Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1905

ADELBERG.—Died at her home at Bancroft, Mich., Oct. 28, 1905, Sister F. A. C. Adelberg, aged 68 years. She accepted present truth under the labors of Elders R. F. Cottrell and J. N. Andrews in New York State in 1864. A husband, a son, and a daughter feel keenly the loss of a loving companion and mother. At her request, words of comfort were spoken from Ps. 23: 1 by the writer. E. K. SLADE.

WEST.—Died in Ashland, Ore., Aug. 15, 1905, of peritonitis, Sister Rebecca West, aged 58 years, 3 months, and 16 days. She had just passed through a serious surgical operation. She was a faithful member of the College View, Neb., church, and died with a bright hope of a glorious resurrection not far in the future. She had been a widow for nineteen years. She leaves three sons, one daughter, and one brother to mourn. Funeral service was conducted at the house by the writer. R. D. BENHAM.

PARR.—Died near Hanover, Kan., Sept. 3, 1905, of cholera morbus, Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Barr. Mother accepted the Sabbath when but a child, but never had the privilege of joining a church of like precious faith. The REVIEW AND HERALD and Signs of the Times were her only preachers, and she dearly loved to peruse their pages. She ever sought to relieve the sick and the sorrowing. She was the mother of seven children, one of whom died in infancy. We mourn our loss, but not as those without hope. The funeral service was held at the family residence, six miles northwest of Hanover, Kan., conducted by Dr. Leeper (Baptist). MRS. B. A. MAKER.

THOMPSON.—Died at Wichita, Kan., Oct. 8, 1905, Mrs. Harriet Thompson, aged 69 years, 11 months, and 3 days. Sister Thompson was one of the oldest Sabbath-keepers in the church here, having accepted present truth at Chesaning, Mich., forty-four years ago, under the preaching of Elders Andrews and Bates. During all these years she has remained faithful to the cause, and in her humble way sought to advance its interests. In the weeks of her final illness, she was strengthened and cheered by a bright hope for the future. Her death breaks another of the bands that join the present with the days of the pioneers, but makes stronger the one that binds us to the future. B. E. FULLMER, M. D.

SPIRE.—Fell asleep Oct. 14, 1905, Mrs. Sallie Baird Spire, wife of B. W. Spire, manager of the Nashville Sanitarium, after a long and painful illness. Sister Spire gave her heart to God in early childhood, and accepted the third angel's message under the instruction of the late Elder C. L. Boyd in 1893. Until a year ago, when her serious sickness began, she was always active in work for others, and had served the church efficiently as church clerk for five or six years. She leaves a husband, a father, three brothers, and a sister to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted in our newly purchased church, where, as a member of the Baptist Church, she worshiped so long before she became an Adventist. She now sleeps in beautiful Mount Olivet Cemetery. J. E. CALDWELL.

WILLIAMS.—Died at Ogden, Utah, Sept. 12, 1905, Robert Elmer Williams, aged 27 years, 6 months, and 8 days. The immediate cause of death was hemorrhage of the bowels, the results of ptomain poisoning with typhoid complications. Although young in years as well as in a knowledge of present truth, Brother Williams had become known in the little church at Ogden and throughout the Utah Conference as one of those burden-bearers whose loss is always deeply felt by the cause of truth. He leaves a wife and two little boys to mourn their loss. W. A. ALWAY.

CURTIS.—Died near Marcus, Wash., of black erysipelas, Sept. 9, 1905, Vivian Porter Curtis, youngest son of O. F. and A. M. Curtis, aged 9 years, 10 months, and 15 days. Vivian was a very exemplary boy, always rendering willing obedience to his parents, taking delight in learning the Scriptures and his Sabbath-school lessons, and in earning money for missionary purposes. The parents and brothers and sisters are comforted with the hope of meeting him at Jesus' coming. Funeral discourse was given by Rev. Carmichael (Congregationalist); text, Rev. 14: 13. F. D. STARR.

HOWE.—Died at the home of her sister in Bradford, Pa., Oct. 23, 1905, Sister Ida Howe, aged 53 years. Her disease was supposed to be internal cancer. Sister Howe bore her sufferings patiently, and seemed resigned to the will of the Lord. In early life she gave her heart to God, and united with the Baptist Church. Eight years ago she heard and accepted the present truth under the labors of Elder K. C. Russell, and united with the Bradford church, of which she was still a member at the time of her death. She leaves one sister, two brothers, and other friends to mourn their loss, but they sorrow not without hope. A good audience assembled at the time of the funeral, and listened attentively to a discourse by the writer from Rev. 14: 13. J. W. WATT.

TUCKER.—Marcia Phelps Tucker was born in Ohio, June 23, 1813. The time of her long pilgrimage here was 92 years, 4 months, and 8 days. She was one of that generation of whom all shall not pass away until all things be fulfilled. Her death thus reminds us again that we are nearing the day of the realization of all our hopes. She experienced the toil and hardships of pioneer life in Missouri, Iowa, and Colorado. With her own hands for more than half a century she prepared food and manufactured clothing from the raw materials. And yet it is long ago that she hung up her candle molds, pushed back into a corner her loom and spinning-wheel, and endeavored to become accustomed to the conveniences and improvements of an age and a generation whose ways seemed always strange and new. What wonder that the aged are often lonely in a world so changed! She often witnessed to the truth of the prophecy that in the last days knowledge shall be increased. She was twice a widow. Thirteen children knew her as mother. Seven of these were her own, six of whom survive her, with many children's children, even to the fifth generation. In early womanhood she became a member of the Methodist Church, in which she remained for many years. At the age of seventy-five she accepted the faith of the remnant church. The long day, with its morning of hope, its noontide of toil and care, and its evening of rest, is ended. MRS. ALMA MCKRIBBIN.