Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-08
OBITUARY.

death Of Mrs. s. T. MOntk kolnery.
ON Saturday morning, between IL and 12
O'Clock, Mrs. Sallie 7. Montgomery, died at
the Millersville normal school, Mrs, Mont
g0mery was the wife Of Professor J.. v.
Montgomery, and a sister to DR.. j. p.
Wlckersham, ,ex-superintendent Of public
instruction
The deceased was u native Of Chester
county, where many Of her friends and re
latives now reside. With the early history
of the Millersville Normal her name is in.
separably associated. Before her MARRIAGE
and when the normal school system was
in its infancy, struggling for iOOthold in
this state, she was one Of the little band
of normal instructors, who. under the able
leadership of her brother, DR.. j. P. Wick
ersham, did SO much to 'break the
road and establish the system in our
commonwealth.
Never physically very strong, about six
years ago she suffered . severe attack Of
this attitudes dread disease, consumption.
For weeks her life hung upon u thread,
but supported by her indOmitable will.
the ministering hands of love ut last
nursed her back to some degree Of health.
Since that time, life to her has been a
constant struggle with death. Nothing
but the wonderful power Of her strong
will-aided, no duubt, by the fond hope Of
seeing her son graduate from the institu-
tiOn beneath whose roof he was
bOrn-cOuld have sustained her so long.
During the past summer she was growing
weaker and weaker and at the recent com
mencement she was carried into the chapel
in 4 chair to hear her son, Mr.. G.. Eugene
Montgomery deliver his graduates
OratiOn.
Mrs. Montgomery Was kind, sensible
and most estimable lady. Beloved by the
poor and laboring people she 50 often be-
friended revercd by her countless friends
among the normal boys" who came to
her rs a mother for advice, counsel and
comfort respected and esteemed by all
who knew her sterling qualities Of mind
and heart, her death has left q void that
can never be filled. Many who sorrowful-
ly read the notice Of her death feel that u
friend, staunch and true, is lost to them
that II noble woman has passed away.
And rs they remember how often her ill.,
fluencc for good has restrained and guided
them, they realize that the story Of their
life could not be told with her name left
ont.
After lIfe's htful fever. MAY she rest well
Another Obituary.
The death of Mrs. J. V. Montgomery,
formerly Miss Wickersham, calls for
more than = passing notice. She was
born in Chester county, near Kennctt
Square, in 1883, Of a good Quaker family.
OF the same family are DR.. j. =. Wicker
sham, late superintendent Of public in
DR.. Swaine Wickersham, OF
Chicago, and Col. Nj. ID. Wickersllaln, of
Mobile, Ala. Early in the history of tie
normal school she became ono Of it's
teachers and was exceedingly efficient and
popular as such. After her marriage, in
1858, she and Mr.. Montgomery taught ior
two years in Maryland, but were COM
PEELED to leave On account of sickness ell
gendered by the climate. They then return
ed to Mllersville, where she again taught
until compelled to desist on account OF
failing health. For many years she was
victim of that dreaded disease consump-
tiOn, and it was only by the force Of her
indomitable will that she was SO long en-
abled to resist its ravases. Finally, OH
Saturday last, after long aud painful
her strength gave way-the vital
spark went out. She desired to live, Oh
account of the love she bore her devoted
husband and her only son but it was an
alienation Of the pain Of departure that
she had lived to witness that sons gradua-
tiOn. That result, and the manner Of its
gave her the highest
gratitication-a result that was due. in no
small degree. to her encouragement and
assistance.
Though for many years Mrs. Mont
gomery was not actively engaged in the
work OF teaching. yet she was always, in
one sense, a teacher. Hundreds of students
were brought within her influence. By
many students, indeed, she was regarded
as a kind Of mother, and they carried with
them and will always retain al a!fectiOnate
of her many acts Of kind
ness. Few, indeed, even among teachers,
are permitted to exert So wide an inilu-
ence, and few have the power Of attaching
to themselves so many devoted friends.
Her loss will be deeply felt at the normal,
and the "achins void ~ can never be fillesl:
but the good she accomplished will live
with her survivors.
ITO live with friends we leave behind
Is moi to die
A FRIEND.