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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 17, 1907

Obituaries

CHRISTIAN.—Died at Kenmare, N. D., Nov. 20, 1906, Alice, only daughter of Elder A. E. and Bertha Christian, born April 23, 1905. Words of consolation were found in Jer. 31: 15-17. JAY W. INGESON.

NASON.—Died at St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 16, 1906, of heart trouble, Mrs. Martha F. Nason, aged 78 years, 2 months, and 2 days. She experienced religion in early life, and became a Seventh-day Adventist in 1879, uniting with the St. Paul church as a charter member in 1883. She was faithful until the last. Four sons and two daughters were born to her, of whom but one son, Pembrook, still lives, with whom Sister Nason made her home, her husband having died two years ago. Funeral service was held at the home in St. Paul, and her body was taken to Farmington and laid to rest, there to await the Master's call in the first resurrection. F. A. DETAMORE.

RIFE.—Died at Timberville, Va., Dec. 13, 1906, Mrs. Emma E. Rife, wife of Henry A. Rife, aged 61 years, 9 months, and 24 days. She was a great sufferer for eighty-one days. At her request, the writer conducted a short service, at which the fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians was read. She leaves a husband, two sons, and two daughters. R. D. HOTTEL.

GRIFFIN.—Died at Clay Center, Kan., Nov. 20, 1906, Ruth K. Griffin, aged 24 years, 9 months, and 1 day. At the age of nineteen years Sister Griffin went to Battle Creek to take the nurses' course, but on account of failing health was obliged to return home, and after a lingering illness of two years and six months with the dread disease consumption, she fell asleep, to await the coming of the Life-giver. The funeral took place at the home of her mother, and was conducted by the writer. His remarks were based on 2 Sam. 14: 14. W. A. EASLEY.

FRENTRESS.—Died at Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 1906, Laura A. Frentress. Sister Frentress was born May 14, 1834. She accepted present truth about eight years ago at a camp-meeting in Oakland, Cal., and was a member of the St. Johns (Ore.) church at the time of her death. She was a consistent Christian, bearing patiently her severe sufferings. We laid her to rest in the beautiful Riverview Cemetery to await the call of the Life-giver. Funeral service was conducted by Elder W. J. Burden; text, Job 14. J. M. MEIKLEJOHN.

RHODES.—Died on Sabbath morning, Dec. 15, 1906, while seated at the breakfast table, Mrs. Julia M. Rhodes. She was born in 1823, and removed with her husband from New York to southern Wisconsin in their early married life. There they embraced the Seventh-day Adventist faith, and were among the pioneer believers in that State. The husband went to California in 1869, and died there very shortly after his arrival. Sister Rhodes removed to Battle Creek about thirty years ago. Her godly and peaceful life won for her the love and confidence of all who knew her. Only her son, our Brother Clinton D. Rhodes, and his family, survive her as near relatives. GEO. C. TENNEY.

SCOTT.—Died at his home in St. Johns, Ore., Nov. 25, 1906, of typhoid fever, J. C. Scott, aged 54 years, 11 months, and 7 days. Brother Scott and his wife were converted twenty-seven years ago, under the labors of Elder H. Schultz, and joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of which he was a faithful member until the time of his death. Brother Scott has been a regular subscriber to the REVIEW since he embraced the faith. His faith in Christ was unwavering till the end. He was a member of the Western Oregon Conference Committee, and was loved and highly respected by all his brethren. He is survived by his wife, three sons, and one daughter. The funeral was held from the Congregational church. The service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder Daniel Nettleton. F. S. BUNCH.

LEWIS.—Died at his home in College View, Neb., Oct. 8, 1906, Christopher T. Lewis, aged 56 years, 1 month, and 15 days. He embraced Christianity in the spring of 1872, and was identified with the Campbellite Church. Shortly afterward he began the study of the third angel's message by reading the REVIEW AND HERALD. He attended a course of lectures held by Elder J. H. Morrison at Sandyville, Iowa, in the winter of 1873, and accepted the truth in the spring of 1874. He connected with the College View church in its early days. After vigorous treatment and surgical operations for a cancer of the eye, it was thought that a cure had been effected, but later it made its appearance on his jaw, and took the form of sarcoma, or cancerous tumor. He suffered intensely for some time, but his faith never wavered. He leaves a wife, one daughter, two sons, one sister, two brothers, and many friends to mourn their loss. Comforting words were spoken by Elder J. H. Morrison, from 1 Thess. 4: 18. M. W. LEWIS.

CONWAY.—Died at Vassar, Mich., Dec. 21, 1906, of consumption, Robert Conway, aged 52 years. Present truth was brought to him by Elders I. H. Evans and Eugene Leland twenty-one years ago. He gladly accepted it, and has been the elder of the church nearly all the time since. He lived a consistent Christian life, loved and respected by all. A wife and three sons mourn their loss, but not without hope. He requested the funeral sermon to be based on Rev. 14: 13, which had been a comfort to him in his affliction. The service was conducted by the writer, assisted by Elder Wm. Ostrander. A. R. SANDBORN.

CHAPMAN.—Died at Algona, Iowa, Nov. 30, 1906, of cancer of the throat, Frank H. Chapman, aged 78 years, 11 months, and 9 days. His first religious experience was in the third angel's message, his conversion having taken place under the labors of Elders Snook and Brinkerhoff in 1850. He was ever firm in the faith, and in the early history of the work in Iowa was a valued counselor. He frequently made large gifts to the cause, and his interest in the message that he loved never waned. His first wife and his children all preceded him to the land of silence. His second wife lives to mourn the loss of a loving and true companion. The funeral was conducted by the United Brethren minister of West Union, as the remains could not be kept long enough to secure a minister of his own faith. J. C. CLEMENS.

ROOT.—Died at Wright, Mich., Dec. 2, 1906, of heart failure, while sitting at the hearth waiting for his companion to prepare the evening meal, Ephraim Henry Root, aged 78 years, 1 month, and 14 days. In 1850 he settled on a farm in the thickly wooded district near Wright, Mich. In 1858 he embraced the third angel's message, and about two years later he and his wife became charter members of the Wright Seventh-day Adventist church, one of the oldest churches of the denomination. He remained a member of this church until his death. In 1874 he was ordained to the gospel ministry. He served as president of the Michigan Seventh-day Adventist Conference for a number of years, and was well known and greatly respected by all his brethren. He was the last survivor of his father's family of seven children, and the only one to leave any offspring by the name of Root. He was the father of four sons and two daughters, all of whom, except Warren S. and James Z., died in early childhood. Words of comfort were spoken by Elder A. G. Haughey in the Adventist chapel at Wright, from Ps. 116: 15. *

STOW.—Died at Nunda, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1906, Elder John Bayman Stow, aged 52 years, 10 months, and 2 days. Brother Stow had long been a conference laborer in the New York and Pennsylvania Conferences, having begun preaching the message some twenty-three years ago. Death came to him while at his post of duty. He and his wife were conducting a series of meetings at Nunda. On the last day of his life, he finished the work of building the new church by driving the last nail of the rostrum. During the evening he visited an aged and afflicted sister of the church, praying for her consolation, and singing his favorite hymn, “I will follow thee, my Saviour.” He expired immediately upon returning to his home, while seated in an arm-chair. Elder Stow was a man of generous impulses, bold and fearless in the advocacy of those principles he believed to be right. His wife is left to mourn, but not as those who have no hope. The funeral was held at the union church in Conewango Valley, N. Y., December 6, at noon. Many relatives and friends were present at the services. Among those present was an only brother, A. J. McIntyre, of Cleveland, Ohio. Appropriate and comforting remarks were made by Elder F. Peabody, and the remains were laid to rest in the village cemetery, to await the resurrection, when we believe our dear brother will come forth to immortality and the reward of the righteous. JOHN S. WIGHTMAN.