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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 26, 1909

Obituaries

LUNN.—Died in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 29, 1909, little June Arcene Lunn, infant daughter and only child of Brother and Sister Lunn, of this city. She died very suddenly, having been attacked just three days before with typhoid pneumonia. She was just one year and one week old at the time of her death. She is greatly missed in the home. The death of this little one will be an incentive to the parents to put forth every effort to meet their little one in the earth made new. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.

BAUMGARTNER.—Bethel, infant daughter of Brother and Sister Martin Baumgartner, died Sabbath, July 10, 1909, and was buried in the Los Gatos burying-ground, July 11—only a frail flower, to continue in bloom six months and thirteen days, then fade away. But she will bloom again, never more to fade. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. H. F. COURTER.

MOODY.—Died in Cornville, Maine, July 26, 1909, Sister Sarah Elizabeth Moody, aged eighty-one years. Sister Moody embraced present truth about forty years ago, and united with the Cornville church, of which she was a member at the time of her death. The church has lost a faithful member, and the neighbors a faithful friend, with whom she had lived for sixty years. She leaves one son and two daughters, two brothers and a sister, and other relatives to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted by the writer; text, John 11: 23-26. P. B. OSBORNE.

REYNOLDS.—Sarah Ann Reynolds was born in Canada, Dec. 29, 1845, and died Sabbath morning, July 24, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Middleton, near Coleman, Mich. Sister Reynolds accepted the truth about one year ago, but was not baptized until the Monday previous to her death. She was stricken with paralysis, and lingered but three days. Her faith was strong in God, and we lay her to rest expecting to meet her in the first resurrection. Her two daughters and one adopted son mourn their loss, but not without hope of meeting her again. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. A. R. SANDBORN.

KLOTZBACH.—J. C. Klotzbach, aged seventy-two years, died at the hospital in Woodland, Cal., of Bright’s disease. His death occurred on July 13, 1909, and he was brought to Los Gatos, July 14, and placed beside his wife, who fell asleep fourteen years before. Brother Klotzbach joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in early life. But through instruction given by Elders Walker and Taylor, he commenced to keep the Sabbath, but he did not receive all of the light God has for his people. How much of this was due to his extreme deafness we know not. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. H. F. COURTER.

STRAWN.—Died at Amarillo, Tex., July 21, 1909, Lela Dorothy Strawn, infant daughter of Brother and Sister C. A. Strawn, aged eight months and twenty-seven days. The deceased was born at Mt. Etna, Adams County, Iowa, Oct. 24, 1908. She and her surviving twin sister were the only children of their parents. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer to a goodly number of friends and sympathizers who had gathered for the occasion at the M. E. church of Nevinville, Iowa, Sunday, July 25. The little one was laid to rest in the Rose Hill Cemetery, near Nevinville, there to await the call of the Life-giver. “Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep!” M. M. HARE.

CORNETT.—Died at Nashville, Tenn., June 23, 1909, Sister J. J. Cornett (née Rye), of chronic dyspepsia. She was born in Monroe County, Mississippi, and was converted in youth, and joined the M. E. Church. She was united in marriage to M. C. Cornett, Dec. 26, 1897. She accepted the views of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination from reading, and was impressed to attend Sabbath meeting by hearing the bell one bright Sabbath morning. There she heard the state of the dead preached by James Ballenger. She rejoiced in that truth, but went to her own pastor for light on the Sabbath question, but as usual, received none. She then turned to her Bible, and studied the word, and found all the precious truth, and was baptized by the writer, Feb. 16, 1907, and united with the Hatley church, of which she remained a faithful member until her death. She rests in New Hope Cemetery, awaiting the Life-giver’s call. Her last hours were spent in praying for her unconverted husband and three little children. Funeral services were conducted by the M. E. minister. I. N. KRANSHAAR.

INGHAM.—Myrtle Maud Ingham, wife of Lyman Ingham, died at Northstar, Mich., July 26, 1909, after a lingering illness of over a year. She was a patient sufferer, and never complained, but trusted her God. She was the daughter of Brother and Sister Milo White, of Ithaca, Mich. She was born March 7, 1871, on their old homestead near that place. She leaves a husband, one son, father, mother, five brothers, one sister, and a host of friends to suffer their loss, but they can truly have consolation in looking forward to the resurrection. Sermon by the writer; text, Heb. 9: 27, 28. A. R. SANDBORN.

GRISWOLD.—Died at Middletown, Conn., June 26, 1909, Brother Gilbert Griswold. He was sixty-eight years old. He suffered for some time from a complication of diseases. He leaves a wife, five sons, two daughters, two sisters, and many sympathizing friends to mourn their loss. He was a faithful husband and father, and we miss in our church his helpful presence and prompt, wholehearted testimony of God’s saving and keeping power. The funeral service was held at his home, conducted by the writer, words of comfort being spoken from Luke 19: 10 to a large company of relatives and friends. C. H. REIMERS.

WHITNEY.—Died in Augusta, Maine, June 29, 1909, of apoplexy, Mrs. Mary Whitney, widow of the late J. F. Whitney, aged 76 years, 3 months, and 15 days. Mother was able to do her work to the day of her death, and dropped dead in the kitchen after she had been out working in her flower garden. For several years she was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church, but embraced the truth about thirty-three years ago, under the labors of Elder J. O. Corliss. Seven children, two brothers, and two sisters, and many friends are left to mourn their loss. Some time before she died, she selected the twenty-third psalm as the scripture which she wished read at her funeral. The funeral was held at her home in Augusta. We laid her to rest beside our dear father and brother in Solon, Maine, with the hope of soon meeting her again. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder S. J. Hersum. MRS. A. C. STEVENS.

CARTER.—Miss Annie Carter died near Sheldon, Wyo., June 29, 1909. Sister Carter was born in Preston, England, July 3, 1867. Her parents were Episcopalians, and she was brought up in that faith. At the age of seventeen she came to this country. For three years she has been suffering from tuberculosis. She came West on the advice of her physician, but grew worse continually. She received the light of the third angel’s message by reading “Great Controversy.” It came to her thirsty soul like a flood in the desert, and for fourteen years she has been rejoicing in the blessed hope. Sister Carter was a faithful and very sociable woman, and was loved of all who knew her. She was laid to rest in the Greenwood Cemetery, awaiting the Life-giver when he shall call her at the first resurrection. Words of comfort were spoken by Brother Lawrence. JOHN P. FREDERICKSON.

HICKOK.—Drowned in Muskoka Lake, Ontario, July 12, 1909, Harold Rosser, three-year-old son of Clarence Orville and Hattie Rosser Hickok. He had been with us only a short time before, playing happily with his brothers, but wandered unnoticed to the water’s edge in front of the house, where he evidently fell in face downward from the rowboat in shallow water. All efforts to revive him proved fruitless, and we had to yield up our darling boy. He was a very obedient, sweet-tempered child, sunny and happy all day long, and we shall miss him much. But we are comforted with the assurance of receiving him again fresh in immortal bloom. Words of comfort from Jer. 31: 15-17, by F. W. Morse, were spoken to a houseful of sympathizing friends, and we laid him to rest beside his Grandfather Hickok, under the pines by the lake shore. CLARENCE HICKOK, HATTIE HICKOK.