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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 12, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 18.

Obituary.

KREICHBAUM.—Died, April 23, 1890, Eugene, infant son of Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Kreichbaum, of spasm of the epiglottis, aged 3 months and 24 days. He had no disease that could be ascertained, and it was hard to believe that he could be dead, so life-like and peaceful and sweet was his death sleep. This is the third child that Brother and Sister Kreichbaum have lost. Dr. Kreichbaum was summoned by telegram from St. Louis, Mo., where he had gone on business, reaching home to find his little one cold in death. Funeral services by the writer. M. C. W.

CAWKINS.—Died at Healdsburg, Cal., April 19, 1890, Sister Edna Hayes Cawkins, aged 37 years 3 months and 24 days. Edna Hayes was born in Stanstead County, P. Q., and spent her early life in Derby, Vermont. She then removed to Parsons, Kansas, and from there to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she married in 1874. In 1886 with her husband she came to Los Angeles, Cal. At the Adventist camp-meeting held there in 1887 she gave her heart to God, and has since been a consistent member of the Adventist Church. A little over a year ago she contracted a severe cold, from which she did not recover, but sank rapidly with quick consumption. She died in the hope of a short waiting-time, and a glorious resurrection. Her husband and other loved ones are living and looking for that glad day when the dead shall hear the voice of Him that hath power over death. W. M. HEALEY.

BANTA.—Died of dropsy at her home in Pleasant Grove, Cal., April 23, 1890, Sister Frances Banta. She was born in East Tennessee in 1810, and was married to Henry Banta in 1825. She was the mother of twelve children, six sons and six daughters, five sons, three daughters, and her aged companion being left to mourn their loss. In early life she was converted and united with the Baptist Church, and has since lived a consistent Christian life. She became a believer in the Third Angel's Message about three years ago, in which she continued until the day of her death. Among her last words were (referring to the fourteenth chapter of St. John), "I love that chapter, I love that chapter." I said, "Mother, the Lord is good;" she, being so weak that she could scarcely speak, responded by bowing her head; and by many other tokens expressed her love for her Redeemer. She was loved by all who knew her, and was ready to minister to the wants and needs of those around her. We laid mother away with the assurance that she will come forth at the call of Christ, clad with immortal bloom. Funeral services were conducted by Mr. Murrish, the Methodist minister of Pleasant Grove. She sleeps in Jesus. "Blessed sleep, from which none ever wake to weep!" ERASTUS BANTA.