Eva was the daughter of Annie and Stiles Paden.Records do not mention how she died.
Eva had ten Sisters Lizzie, Maurel and one Brother who died so young around the turn of the Century. Eva's other Sisters Mildred,Lorma, Ada, Ethel, Olive, Mary, LuLu, Minnie,died at an older age and two Brothers Stiles Jr and Daniel..Daniel was Stillborn..
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Dear Eva,
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Eva, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Eva was the daughter of Annie and Stiles Paden.Records do not mention how she died.
Eva had ten Sisters Lizzie, Maurel and one Brother who died so young around the turn of the Century. Eva's other Sisters Mildred,Lorma, Ada, Ethel, Olive, Mary, LuLu, Minnie,died at an older age and two Brothers Stiles Jr and Daniel..Daniel was Stillborn..
*********
Dear Eva,
Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marbled stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Eva, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder if you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
Inscription
daughter of Stiles E & Annie C, age 4m 25d
Family Members
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Ethel Paden Lyons
1888–1975
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Olive Celina Paden Young
1890–1962
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Maurel Ruth Paden
1891–1900
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Minnie Mahel Paden Santo
1893–1915
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Lizzie May Paden
1894–1894
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Ada Cephronia "Peg" Paden Barninger
1896–1985
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Daniel Zur Paden
1899–1899
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Lorma Frances Paden Moyer
1901–1958
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Stiles Edward-Roosevelt "Ed" Paden
1902–1961
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Mary Catherine Paden Shotsberger
1904–1978
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Annie Mildred Paden Rodkey
1905–1980
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Lulu Long Paden Metz
1908–1988
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