Obituary

J. C. Union   Thursday, Oct. 8, l925

Mrs. Naomi Brown York was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Feb. 9th, 1842. She came to America in 1870, and has been a resident of this city for 55 years. Shortly after coming here she joined the Baptist church, and for 55 years she has been known to be doing her part to forward the faith she believed so steadfastly in. She has not been able to attend church for some years but has lived a faithful consecrated life for the lord, and will be remembered long by many, for her wonderful Christian personality. Her recent illness has been brief, but she was not a woman to make her bodily pain a matter of conversation.

In 1871 she was united in marriage with Thomas York. To this union there was born five children: Clarence, Frank, George, Edward, and Nellie, all of this city. She is also survived by John Brown, a son by a former marriage, and the following step-sons, Will York, of this city; Fred of Texas; Alfred of Kansas City; and Henry, of Wyoming; also nineteen grand-children, and six great grand-children, for whom she had great pride, and was heard to say that she was glad that she had lived to see her own great grand-children. Mrs. York leaves a host of friends in and around Junction City and wherever she was known, to mourn her going away.

She was a loving mother and a congenial companion for those who have spent so many years in her home; her one thought was to see well to the wants and welfare of her family, and even in her darkest hour she never failed to think of their well-being. The splendid floral offerings bespoke the respect and love of her many friends, five of her grandsons and a son were pallbearers, and she was tenderly laid to rest in the Highland cemetery, there to await the coming of Jesus, for which we all believe she was prepared for in this life. The funeral sermon was preached by Rev. William Little, her pastor, and the music was furnished by the church choir of the First Baptist Church, of which she was a member.