...[text missing]... of Hancock Township, Hancock county, Illinois, and passed to her reward on April 12, 1936, being at the time of her death 54 years, 6 months and 1 day of age, having spent her entire life in the same community in which she was born.  She was the second child born to Edward and Lois Kious Peck.

On December 17, 1902, she was united in marriage to John Rings, who survives to mourn his loss. Two children survive, Ray of Varna, Ill., and Nelda Mae Lowderman of Tennessee, Ill.

She is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mae Conn, Charlie, Frank, Mrs. Mabel Day, and Vera Foster, all of this and neighboring communities.

She has been a member of Majorville church for more than thirty-five years and has served the church faithfully as long as she was able.  She was president of the Social Circle at Majorville for years, being in that office at the time of her death.

When she closed her weary eyelids
And her throbbing heart stood still,
When upon her brow and temples
Came that awful deathly chill,
Then we stood in human weakness
And upheld life's slender thread
Broken by an unseen finger
And we whispered "Nellie's dead."
And the weeping and the sobbing!
O, the hearach and the pain
Can the husband stand the anguish?
Can the children stand the strain?
And the sisters and the brothers
And all other dear friends, too,
Human words are unavailing
We commit them, Lord, to you.
Not in vengeance, not in anger
Came the message of her death.
It is God who gave her to us.
It is Her who lent her breath.
We are all dependent creatures.
We're unheld by His right hand,
We are only pilgrims wending
Homeward to the promised land.
Then take courage husband, children
Tho the grief is heard to bear,
Look to Jesus, He has promised
That He'll all our sorrows share.
He will comfort and sustain you,
He will lead you by his love
To a _____ that has no ending
To ____ happy home above.

Funeral services were conducted at Majorville church April 14th at 2:00 p.m. in charge of her pastor, Rev. Keith Loveless.  D. Era Neece and Mrs. Bess Dickerson of Colchester sang, "The Bells of Saint Marys" and "Whispering Hope," accompanied by Mrs. Dell Smith, also of Colchester.

We take this means to express our deep appreciation for the many acts of kindness and assistance shown us when our home was burned, and during the illness and death of our wife and mother, Mrs. Nellie Peck Rings.

John Rings
Ray and Irene Rings
Wayne and Nelda Mae Lowderman.

Obituary from the Mae Peck Conn scrapbook donated to the Hancock County Historical Society by Marilyn Shelley.  Verbatim transcription.

Nellie was a student at Woodville School near Joetta during the 1900-1901 school term.