Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 21, 1909

FENNER.—Ednia Fenner, aged fourteen months, died at Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 20, 1909, after an illness of two weeks. Elder P. E. Sheppler, of Bethel, preached words of love and comfort. MRS. LILLIE HEHNE.

RAGLAND.—Mrs. May Ragland was born in Carrollton, N. Y., March 22, 1864, and died Sept. 27, 1909, at the age of forty-five years. She leaves a husband, two sons, three sisters, and one brother to mourn their loss. Sister Ragland has been a member of the Bradford church for twelve years, and passed away in the faith of a soon-coming Saviour. Words of comfort and exhortation by the writer. I. G. BIGELOW.

GIBSON.—Alice, beloved daughter of the late Brother Geo. H. and Sister Rosa Gibson, of Eureka, Cal., was born Dec. 4, 1882, and died of smallpox July 17, 1909, at El Hualco, Arequipa, Perú. Alice knew and loved her Lord from early childhood, and was baptized at the age of sixteen and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in which she was reared. Just one year ago she answered a call to take a position as governess in a Catholic family in Peru. She was sick but two short weeks, and that hope which was so precious to her through life was her comfort during those days of suffering, and her stay in the hour of death, for as she faced her last enemy apparently alone, she said, “I am so happy to go, if this is God’s will.” She was laid to rest by strangers, in a strange land, to await the call of the Life-giver. She leaves many friends, who not only mourn their loss, but who sorrow deeply with the brother and sister who have been bereft of one so precious to them. KATHRYN S. WAGNER.

CALHOUN.—John N. Calhoun was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, April 12, 1834. With his parents and family he went to Wisconsin in 1847. In 1857 he was married to Mary E. Marsh. Four children were born of this union, two of whom died in infancy. One son, John R., and a daughter, Mrs. M. C. Harnden, and the wife survive him. Brother Calhoun embraced present truth at Portage, Wis., in 1860, under the labors of Elder T. M. Steward, and, together with his family, was ever a firm believer in the third angel’s message and the truths connected with it. He and his wife were charter members of the Nevada, Iowa, church, which was formed in 1876, and after residing there till 1893, the family removed to Battle Creek, Mich., remaining there until 1908, when they returned to their earlier home. However, they did not long enjoy their residence there, as Brother Calhoun died June 15, 1909, having suffered from a paralytic stroke for about three months. In his dying hour he expressed his strong hope in Christ. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. M. N. CAMPBELL.

KERR.—Mrs. Jennie Alice Kerr (née Beasley) was born in Warren County, Missouri, July 19, 1882, and died Sept. 23, 1909, aged 27 years, 2 months, and 2 days. She accepted the message of the soon-coming Saviour at a camp-meeting held at Newark, Ohio, August, 1894, and was baptized and joined the church at Springfield, Ohio, of which church she was a devoted member until her membership was transferred to the Battle Creek church. She was graduated as a nurse from the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Nov. 19, 1905. She was married Dec. 21, 1906, to L. R. Kerr, at the home of her parents in South Dakota, and went with her husband to Lincoln, Neb. There she was soon taken with that fatal malady, tuberculosis. They came to the Battle Creek Sanitarium a few months ago. All was done that a loving husband and the parents of both could do, but it was of no avail. They laid her away to await the call of “the Saviour, when we believe she will come forth with the saints who have been sleeping in Jesus; then we, if faithful, can clasp her hands once more where there will be no more parting. Services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder A. T. Jones. J. M. WILBUR.

CONNER.—Mabel Esther, the little daughter of Floyd W. and Belle M. Conner, was born Nov. 28, 1907, and died Sept. 23, 1909, at Elkwood, Ala. Mabel was a very bright child, and endeared herself to those whom she was with; but we had to lay the little one away until Jesus comes. We sorrow not as those who have no hope. The funeral service was conducted by Prof. W. J. Blake; text, Job 14:14. WM. GREENTREE.

LOVELACE.—Anna J. Saunders was born in Harrisville, Wis., May 21, 1866. She died at Dryad, Wash., Oct. 1, 1909. At the age of fourteen she gave her heart to Jesus, and ever lived a faithful life of service to him. Nov. 14, 1893, she was married to C. E. Lovelace, by whom she had three children, two of whom survive her. The end came suddenly, after a brief illness, and the family and friends are left to mourn. She was laid to rest amid the evergreens, in a private lot near her home at Summit Park, Wash. The writer spoke of Jesus and the resurrection, from John 5:20–30, to a large circle of friends. J. W. BOYNTON.

WOODWARD.—James Woodward was born in England, Jan. 2, 1823, and died Sept. 16, 1909, being eighty-six years old. He joined the Methodist Church in his youth. In 1851 he was married to Emma Cox; and in 1856 they came to America, and settled in New York, moving to Sedalia, Mo., in 1874. He accepted the third angel’s message in 1878, under the labors of Elder G. I. Butler, and lived a consistent member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church until his death. His wife had preceded him sixteen years. He leaves eight children to mourn their loss—two girls and six boys. He died as he had lived, strong in the faith and hope of the soon-coming Saviour. He was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Mo., September 21, all but one of the children being present. D. U. HALE.

GREEN.—On Saturday night, Sept. 25, 1909, Mrs. Mollie E. Green, of Nashville, Tenn., died, in the fifty-first year of her age. Sister Green had for many years kept the Sabbath while a member of another denomination, but finally took her stand for this message, and was received into the church the early part of this year. For many weeks Sister Green had suffered from an incurable malady, though she continued to bear her afflictions with patience and fortitude, being strengthened by the knowledge she had of the Saviour. She leaves a husband and seven children to mourn their loss. The funeral service was held in our Memorial church, and was largely attended. The writer had for assistance in these services, Rev. Mr. Hudson, of N. Edgefield Baptist church, of which several members of Sister Green’s family were members. S. B. HORTON.

HEBNER.—Died at her home in Shelby, Mich., Sept. 17, 1909, of neurasthenia, Mrs. Lizzie Hebner, aged 63 years, 11 months, and 3 days. She was born in King Township, Pearl Co., Ontario, Canada. She lived in Canada with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Johnson, until at the age of twenty-seven she entered into marriage with W. C. Hebner, of Michigan, and removed to this State. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. Ida May Hayton, wife of Dr. Hayton. Early in their married life, under the labors of Elders J. H. Waggoner and D. H. Lamson, with her husband she accepted the Saviour, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and lived a consistent Christian life until her decease. Of a kind and genial disposition, Sister Hebner always had a smile and a kind word for all with whom she came in contact, and none knew her but to love her. Besides her husband, Elder W. C. Hebner, and a daughter, a large circle of relatives and friends are left to mourn, yet they sorrow not as those who have no hope. “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring forth with him.” The funeral was held at the residence, on Sunday, September 19, at 2 P. M., conducted by the writer. S. D. HARTWELL.