Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 17, 1915

PAULSON.—Lillie Paulson was born in Bates Township, Michigan, July 30, 1898, and died at her home in St. Petersburg, Fla., March 28, 1915. She was a conscientious Christian, and was awaiting baptism at the time of her death. W. H. HECKMAN.

HARRIS.—Darrel Wilmot Harris was born in Wisconsin, June 16, 1885, and died at College Place, Wash., May 18, 1915, at the age of thirty years. Our brother fell asleep in Jesus with a bright hope of eternal life. We laid him to rest in the cemetery at Milton, Oregon. W. W. STEWARD.

QUICK.—Hannah J. Quick died at Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 26, 1915, aged 84 years and 23 days. About twenty years ago she embraced present truth and united with the church at Austin, Pa. The funeral service was held at Keating Summit, Pa., where we laid her away to await the coming of the Life-giver. B. F. KNEELAND.

HUMPHRY.—My dear sister, Mary Frances Humphry, died at the home of her daughter in Obert, Nebr., April 22, 1915, aged 73 years, 4 months, and 4 days. She had been a widow for four years. From childhood sister was an earnest Christian, keeping all the commandments of God, and she fell asleep in the bright hope of a joyful awakening when the Life-giver shall appear to gather his jewels. H. A. ST. JOHN.

RHODES.—Richard L. Rhodes was born in Ghent, Columbia Co., N. Y., May 20, 1833, and died at Kankakee, Ill., May 9, 1915. He accepted present truth in Hillsdale, Mich., over sixty years ago, under the labors of Elders Joseph Bates and M. E. Cornell. Faithful to the last, he now peacefully sleeps in Jesus, awaiting the resurrection morning. He is mourned by his companion and four children. ADOLPH JOHNSON.

MELENDY.—Bryant Hutchinson Melendy was born at Amherst, N. H., Feb. 24, 1836, and died at Academia, Ohio, May 23, 1915. When a young man he accepted present truth under the labors of Elder S. N. Haskell, and was a member of the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife and four sons and their families, who are comforted by the Christian's hope in this hour of trial. E. K. SLADE.

COOK.—William Henry Cook was born at South Branch, New Brunswick, Sept. 2, 1853, and died May 16, 1915, at his home in St. John, New Brunswick. Eighteen years ago he accepted the truths of the third angel's message, and from that time until his death was faithful to the cause he loved. He served on the Maritime Conference committee, and also as a member of the Williamsdale school board for several years. We feel the loss of a faithful, tried worker; but though he rests, his works will follow him. G. H. SKINNER.

EDWARDS.—Anna Stone Edwards, wife of Elder C. H. Edwards, died in Providence, R. I., May 11, 1915, as the result of a serious surgical operation. Her age was forty-seven years. She became a member of the Greenwood, R. I., Seventh-day Adventist Church at eighteen, and remained a faithful, devoted servant of her Master until called by death. On May 11, 1887, she was married to Elder C. H. Edwards. Her husband, one son and his family, together with her aged parents and four sisters, mourn their loss. K. C. RUSSELL.

MURPHY.—Eunice A. Albertson was born July 2, 1838, and was married to John Bird in 1856. Two of their three children are living. Mr. Bird died in 1862, and three years later the deceased was married to Riley A. Murphy. Three children were born to this union. Sister Murphy was again left a widow in 1899. She made her home with a son in Wabash, Ind., where she died May 8, 1915. She accepted present truth in 1890. W. A. YOUNG.

JONES.—Walter P. Jones died at Evart, Mich., April 3, 1915. He was born in Genesee County, New York, May 29, 1837. The family moved to Michigan when he was six years of age. My brother was a firm believer in the truths taught by Seventh-day Adventists, and observed the Sabbath for about six months before his death. He is survived by a wife and two children who feel deeply this separation, but have the hope of meeting him again in the resurrection day. MRS. D. W. MAYNARD.

KENNEDY.—Sally Celinda Chandler was born March 10, 1839, in or near Chandler Valley, N. Y. When she was about seven years of age her father's family moved from New York to Sherwood Township, Branch County, Mich., making the journey by wagon in the winter. Later she lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In the latter State she was married to Oscar F. Kennedy, Dec. 17, 1861. About five years later they moved to the southwestern part of Missouri, and in 1874 to Battle Creek, Mich. Here she learned the truths of the third angel's message, and was baptized and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1878. Her home for many years past has been with her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Welch. She was a true mother to all in the family. She loved the Sabbath, and attended Sabbath school and church service regularly to the very last Sabbath of her life, having missed only two or three services in the past two years and eight months. After a few hours' illness, on May 19, 1915, she fell asleep without a struggle. A younger sister, Mrs. Louisa Stilson, of Bethel, Wis., is now the only survivor of their father's family, nearly all of whom died at an advanced age. Mrs. Lucy Welch, of Takoma Park, D. C., was her only child. Her grandchildren are Windon C. Welch, of Takoma Park, D. C., and Mrs. Earl Wilcox, of Saranae Lake, N. Y. Besides these she leaves a score of nieces and nephews and many friends to mourn their loss.