Obit: Mrs. William O. Rau

The death of Mrs. William O. Rau, of Harpers Ferry, who died last Tuesday, after a few days illness, at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Clara Wentzell, in Washington City, was a great shock to her family and friends. She was the only child of Mr. James Conway, and the blow is very heavy upon her father, whom the dread destroyer has deprived of all that was near and dear. His wife and son sleep in the Catholic cemetery at Harpers Ferry, where the pines offer a requiem, particularly at this season of the year, and where Mary rests, As the earth was heaped upon the mound and flowers strewn, and the last sobbing heart-broken farewell was taken, the sun, which had been behind the clouds, came forth as if resounding from its noon-day rays the echo of “all is well.