Obituaries by Mrs. W. H. Saxby; C. H. Edwards; W. W. Stebbins; Mrs. Alfred Cooper; G. G. Lowry; F. H. Hahn; James W. Handy

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Aug 12, 1909

Obituaries

By Mrs. W. H. Saxby; C. H. Edwards; W. W. Stebbins; Mrs. Alfred Cooper; G. G. Lowry; F. H. Hahn; James W. Handy

CLEMENSEN.—Died in New Orleans, La., June 22, 1909, Mrs. Margaret Clemensen, aged sixty-two years. She joined the Lutheran Church early in youth, where she served the Lord until she united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church ten years ago. During the long weeks of intense suffering she was patiently and tenderly cared for by her kind husband. She made arrangements for the cause of God to receive a large gift of her means. We will meet her in the resurrection morning. The church will miss her presence and many acts of helpfulness. She leaves a husband, an aged mother, and one brother to mourn their loss. Elder E. L. Maxwell conducted the funeral services, which were held at her home and at the grave. She was laid away in the cement vault to rest until Jesus comes to claim his own.

MRS. W. H. SAXBY.

LOVELAND.—Brother Charles G. Loveland was born at Hebron, Conn., April 13, 1837, and was drowned off Cape Cod, Mass., Dec. 28, 1908. He accepted present truth about twenty-three years ago under the labors of Elder J. E. Robinson, and became one of the charter members of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) church. Later, he united with the Hebron (Conn.) church. In 1890 he was united in marriage to Sister Lavina P. Mason, of Inland, Ohio, sister of the late Elder Oliver J. Mason, of Ohio. Having been a mariner for years, he sailed from New York on the ship “Myra W. Spear” for Boston, but in attempting to round Cape Cod the ship was struck by a fearful gale and capsized, and after clinging to the rigging for several hours, during the most intense cold, he was washed from the wreck, and nothing has been seen or heard from him since. The captain and others were rescued later. They declare he went down to his watery grave with a firm hold upon God and a hope for the future. A wife and two children are left to mourn their loss.

C. H. EDWARDS.

HOLMES.—Died at the home of her daughter in Monroe, Wis., June 27, 1909, Sister Sarah A. Holmes, aged 83 years, 10 months, and 27 days. In the year 1846 she and her husband moved from Vermont to Wisconsin to make them a home. In this they were successful. Four children are left to miss a mother’s gentle voice and Christian influence. She was greatly beloved by eleven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Her husband died about eight years ago. Sister Holmes embraced the truth nearly fifty years ago, when Elders Isaac Sanborn and William S. Ingraham were laboring in Wisconsin, and remained loyal to the last. She was blessed with a good mind, a meek and quiet spirit. With much patience and without a murmur she bore her last sickness, retaining her mental faculties till she closed her eyes in death, repeating Ps. 23:1, which the writer used as the basis of his remarks. And “when the Chief Shepherd shall appear,” she will not lack her “crown of glory that fadeth not away.”

W. W. STEBBINS.

MACBRIDE.—Mrs. Mary Jamison MacBride died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alfred Cooper, in Mexico City, June 17, 1909, of typhoid fever. Sister MacBride was born sixty-three years ago in Monaghan County, Ireland, and was raised a Presbyterian. She was married to Robert W. MacBride at the age of twenty-one years, and a few years later came to America, and was among the pioneer homesteaders of Nebraska. It was there she and her husband accepted present truth some thirty years ago, under the labors of Elders George B. Starr and Daniel Nettleton, and joined the little band of Sabbath-keepers in Greeley County, Neb. Twenty years ago the family moved to Omaha, and she became a member of that church, where her membership remained, although six years ago she with her husband moved to Lenox, Mo. April 28, Sister MacBride went to Mexico City to visit her daughter. After four short weeks of a very pleasant visit she was taken ill and died. She was conscious until the last. There was no suffering until the last three hours. We laid her to rest in Dolores Cemetery, Mexico City, until that glad day when Christ shall call the faithful forth. Blessed are they that have part in the first resurrection.

MRS. ALFRED COOPER.

GIDEON.—Mrs. Lela A. Gideon was born Oct. 11, 1881. She died at her home near Amory, Miss., July 17, 1909, aged 27 years, 9 months, and 6 days. At an early age Sister Gideon became a Christian, and united with the Methodist Church, living up to all the light she had. About five years ago she, with her husband, heard and embraced the third angel’s message, since which time she has lived a consistent Christian life. She was a patient sufferer, and met death with a full assurance that her sins were forgiven, and that she would come up in the first resurrection. She leaves a father, three sisters, five brothers, a husband, and four small children, also many friends and relatives to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from 1 Thess. 4:13-17.

G. G. LOWRY.

WAKENIGHT.—Sister Anna Wakenight was born Dec. 27, 1886, at Dannebrog, Neb., and died at Sulphur Springs, Ark., May 9, 1909, aged 22 years, 4 months, 13 days. At the age of twelve, with her parents (Brother and Sister Christenson), she accepted the third angel’s message. At the age of sixteen she began Bible work in Omaha, Neb., in which she did noble service. Later she spent some time at Union College in fitting herself for church-school work. After teaching one term of school at Gentry, Ark., she went to Little Rock, Ark., to take the nurses’ course, but on account of failing health was obliged to give up her work. On June 21, 1908, she was married to Orval C. Wakenight at Gentry, Ark. They soon moved to Sulphur Springs, Ark., and at this place Sister Wakenight was taken sick. She passed away peacefully in the hope of having a part in the first resurrection. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother Oppy. Comforting words were spoken to a sympathizing audience from 1 Thess. 4:14-18.

F. H. HAHN.

WOODRUFF.—Elder Henry Woodruff was born near Kingsbury, Va., Sept. 30, 1840, and died Feb. 11, 1909, at the age of 69 years, 4 months, and 12 days. During his youth and early manhood he was given a liberal education, and after teaching school a few years near Wheeling, W. Va., he moved to Missouri in 1858, and at the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army and was made captain of his company, the Twenty-first Missouri Infantry Volunteers, in which capacity he served until near the end of the war, when he was incapacitated for further service, and was given an honorable discharge. On Nov. 4, 1864, he was married to Miss Julia A. Lindsey. Of this union was born nine children, five boys and four girls, seven of whom are still living. Father was brought up a Methodist, but upon hearing the third angel’s message in 1874, he and his wife accepted it, and began ministerial labors two years after, in which service he remained until his death. Although the last five years he had to retire from active labor on account of failing health, his efforts while engaged in the ministry, were greatly blessed by many accepting the message he loved, giving God the praise in all things. The day before father died, he said he was ready to go, and just a few moments before his death, he said, “If we are faithful, we shall meet when Jesus comes.” May God strengthen and comfort mother during the remaining hours of her life. Father’s sickness was only for one week, when the end came, and his body was taken to Tioga, Tex., for burial, where one of his daughters, Mrs. Eva Handy, now lives. The funeral services were conducted by a Baptist minister, and the body was placed in the city cemetery to await the call of Christ, who has power over death.

JAMES W. HANDY.