Funeral prayer cards

Scope and Contents This collection contains one double-sided advertisement for the Art Printing Company of Elkhart, Indiana, specifically for funeral prayer and memorial cards around the 1890s.

Scope and Contents The collection is a funeral prayer card for Isabell Holbert, who died March 28, 1899. It shows a young lady escaping from a storm-tossed sea and grasping a stone cross for safety. Beneath that gold-on-white sketch is a one-stanza poem of 8 verses.

Scope and Contents Four funeral notices and one newspaper clipping are in this collection. The oldest funeral notice is for Mary Ann Merryfield, at the resident of C. E. Shipley, Connersville, on September 26, 1854. This notice is the only one with an etching. It shows a woman weeping in a cemetery. May Belle, daughter of Theodore and Emma C. Massey, had her funeral at the home of her parents on Monroe Street, Connersville, on July 8, 1862. On October 7, 1862, Benjamin John's funeral was held "at the house of the...

Scope and Contents This collection comprises a memorial card for Dr. William Lomax who died on April 27, 1893 in Marion, Indiana. The small card is black in color with gold text and illustrations, depicting a short poem, a dove in flight carrying a note which reads "In Loving Remembrance of," and a closed Bible with the doctor's name and death date printed on the cover.