Obituaries

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 12, 1906

HALL.—Died at the home of her grandparents in Oyer, St. Clair Co., Mo., Dec. 28, 1905, Viola Claire Hall, only child of Wayne and Leora Hall, aged 2 years, 5 months, and 5 days. The hope of meeting her in the first resurrection consoles us in this hour of affliction. MRS. A. H. DESBRO.

BABCOCK.—Died at the home of her daughter, Sister M. F. Ramey, near Guthrie, O. T., June 13, 1906, Amelia Babcock, aged 75 years, 10 months, and 9 days. Grandma Babcock accepted the Sabbath under the labors of I. Sanborn years ago. She leaves a husband, a sister, two sons, and a daughter to mourn their loss. F. W. PHELPS.

SAUNDERS.—Died in Allegan, Mich., June 18, 1906, Hattie May Saunders, nee Perkins, aged 22 years, 1 month, and 11 days. At the age of fifteen she was baptized and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church in Allegan. She had been married but a few months, and was the first one that death claimed in her parents' family. Some thoughts were presented at the funeral from Mark 5: 41. M. B. MILLER.

RUDOLPH.—Died in Oakland, Cal., June 4, 1906, of heart-disease with complications, Mrs. Annie Marie Rudolph, aged 62 years. She was born in Norway, June 22, 1844. She embraced present truth about twenty-five years ago. Having been a great sufferer for several months, she welcomed rest till the Life-giver shall call his own. She leaves three grown sons. Funeral service was conducted by the writer. J. D. RICE.

FRISBIE.—Died suddenly of heart failure, in Oakland, Cal., May 13, 1906, Orin Burchard Frisbie, in his forty-eight year. Since the great earthquake Brother Frisbie gave clear evidence that he had returned in heart unto the Lord. The Saviour's soon coming was his theme of conversation. He leaves a wife and other relatives who sorrow, but not without hope. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer. J. D. RICE.

FENTON.—Died May 16, 1906, Mrs. Mary Jane Fenton. Sister Fenton was born at Bridgetown, Barbados, W. I., in the year 1829. She accepted the third angel's message under the labors of Elder Van Deusen, and remained faithful until death released her from suffering, which she had patiently borne for many years. She fell asleep with a strong hope of a part in the first resurrection. The funeral service was conducted by the writer. O. E. DAVIS.

JOHNSON.—Fell asleep at Tacoma, Wash., June 5, 1906, Geo. M. Johnson, aged 85 years and 3 days. Jaundice was the immediate cause of his death. The last sixteen years of his life were spent in loving service for the Master in the third angel's message. He leaves a faithful companion, two sons, and one daughter to mourn their loss. At the funeral words of comfort were spoken by the writer from 1 Thess. 4: 13-18. J. A. HOLBROOK.

WAUGH.—Died May 6, 1906, of pneumonia, Mary A. Waugh, nee Railsbeck, aged 59 years, 1 month, and 6 days. Twelve years ago she was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and three years later she accepted present truth at Sumner, Iowa. She lived a faithful Christian life. Eight years ago she came West. Three children survive to mourn their mother's death. Words of consolation were spoken by the writer. H. J. SCHNEPPER.

PEARSALL.—Died at the home of her granddaughter at Grand Haven, Mich., June 17, 1906, of fatty degeneration of the heart, Mrs. Adalign Pearsall, aged 85 years, 3 months, and 13 days. Sister Pearsall had been connected with this message since the 1844 movement, having observed the Bible Sabbath over fifty years. Interment took place at Grand Rapids, where the writer conducted the funeral service; text, Num. 23: 10. M. N. CAMPBELL.

WORTH.—Run over and killed by a train, near Elmira, Cal., May 8, 1906, Charles Worth and his little son Charles, aged respectively 27 years and 4 years and 6 months. Brother Worth had studied present truth with his wife, had forsaken Catholicism, and was trusting in Jesus for salvation. He leaves a wife and little daughter who hope to meet their loved ones at the soon coming of the Saviour. Words of comfort and hope were spoken by the writer. CORA A. RICE.

OLESON.—Died at San Pasqual, Cal., June 3, 1906, of bowel trouble, Marie Oleson, aged 79 years, 3 months, and 17 days. She accepted present truth about thirty years ago, at Fonda, Iowa, and was an earnest, devoted Christian. She leaves a husband, two sons (Henry and Lawrence Johnson), one daughter (Dr. Sophia Judson), and nine grandchildren to mourn their loss. The funeral service was conducted at the grave in the San Pasqual cemetery by the writer. I. A. CRANE.

SNYDER.—Died June 25, 1906, James M. Snyder, aged 51 years, 6 months, and 22 days. Brother Snyder was brought up in the Lutheran Church, and in later years became a member of the Progressive Brethren Church, to which he adhered until the truth reached him in 1893. At the time of his death he was a member of the Prattville (Mich.) church. His wife and children sustain a great loss in his death. The funeral service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder C. N. Sanders. E. K. SLADE.

BARKER.—Died at Winfred, S. D., June 25, 1906, Mrs. Hannah Barker, in her seventy-fourth year. Sister Barker accepted present truth twenty years ago, and has been a faithful member of the Seventh-day Adventist church of Madison for nineteen years. She leaves two daughters and one son to mourn their loss. She fell asleep with the blessed hope of a soon-coming Saviour. The funeral service was held in the Adventist church in Madison. Words of comfort were spoken from Job 19: 25-27, by the writer. C. M. CLARK.

HILLIARD.—Died at her home near Otsego, Mich., May 10, 1906, of paralysis, Phebe J. Hilliard, wife of Seymour Hilliard, aged 60 years and 6 days. At an early age she experienced conversion and united with the Methodist Church. She was an earnest Christian. Some twenty years ago, after a careful examination of the truths of the third angel's message, she embraced them, and united with the Seventh-day Adventist church of Otsego, Mich. Assisted by Elder M. S. Burnham, the writer conducted the funeral service, using Heb. 9: 27 as a foundation for the thoughts presented. M. B. MILLER.

PALMER.—Died at her home at Tuscola, Mich., May 31, 1906, Sister Betsey Palmer, aged 71 years, 10 months, and 21 days. Sister Palmer and her husband had been Seventh-day Adventists for more than forty years. They embraced the third angel's message under the labors of Elders Van Horn and Canright. Sister Palmer's faith and confidence in God's truth was unshaken till the end. Her husband, and six of their eight children survive her. The funeral was conducted by the writer, assisted by the Baptist minister in whose church the services were held; text, John 14: 1-3. W. OSTRANDER.

CAMPBELL.—Died at her home in Leavings, Alberta, of lobar pneumonia, Mrs. Catherine Campbell. Sister Campbell was born in Cape Breton, May 24, 1866. For eleven years she had been a widow, struggling to care for a family of six children, two sons and four daughters, all of whom survive her. She was an earnest Christian from her youth, and a few years ago was led to embrace present truth through reading The Signs of the Times. She did all she could to advance the message she had learned to love so much. Words of comfort were spoken from Rev. 14: 13 by the writer, assisted by Elder J. C. Christenson. J. W. BOYNTON.

HALL.—Died near Turner, Ore., May 13, 1906, Judith Page Hall, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. Grandma and Grandpa Hall began keeping the Sabbath fifty or more years ago, being among the pioneer commandment-keepers in Wisconsin. Their only son, Elder C. A. Hall, died at Graysville, Tenn., a few months ago. H. H. Hall, of the Pacific Press, is a grandson. Two daughters also survive their mother's death. We miss grandma much as she made her home with us during the last years of her life. She rests in hope of the first resurrection. Words of comfort, based on the last few verses of 1 Corinthians 15, were spoken at the funeral by Elder J. M. Cole. Interment took place in the Twin Oaks Cemetery. N. J. BOWERS. E. E. BOWERS.

MILLER.—Died in Seattle, Wash., May 6, 1906, of acute Bright's disease, Mrs. George Rynd Miller, nee Laura Loveland Fisk, aged twenty-five years. Mrs. Miller was for a number of years a student at Walla Walla College, and served some time as a teacher in that institution. Later she entered the American Medical Missionary College in Battle Creek, Mich., and was a member of the class of 1906. She was always ready to assist others in the hour of affliction and need, and her cheerfulness and sunny disposition made her many friends. Her last days gave evidence of her faith in Christ. The blow falls heavily upon her afflicted parents. The funeral service was conducted by the pastors of the First Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Miller was a member. W. B. WHITE.

SHARP.—Died at the home of her son, Elder Smith Sharp, in Graysville, Tenn., June 24, 1906, Mary Sharp, aged 91 years, 7 months, and 1 day. In early life she became a Christian and joined the Disciple Church. In 1861 she heard and accepted the truths of the third angel's message under the preaching of Moses Hull and B. F. Snook, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Through the storms and tempests of doubt and apostasy, she ever stood firm and unmoved upon the “commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” The last year or more of her life she was deprived of eyesight, and her hearing became impaired. Her children spared no pains or means to add to her comfort, the burden of care falling most heavily upon her daughter, Mary Morrison, who was very devoted to her mother. Words of comfort were spoken on the funeral occasion by the writer, in the presence of a large number of sympathizing friends. R. M. KILGORE.