Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 14, 1913

FARRINGTON.—Adelaide E. Farrington, of Milford, N. H., passed away on May 20, 1913, after a long illness. The remains were taken to her former home in Greenfield, N. H., for burial. Her sister and two brothers survive. For many years the deceased was a firm believer in present truth. RELATIVES.

ADAMSON.—Peter Christian Adamson was born in Denmark, Feb. 17, 1840, and died July 3, 1913. He came to America in 1860, and was married to Anna M. Anderson, also a native of Denmark, in 1868. Seven years later they embraced the Seventh-day Adventist faith under the labors of Elders J. F. Hansen and Louis Johnson. In the year 1910 the family moved to Mountain View, Cal., where he spent his last days. Nine children were born to Brother and Sister Adamson, of whom seven, with their mother, are left to mourn the loss of a kind, devoted, Christian father and husband. The deceased was a firm believer in the third angel’s message, and did much during his long connection with this people for the advancement of the same. He fell asleep confident of a part in the first resurrection. A. O. TAIT.

MILLER.—Mrs. Robert F. Miller, née Mosberger, after several months of illness, died at the Kansas Sanitarium, Wichita, Kans., aged 46 years, 8 months, and 19 days. Sister Miller was born at Nevada, Mo., and from childhood was a devoted member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Besides her aged father, her husband, four daughters, and one son survive. Funeral services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder C. M. McDonald, at Tulsa, Okla. W. R. HANSON.

DICKERSON.—Louis B. Dickerson was born in Missouri, Feb. 1, 1849, and died suddenly near Imperial, Cal., July 10, 1913. He was a firm believer in the third angel’s message, and for several years a very successful canvasser. He left the field because of ill health. One of his last statements was that he desired the early and triumphant close of the work of God. Funeral services were conducted by the writer at Fernando Academy. A wife, two sons, and two daughters sorrow, but not without hope. C. L. TAYLOR.

LOCKEN.—Gladys Bertha Locken was born at Cadott, Wis., May 19, 1902, and died June 26, 1913, at Greeneville, Tenn., where her father, Elder J. B. Locken, has been laboring for the past year. Through his efforts there a church has been raised up and a new church building erected. The first service to be held in the edifice was the funeral of his daughter. Gladys was a charter member of the church, and a faithful, devoted Christian. Her pleasant face and sweet voice will be greatly missed, but we have the assurance that she rests in hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. W. H. BRANSON.

GLENN.—Victoria Elizabeth Tripp Glenn, widow of the late William N. Glenn, who for years was editor of Our Little Friend and associate editor of the Signs of the Times, was born at Richmond, Va., April 19, 1845. She came to California when six years of age, and in 1862 was married to William N. Glenn at Stockton, Cal. Nine children were born to them, five of whom are living. Two brothers and one sister also survive. Sister Glenn was led to accept the truth through reading. The tract “Who Changed the Sabbath” was the instrument that first turned her attention to the true day of rest. She began the observance of the Sabbath in 1875, and for thirty-six years was a member of the Oakland (Cal.) church. After an illness of over five years she fell asleep in Jesus July 13, 1913. B. E. BEDDOE.