Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 21, 1910

SCHWARTZ.—Mrs. M. M. Schwartz, aged 58 years, 1 month, and 26 days, died in Coalinga, Cal., March 14, of apoplexy. She leaves two sons and three daughters to mourn their loss. She was a kind and devoted mother, and her poor health served only to develop Christian graces. We laid her to rest in the Armona Cemetery. Consoling texts were read at the grave by Elder B. L. Howe. MRS. L. J. DUXBURY.

LUNDQUIST.—Mrs. Carrie M. Lundquist was born in Fernandina, Fla., and died at Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 23, 1910. About 1881 she married Peter Lundquist, who died seven years ago. Four children were born to them, all of whom are living. She accepted the third angel’s message over four years ago, and remained a faithful and devoted member in the Jacksonville church until her death. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Job 7:21, to a large congregation of sympathizing friends. WM. K. ACHENBACH.

BOYDON.—William Boydon was born in Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, and died at his home in Kingston, March 23, 1910, of old age, being eighty-three years old. Brother Boydon was among the first to accept the third angel’s message in Jamaica, and remained loyal to the end. The writer had the privilege of baptizing him fifteen years ago. As we have now had the privilege of assisting to lay him to rest to await the call of the Life-giver, we hope also to have the happiness of meeting him in the morning of the first resurrection, and to sing that glad song of triumph over death and all that pertains to it. Remarks from Ps. 8:4. F. I. RICHARDSON.

FLECK.—Mrs. Maud Fleck fell asleep at her home near Reedville, Ore., April 1, 1910, being twenty-five years of age. Sister Fleck was surrounded by Christian influence from childhood, and united with the Beverton (Ore.) Seventh-day Adventist church, at the age of fifteen. She was born at Ellsworth, Wis., and came to Oregon a number of years ago with her parents, Brother and Sister J. H. Morton. She leaves her husband, three small children, father, mother, three brothers, and four sisters to mourn their loss. A large circle of friends gathered in the church on the hill, which was inadequate to accommodate them all. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. I. G. KNIGHT.

REES.—Mrs. Melvina Rees, wife of the late Elder J. M. Rees, died at her home in Parkersburg, W. Va., Nov. 5, 1909, in the sixty-sixth year of her age. Sister Rees has been an invalid for the past nine years. Last spring, when her condition became alarming, her husband took her to Washington, D. C., where, on the day after their arrival, he met his tragic death. Early in June, she was taken back to her home in Parkersburg, where, through intense suffering, she gradually sank till death released her. When a girl of fourteen years, she embraced the Sabbath truth, and for nearly fifty-two years had been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. June 28, 1866, she united in marriage to Joseph M. Rees, to whom she taught the truth of the third angel’s message. To this union four children were born, three of whom are living,—Mrs. A. W. Smith, Reno, Nev.; Prof. D. D. Rees, Mt. Vernon, Ohio; and Miss Pearl L. Rees, South Lancaster, Mass. Sister Rees rests from her labors and her sufferings, but the sweet influence of her pure, unselfish life will never die. During her sickness and extreme suffering, never a complaint or murmur escaped her lips. She could smile through it all and say, as she did to her son a few weeks before her death, “I shall fall asleep in Jesus.” She was taken to Kokomo, Ind., by her son and daughter, and laid beside her husband, to rest until the soon coming of the Life-giver. Funeral services were conducted in Parkersburg, by Elder W. D. MacLay. W. D. MacLay. *

HARTHY.—Died at his home in Pine Grove Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, of heart failure, Benjamin Harthy, aged 75 years, 10 months, and 12 days. The deceased was born in the village of Masin, Holland, May 20, 1834. In 1848 he came to America, and in 1888 he embraced the faith of the Seventh-day Adventists, and united with the Otsego (Mich.) church, where he remained a faithful member until his death. He was married Oct. 19, 1868, to Esther Tassell, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and to this union five children were born. He is also survived by ten grandchildren. A large number of sympathizing friends and neighbors attended the funeral, and words of comfort were spoken by the writer, based upon John 14:1-3. Dr. A. A. John, a returned missionary from Mexico, assisted. M. S. BURNHAM.

SWEET.—Edna M. Sweet was born at Willis, Mich., Feb. 24, 1881. Her death took place at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Eva Barrowcliff, of Ypsilanti, Mich., April 7, 1910, having reached the age of 29 years, 1 month, and 11 days. The most of Edna’s life had been spent at her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren Sweet, of Willis. Early in life she enjoyed a very bright Christian experience, and became a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Willis, of which she remained a devoted and faithful member until her death. The most of her short life was devoted to an unselfish endeavor to bring happiness and comfort to others. She especially took a deep interest in Christian education, and devoted several years to successful work as a Christian teacher. Many friends and loved ones are thrown into deep sadness by the untimely termination of a young and promising life. E. K. SLADE.

WILSON.—Died on March 26, 1910, of pneumonia, within one hour and ten minutes of each other, Thomas and Clara Wilson, at their home in Fairplains, Mich., the former being 77 years, 10 months, and 9 days, and the latter 69 years, 10 months, and 27 days old, and were buried in one grave in the Fairplains Cemetery on Tuesday, March 29, 1910. Although advanced in years, Brother and Sister Wilson had been able to look after the work on the farm up to a short time before their demise, but when the disease fastened itself upon them, it soon became apparent that they did not have sufficient vitality to resist it, and the end soon followed. Brother and Sister Wilson were among the pioneers of the message in Michigan, he having accepted present truth in 1861, and she a short time before. Thomas Wilson was born in Auburn, N. Y., May 17, 1832, and came to Michigan with his parents in 1836, settling first at Sturgis, afterward moving to Marshall, and in 1846 to Fairplains, Montcalm Co., where he resided the rest of his life with the exception of a brief residence in 1880 at Red Cloud, Neb. He was married in 1855 to Miss Mary A. Shepard, with whom he lived for twenty-five years, or until her death in 1880. Six children were the result of this union, three of whom survive. In 1881 Brother Wilson was married to Sister Clara J. Berch, with whom he lived until the hand of death removed both. One son by the second marriage is left, with the two brothers and one sister of the first marriage, to mourn. Clara J. Berch was born at Marshall, Mich., May 29, 1840. One child, Jesse E., mourns the loss of a loving and faithful mother. In the death of this couple, the children lose faithful and loving parents, the church life-long members, and the community kind and social neighbors. Just before the procession started from the house, an only brother, the only survivor of the family,—William J. Wilson,—arrived from Omaja, Cuba, not knowing anything of the sickness of his brother, Thomas. He was impelled by an irresistible influence to come to Michigan. Upon reaching Battle Creek he soon learned of his brother’s death, and by careful planning and good connections with trains, reached his brother’s home in time to attend the service in the Methodist church, which was attended by a large congregation of neighbors and friends. Discourse by the writer, from 2 Tim. 4:7, 8. S. D. HARTWELL.