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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 15, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 39.

Obituary.

DE FOREST.—Died in Oakland, Cal., September 25, 1885, of inflammation of the bowels, Lawrence, infant son of George and Emma De Forest, aged two months and ten days. Words of comfort to the family were spoken from Jer. 31 : 16. John Woof.

COURTER.—Died, from a complication of diseases, at Palmetto, Fla., Mary, wife of Nehemiah L. Courter, in her thirty-seventh year. She joined the church about two years ago, at Shelby, Mich. A little over one year ago she moved to Florida. She was very patient during her last illness. She was mother of nine children, two of whom are dead, one married, and the others ranging from twelve years to eighteen months. She died under the benediction. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.” H. F. Courter.