p. 17 | Death of an Aged Pioneer by C. McREYNOLDS

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 10, 1908

Death of an Aged Pioneer

By C. McREYNOLDS

This dear aged pilgrim and pioneer in the message fell asleep July 29, 1908, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Peterson, at Green Bay, Wis. He was taken to the Oakland Cemetery, in the neighborhood where the old homestead is, for burial.

The service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elders F. F. Peterson and M. H. Serns, in the Seventh-day Adventist church, which he had was assisted largely in building both by labor and means, and where he served the congregation as elder for twenty years. His body was laid by the side of his wife, who has been sleeping twenty-nine years. He was ninety-two years, two months, and twenty-seven days old at the time of his death.

Words of comfort and instruction were spoken from Rev. 22:3; “And there shall be no more curse.” Two sons, E. G. and A. J. Olsen, with their wives, and two daughters,—Sisters Jane and Sarah Cash,—and son-in-law Albert Cash, besides many other relatives and friends, were present. Another son, Elder O. A. Olsen, is the president of the Australasian Union Conference.

C. McREYNOLDS.