Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 15, 1913

HUNT.—Died, Arnold Pearl Hunt, infant son of C. C. and Grace Walker Hunt, of Flat Rock, Ill. B. T. WALKER.

DOBBINS.—Mrs. Mary Dobbins died April 11, 1913, aged 45 years. The deceased came to Ontario about one year ago, and with two of her daughters was baptized, uniting with the Hamilton Seventh-day Adventist Church. Ten children survive. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder G. H. Skinner. MATT J. ALLEN.

JOHNSTONE.—Miss Bessie J. Johnstone was born in New Orleans, La., Oct. 16, 1867. She became one of the charter members of the first Seventh-day Adventist Church organized in that city, and remained a faithful member of the same until her death. She quietly fell asleep in Jesus April 5, 1913. Her loss will be felt by a large circle of relatives and friends. R. W. PARMELE.

STEELE.—Flora May Steele died in Pueblo, Colo., Feb. 13, 1913. She was born in Peru, Kans., Jan. 18, 1878. Her husband, one little son, mother, two brothers, and two sisters survive. Sister Steele was reared in a Seventh-day Adventist home. She was fully resigned to the will of God, and we are comforted with the assurance that she will come forth at the resurrection of the just. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.

KNUDSON.—Mrs. Bertie Berg Knudson died at her home in Denver, Colo., Jan. 26, 1913. She was born in Sweden, April 4, 1863, and came to this country when twelve years old. She spent some time in Worcester, Mass., and later came to Denver, where she was married to Ole E. Knudson, and where she lived for thirty years. The deceased accepted present truth thirty-two years ago, and at that time united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Algona, Iowa. At the time of her death she was a faithful member of the Denver church. Her husband and three children survive. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.

STRAW.—Rachel Parsons Straw was born in Indiana Sept. 28, 1830, and died April 7, 1913, at the home of her daughter in Pierz, Minn., aged 82 years, 6 months, and 10 days. When a child she moved with her parents to Illinois, and later to Wisconsin, where she grew to womanhood, and on Aug. 25, 1849, was united in marriage to Edwin Cole. Four children were born to them, three of whom are left to mourn. Mr. Cole died in the civil war, and several years later the deceased was married to Mr. Straw, after which the family moved to Minnesota. Sister Straw accepted the truths of the third angel's message in its early days, and was a faithful and consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ELLA E. MERICKEL.

BUTCHER.—Theodore P. Butcher was born in Hamburg, near Buffalo, N. Y., March 20, 1842, and lived in Erie County, New York, most of the time until he was eighteen years of age, when he moved to Niagara County, where he lived until he enlisted as a volunteer in the United States Army in December, 1861. When his term expired in the spring of 1864, he reenlisted. At that time, while home on a furlough, he was united in marriage to Miss Marinda Gaylord, April 4, 1864. In 1865, they moved to Spring Arbor, Mich., where he lived most of the time until his death, which occurred Sept. 25, 1912, as the result of an automobile accident and heart failure. It was not until after the close of the war that he became interested in present truth, and accepted it. For a short time he engaged in ministerial work, in which he was successful in bringing a number of persons into the truth. Later he turned his attention to teaching, but by Bible work and responsible positions in the church and Sabbath-school, continued his efforts in Christian endeavor. He leaves a wife, one daughter, and two sons to mourn their loss. *

GOODMANSON.—Christian L. H. Goodmanson, native of California, died in Oakland, April 8, 1913, aged 31 years, 3 months, and 12 days. He embraced the truth of the third angel's message about one year before his death, and fell asleep in hope. He is survived by his companion, one son, his mother, one brother, and two sisters. B. E. BEDDOE.

DARNELL.—Mrs. Annie Darnell, eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mosley, and wife of Mr. Jesse E. Darnell, was born June 29, 1881, and died April 12, 1913, at Keene, Tex. She united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church when fifteen years of age, and was a faithful member and active worker in the same until she fell asleep in Jesus. For six years she was a faithful wife, and was a loving mother to the little one she adopted. H. S. PRENER.

MOWERY.—Rachael Ann, wife of John Mowery, was born Oct. 1, 1850, and died April 10, 1913. Five of her eleven children, with the husband and father, are left to mourn, but they sorrow in hope. About eight years ago the deceased accepted this message under the labors of Elder R. T. Nash, and her love for the truth helped to soothe her days of sufferings. We laid her to rest in a quiet country churchyard, near Salisbury, N. C. U. D. PICKARD.

ROTHWELL.—The funeral service of William Rothwell was held near Booneville, Ark., April 3, 1913. Although the deceased believed the truth as taught by Seventh-day Adventists, he was not a member of the church. He was born near Manchester, England, July 31, 1830, and died April 1, 1913. In 1855 he came to the United States, and was married to Harriet Eliza Heywood, who survives, together with six sons and four daughters, one of whom is Mrs. U. Bender. W. E. BAXTER.

MINISEE.—At the advanced age of 90 years, 1 month, and 11 days, James Henry Minisee, of the Byron Center (Mich.) Seventh-day Adventist Church, fell asleep in Jesus April 6, 1913. Brother Minisee was born in Dutchess County, New York, Feb. 25, 1823, and was a Sabbath-keeper for more than fifty years. He settled in Jamestown, when about forty-seven years of age, and held his membership in the Gaines church until the organization of the company at Byron Center. His companion and eight children preceded him in death. S. B. HORTON.