George Edwin SPEARS
Birth:
12 Aug 1869
Uxbridge, Ont. Canada---see notes
Death:
24 Feb 1919
Glen Ellyn, Il.
Marriage:
18 Jan 1899
Glen Ellyn, Il.
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[inglis family.and Keith .4FBK.ged.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] He was born premature andweighed under two pounds. How he survived was a miracle; they kept him on an oven door and being August, it was probably quite warm. His mother and father were only married 8 months and 12 days and it caused quite a scandal among s ome members of the family, but George was probably under 8 months when he wa sborn, according to the doctor.
Grace Maude SAUNDERS
Birth:
1 Jan 1873
Glen Ellyn, Il.---see notes
Death:
13 Aug 1910
Glen Ellyn, Il.
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[inglis family.and Keith .4FBK.ged.FBK.FBK.FBK.FTW] Father, James Saunders, soangry about Grace's death [he felt it was from having too many children too fast] that he withdrew his partnership of house design and contracting from m ygrandfather and forced him out of business, thus forcing him to work away f rom home [out of the city and sometimes state] and requiring housekeepers for his four girls. The youngest, Grace who was named after her mother, lived wi thGrandma and Grandpa Spears who raised her. George Spears died from uremic poisoning on his mother and father's 50th anniversary. Aunt Edna, who had wor ked with a doctor during WW I, could not get anyone to attend him. When the doctor learned it was her father he said he would have skipped his other rou nds if he had known who it was. Grandma and Grandpa Spears did not know why h e didn't show up until later. Grace was taken by her Grandmother Dillon and ba ptized in the Catholic Church because she was worried about Hannah and James Saunders not practising Catholicism. Grandma and Grandpa Dillon were from Ire land. When Grace was dying, she called each one of her girls into her to tel l them good by. My mother, Mary, who was only four remembers this well. She s aid the coffin was in the living room and she would go in and stand by it to "wakeup her mother". Tears come to my eyes when I think of it. To this day m om cannot stand the smell of carnations because they were the only flowers in seasonand readily available. Grace had one miscarriage between Aunt Anna and mom, and another between Aunt Belle and Aunt Grace.
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2 Dec 1899
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Death:
Abt 1994
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Mom, how brave and valient you were. Your final illness found you weaker eachday, with the initial weakness starting after our return from the Van Horn r eunion in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. I did not know you had had a bou tof pneumonia in April - before or after you planted the cosmos in my garden ?You felt you were long in passing, but it was too short for us You never c omplained about anything, just stating "About the same". The doctors said the bone marrow test was so painful, but you didn't flinch [And it was unnecess ary, it was fine]. Even when you lapsed into the coma, four hours before pass ing, and we individually spoke to you expressing our love and how much we wil lmiss you, you opened your eyes, nodded at whoever was speaking, and then re turned to your sleep. When the paramedics came, you did not respond, but even after they left, you did. Thank you for my life, your direction for values, and your preparation for leaving all that would be so necessary, in your li ttlegray box I only hope I will be so well prepared If Tomorrow Starts With outMe, Subject: If tomorrow starts without me, Mom, I love you and miss you so much I must keep reading this as I know you were ready If tomorrow star ts without me, And I'm not there to see, If the sun should rise and find your eyes All filled with tears f or me; I wish so much you wouldn't cry The way you did today, While thinking of the many things, We didn't get to say. I knowhow much you love me, As much as I love you, And each time that you think of me, I know you' ll miss me too; But when tomorrow starts without me, Please try to understand , That an angel came and called my name, And took me by the hand, And said m y place was ready, In heaven far above, And that I'd have to leave behind Al l those I dearly love. But as I turned to walk away, Atear fell from my eye For all my life, I'd always thought, I didn't want to die. I had so much to live for, So much left yet to do, It seemed almost impossible, That I was le aving you. I thought of all the yesterdays, The good ones and the bad, The t hought of all the love we shared, And all the fun we had. If I could relive y esterday, Just even for a while, I'd say good-bye and kiss you And maybe see you smile. But then I fully realized, That this could never be, For emptine ss and memories, Would take the place of me. And when I thought of worldly th ings, I might miss come tomorrow, I thought of you, and when I did, My heart was filled with sorrow. But when I walked throughheaven's gates, I felt so much at home. When God looked down and smiled at me, From His great golden th rone, He said, "This is eternity, And all I've promised you." Today your lif e on earth is past, But here life starts anew. Ipromise no tomorrow, But to day will always last, And since each day's the same way There's no longing fo r the past. You have been so faithful, So trusting and so true. Though there were times You did some things You knew you shouldn't do. But you have been forgiven And now at last you're free. So won't you come and take my hand An d share my life with me? So when tomorrow starts without me, Don't think we'r e far apart, For every time you think of me, I'm right here, in your heart.
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George Edwin Spears - Grace Maude Saunders
George Edwin Spears
was born at Uxbridge, Ont. Canada---see notes 12 Aug 1869.
His parents were Alexander Spears and Augusta Malvia Beebe.
He married Grace Maude Saunders 18 Jan 1899 at Glen Ellyn, Il. . Grace Maude Saunders was born at Glen Ellyn, Il.---see notes 1 Jan 1873 .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Edna Spears
born 2 Dec 1899.
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George Edwin Spears died 24 Feb 1919 at Glen Ellyn, Il. .
Grace Maude Saunders died 13 Aug 1910 at Glen Ellyn, Il. .