p. 111 | Obituaries

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 13, 1900

Obituaries.

“I am the resurrection and the life.”—Jesus.

SHELDON.—Died at Owosso, Mich., Jan. 22, 1900, Lena, daughter of Brother and Sister John Sheldon. J. I. SNOW.

RITZ.—Died at Linville, Va., Jan. 2, 1900, Martha, infant daughter of Gottlieb and Mary Ritz, aged 23 days. Words of comfort were spoken from Jer. 31:15–17. E. D. HOTTEL.

BARRETT.—Died Oct. 20, 1899, of membranous croup, Helen Grace, infant daughter of John M. and Annie Barrett, aged 2 years, 7 months, 27 days. Brother T. L. Waters spoke from John 11:25. ANNIE BARRETT.

PHILMON.—Died at Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 3, 1899, Stanley R. Philmon, eldest son of Brother and Sister J. W. Philmon, aged 16 years. Comforting words were spoken from 1 Thess. 4:18, by the writer. T. L. WATERS.

SMITH.—Died at Denver, Mich., Jan. 2, 1900, Brother L. D. Smith. Thirty-five years ago he accepted the Adventist faith, of which he was a faithful adherent until the time of his death. Words of comfort were spoken from Hosea 13:14. J. D. COWELL.

NEWCOMB.—Died at Peninsular, Ore., Dec. 25, 1899, Wm. E. Newcomb, aged 74 years. He was converted in early life, and accepted the truth at Leeds Center, Wis., under the labors of Elder Isaac Sanborn in 1860. We believe he sleeps in Jesus. W. T. HENTON.

NASH.—Died at Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 9, 1899, Mrs. Louvenia Nash, aged 55 years. Sister Nash was among the first to accept the truth among the colored people of Vicksburg. She always had a ringing testimony. We expect to meet her in the first resurrection. F. W. HALLADAY.

BARSTOW.—Died at Reedsville, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1900, Horace Barstow, aged 88 years. He was a Christian the greater part of his life, and accepted present truth through reading the REVIEW. It is thought his days were prolonged by his temperate life and health principles. W. E. ARNETT.

ANNIS.—Died Jan. 10, 1900, at Brookfield, Mich., William Annis, aged 57 years. He left no near relatives. We laid him to rest in the Battle Creek cemetery by the side of his companion, who preceded him less than one year ago. Funeral discourse was given from Rev. 20:6. L. N. LANE.

CAMPBELL.—Bruce H. Campbell, son of Sister Wm. Campbell, died of pneumonia, Dec. 11, 1899, at Fond du Lac, Wis. The funeral took place in Milwaukee, December 14, at which place the interment also was made. His experience in the divine life was short but promising. The services were conducted by the writer. J. N. ANDERSON.

BROOKS.—Died Nov. 22, 1899, at Milwaukee, Mich., of cancer, Sister Ann Brooks. She accepted the Third Angel’s Message several years ago, under the labors of Brethren Lamson and Basney, and was a consistent follower of Christ from that time till her decease. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. W. H. FALCONER.

JONES.—Died at Herkimer, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1899, of paralytic heart lesion, Sister Ellen E. Jones. She had been feeble for a year and a half. Her sufferings were great, especially at the last, but they were patiently borne, and she met death calmly and with hope. She was the eldest of a family of seven children, the rest of whom all survive her. S. B. WHITNEY.

HARE.—Died at Alamosa, Colo., Nov. 11, 1899, of dropsy, Miss Nettie E. Hare, in the twentieth year of her age. Sister Nettie was converted and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church in 1895. She was a consistent Christian, and died rejoicing in her Saviour. Services were conducted by the writer, assisted by Brother O. O. Holbrook. G. W. ANGLEBARGER.

SHEPARD.—Died at Marine City, Mich., Dec. 1, 1899, of valvular trouble of the heart and typhoid fever, James Ernest, the only son of Melzar and Amy Shepard, aged 11 years, 10 months, 26 days. Ernest was baptized at the Ionia camp-meeting, and was a faithful boy. Nearly his last words were, “It will not be long till Jesus comes, then we shall all meet.”

WAKEMAN.—Died at the home of his son, T. H. Wakeman, of Palermo, Kan., Dec. 13, 1899, of general disability, Brother Charles B. Wakeman. He was in his eighty-second year, and had been a member of the Seventh-day Adventist church for more than twenty years. We laid him away to await the coming of the Life-giver. Funeral services were conducted by the writer. R. W. PARMELE.

HALLOCK.—Died at Wells, Minn., Jan. 20, 1900, Samuel A. Hallock, aged 79 years. For twenty-eight years he loved and obeyed the truths of the Third Angel’s Message, and up to the last his mind was filled with the promises of the blessed hope. His aged wife, two sons, and one daughter survive him, the latter being the wife of Elder E. A. Curtis, of Illinois. Sermon delivered by the writer at the funeral. H. A. SWEANY.

JENSEN.—Peacefully fell asleep in Jesus, Jan. 7, 1900, J. V. Jensen, aged 32 years. He was born in Denmark in 1868, and came to this country in 1882. He became an Adventist through reading the Gospel Messenger (Danish). He was attending school at College View, Neb., when stricken with Bright’s disease, but died at the home of his parents at Pontiac, Kan. The peace of God reigned supreme in his heart until the last. J. W. SHIDLER.

MEREDITH.—Died at Berea, W. Va., Nov. 6, 1899, of neuralgia of the stomach, my mother, Mary A. Meredith, aged 79 years, 2 months, 15 days. She gave her heart to God in early youth, and joined the M. E. Church; later she united with the Seventh-day Baptists, and since was received into fellowship of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. We hope in the near future she will be numbered with the church triumphant. D. N. M.

FIELD.—Died Jan. 7, 1900, at Oxford Mills, Iowa, George Field, aged 74 years. Brother Field heard the message in 1844, and has ever since looked for “that blessed hope.” For over thirty years he has added to this the keeping of “the commandments of God.” Though called to suffer much at the last, his moments of relief were spent in cheering his family and talking of his hope. Funeral was conducted by the writer. -B. E. FULLMER.