings
How it helped her along life's rude way,
Of her unfailing trust in the "Master"
As he guided her steps day by day.
But the light of that life has departed,
And 'tis only the memory that's left,
Of the years we have journeyed together
That can comfort the heart now bereft.
Yet, in the new life that awaits us,
We'll meet the "Dear Mother" again,
And in the few years intervening
Memories sweet of that life will remain.
PIONEER LOCAL WOMAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HER
GIRLHOOD FRIEND, NOW DEAD.
Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteley Commemorates Mrs. Maria Sanford's
Memory in Verse.
By MRS. ELIZABETH WHIITELEY.
Memory, running back to the days when Lansing was in the
woods, and life was young, has stirred in the heart of Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteley, one of Lansing's residents who has been here almost
from the city's beginnings, the following tribute to a girlhood
friend of those early days and a companion here, down through the
days and changing experiences since.