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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1905

Obituaries

PAGE.— Died at Orlando, Fla., Feb. 26, 1905, of cancer, John S. Page. Brother Page was born in Danvers, Mass., April 2, 1845. He accepted present truth about eight years ago, and lived a consistent Christian life, and died triumphant in the faith. He leaves a wife and two children to mourn his absence. The funeral service was conducted by Elder Isaac Sanborn and the writer. L. H. CRISLER.

HINCKLEY.— Died at Tacoma, Wash., April 14, 1905, of heart-disease, Mrs. Flora Annette Hinckley, daughter of Brother and Sister W. T. Henton. Sister Hinckley was the mother of eleven children, six of whom still live to mourn their loss. She was a firm believer in the third angel's message, and died triumphant in Christ. Words of comfort and instruction were spoken by the writer from Eze. 37: 12-15. E. L. STEWART.

FATIC.— Fell asleep in Jesus near Mechanicsburg, Ind., April 4, 1905, Brother James R. Fatic, aged 52 years, 4 months, and 10 days. In 1885 Brother Fatic was converted and accepted the truths taught by Seventh-day Adventists, under the labors of Elder S. H. Lane. He was highly esteemed by all who knew him, and will be greatly missed by the church and the neighborhood in which he lived. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by L. C. Mills, of Middletown. P. G. STANLEY.

DONALDSON.— Fell asleep in Jesus at the home of her parents, near Knoxville, Tenn., April 12, 1905, Francis V. Donaldson, a few days after her twenty-fourth birthday. Fannie contracted tuberculosis in Boulder, Colo., several years ago while serving the Master as a missionary nurse, the calling to which she had devoted her life. She was converted at the age of twelve, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. She died with a clear hope of rising in radiant immortality, at the resurrection morning. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder G. W. Wells. W. C. WALES.

RAND.— Died in Battle Creek Mich., March 28, 1905, of pneumonia, Mrs. Mary A. Rand, wife of Brother H. Rand, and mother of Dr. Howard F. Rand, aged nearly 69 years. Brother and Sister Rand were married at Boston, but soon after removed to Minnesota, settling near Faribault, where they reared their family of three sons and three daughters. There they received present truth in the spring of 1886 under the labors of Elder E. A. Merrell. Sister Rand was of a quiet, retiring disposition, but her virtues have shone out in a well-ordered, Christian home. She was dearly beloved by her family and by all who knew her. G. C. TENNEY.

HOUSTON.— Died at the home of her son, Mr. Hewitt, in Texarkana, Tex., April 30, 1905, Matilda Houston, wife of Elder P. V. Houston, aged 65 years, 6 months, and 17 days. Sister Houston was converted and joined the Baptist Church in the fall of 1879. About nineteen years ago after camp-meeting in Arkansas, she heard and accepted the faith of the Seventh-day Adventists. She was firm and zealous for the present truth till her death. A devoted husband, one son and his wife, and several grandchildren are left to mourn their loss. Words of comfort were spoken to the bereaved family and sympathizing friends and neighbors by the writer, from John 11:25; Rev. 14:13; 21:4. J. WILBUR.

HILL.— Died at Kanyengeh, Ontario, May 1, 1905, in her fortieth year, Sister Alice Hill, wife of Dr. Hill, the Indian chief who has become so well known to our people. It is now about seven years since she and her husband began to observe the Sabbath under the labors of Elders Spear and Simpson. This woman has had a home for the poor and cast out all these years. No one was turned away from her door. She will be much missed by her husband, her two adopted children, the church, and neighbors. The funeral was largely attended. Brother A. G. Smith interpreted the words which were spoken to the neighbors, who more than filled the little church. Her grave is the first in the new yard which is in the rear of the church building. Words of comfort were spoken from Eze. 37: 1-14. A. O. BURRILL.

PLACE.— Died at Boulder, Colo., May 1, 1905, Mrs. Julia Place, nee Chapman, wife of Dr. O. G. Place, aged 47 years, 4 months, and 25 days. At the age of fourteen, she was converted, and united with the Congregational Church. Two years later she embraced the views held by Seventh-day Adventists, and became a member of that church. Early in life the desire possessed her to prepare herself to help others. The profession of teaching offered opportunities for the achievement of this purpose. In this work she attained remarkable success—an earnest of the broader work she was to do in later life for suffering humanity. In the year 1880 she united her interests with C. J. Lamson, a young minister of the Michigan Conference. He dying five years later, she was married in 1887 to Dr. O. G. Place. Uniting heart and soul with her husband in his work, she was a most earnest and devoted laborer in the cause of Christ. At the bedside of the sick, in the sanitarium and city mission work, in the church and Sabbath-school, as well as in the home, Sister Place was ever faithful to duty's call. Her faith set at naught personal convenience. No sacrifice was too great for her to make; no service for others too small for her to render. The supreme sacrifice of her life was made when, with her husband, in 1897 she left Boulder to engage in medical missionary work in India, leaving her aged mother, whom she was destined never to meet again in this life. Doubtless her earnest, faithful labor in India was the foundation of the ill health in later years which caused her death. We believe it may be truly said of her: “No nobler woman ever lived; no truer Christian ever rendered service to her God.” She will be greatly missed by her husband, by the church, and by the people of Boulder. The funeral service was conducted by Elder G. F. Watson, assisted by several other ministers of the Colorado Conference. A large concourse of people followed the remains to their last resting-place, by the side of her mother, in the cemetery at Boulder. FRANCES M. WILCOX.