Obituaries

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 4, 1901

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

Is there ever a time when the human heart So gropes in the gloom of night, As the time we turn from our dead apart, And cover them up from sight? Ah, there’s never a time when the spirit yearns For the deathless home above, As the day when the clods of the valley fall O’er the grave of the one we love. —Mrs. L. D. Avery-Suttle.

Cash.—Died at his home in Oakland, Wis., Sunday morning, May 19, 1901, of heart-disease, John Elmer Cash, aged 51 years and 11 months. He was buried in the Oakland Cemetery. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Luke 23:42. F. Stebbeds.

Bickle.—Died, May 27, 1901, at the James White Memorial Home, Battle Creek, Mich., after many years of suffering and invalidism, Mary Jane, wife of Thomas Bickle, aged 80 years and 4 months. Words of comfort were spoken from Job 19:25–27. L. McCoy.

Kendall.—Died near Mankato, Minn., April 27, 1901, of lung, heart, and kidney trouble, Willie, second son of Brother and Sister A. W. Kendall, aged 17 years. He had a bright Christian experience, and his extreme suffering was cheerfully borne. The family are comforted by the blessed hope. We laid him to rest in the Garden City Cemetery. The funeral was conducted by the writer. O. O. Bernstein.

Hinterleiter.—Died May 13, 1901, at Lebanon, Pa., of lingering consumption, Charles A. Hinterleiter, aged 57 years, 5 months, 15 days. He was converted to the truth of the Third Angel’s Message in 1890, remaining a firm believer till his death. Funeral services were held at his home, and also at Kutztown, where interment was made. The text of the funeral discourse was his own choice, Ps. 62:7. W. H. Smith.

Brace.—Died at Brodhead, Wis., May 12, 1901, Edith Gammon Brace, aged 33 years, 9 months, 10 days. Sister Brace united with the Battle Creek church when a young woman. Since her father’s death, which occurred when she was a young girl, she had been the constant companion of her mother. Words of comfort were spoken by the writer, to a large company of friends and neighbors, from John 11:23. We laid her away to await the return of the Life-giver. C. W. Olds.

Hockens.—Died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jeremiah Hall, at West Olive, Mich., April 27, 1901, Mrs. Dorcas (Trowbridge) Hockens, aged 84 years, 11 months, and 21 days. When only eleven years old, she gave her heart to God, and at the age of fourteen she united with the Disciple Church. When the Third Angel’s Message found her, she gladly accepted it, and rejoiced in it to the last. At the time of her death she was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at Denver, Mich. Text of funeral discourse, 2 Cor. 9:15. O. F. Butcher.

Hafer.—Wm. H. Hafer was born Nov. 13, 1817, in Catawissa, Pa., and died April 25, 1901, at Colon, Mich., aged 83 years, 5 months, 12 days. He was married to Julia Dow in 1843, to whom were born six children, two of whom are living—James Hafer, of Colon, and Mrs. Anna Goodrich, a missionary in Central America. When a young man, Mr. Hafer was a member of the Baptist Church, but in 1858 he joined the Seventh-day Adventists. The funeral services were held in the Reform church at Colon, and words of comfort were spoken by the writer, from Heb. 9:28. B. Hagle.