While in Salt Lake City last May, I copied several records from the Bethany United Church of Christ in Tioga, Hancock County, Illinois.The image on this post is the death entry for Franciska Trautvetter, who died on 15 January 1888 (wife of Michael Trautvetter). The entry indicates she was 36 years, 5 months, and 21 days old--and also indicates a date of birth of 22 July 1851.
The pastor even provides the funeral text: Psalms 102: 24-25.
Some translations of verse 24 refer to being taken in the "midst of my days," a likely reference to Franciska's age at the time of her death.
