Morning journal and courier., 1881-04-26
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Funera1 or r1r.. A. Q. WILCOX.

Funeral of Mrs. A. 0. Wilcox.
 The funeral of Mrs. Catharine Amelia, wife of A. C. Wilcox, Esq, of Wilcox & Co.,, the dry goods merchants, took place yesterday Services were held at the resi- dence No. 23o Church street at g a. n. The house was thronged with mourning and sym pathizing friends, including many prominent gentlemen and many ladies prominent in so- cial life and institutions of benevolence. The Rev. Dr. Bacon read an appropriate se
 lection from the scriptures, after which the hymn 'sAbide with me, fast falls the even tide, :" a favorite of the deceased, was beauti- fully sung by the Center church choir. MT. H. R. Shelley director. A few brief re- marks were made by Dr. Bacon, who spoke of the bereavement which had been suffered and the loss which had been sustained, and concluded with prayer. Rev. Drs. Hawes of the North church and Todd of the Church of the Redeemer were present. The remains lay in beautiful casket. Lovely flowers ln abundance shed their fragrance. Among the exquisite floral tributes were massive pillow of flowers upon which was inscribed in pur- pie flowers the word wife, from the husband of the deceased lady; large anchor from Agnes, the daughter; wreath upon a ped estal and base of flowers from Mir. Curtis Wilcox, of Wilcox & Co.,, and wife; a fine floral design with sheaf of wheat from an- other relative, Mrs. D. W. Wilcox, of Bridge port; and sickle of flowers and sheaf of wheat from the staff at the Wilcox store The pail bearers were Thomas R. Trowbridge, JudgeL E. Munson, Judge S. A. York, Alfred Walker Alexander McAlister and Robert B. ding prominent ladies, accompanied the re- mains, taking 8 special car on the 1O:4O train to Madison, the native place of the deceased, l where services were held at the summer residence of the family. The whole town seemed to mourn I with those that mourned and the loss was | deeply felt among the townspeople, the | memory of the deceased being precious to them. As the mournful procession of car | riages filed up the street past the beautiful public square, past the venerable old acad- emy building, on under the tall grand elms fronting the beautiful summer residence of l Mr Wilcox, the church bell tolling sadly, there were eyes dimmed with tears among the old residents as they thought of the 1 virtues and lovely character of the deceased and of the sad truth that the places which the deceased had so loved and cherished from youth up would know her no more for ever. The services took place at p. m.
 The spacious parlors were thronged and the
 hallway and stairs with friends, deeply sym 1 pathizing with those who mourned the great
 and irreparable loss. Rev. Mir. Gallup, pas l tor of the Congregational church. who has
 long stood on the watch towers of truth in | the venerable old town, and had long known
 the bereaved family, opened the services by
 reading, from the last chapter of Proverbs, | the picture drawn of the wife whose virtues
 make her ''price far above rubies," in whom
 s'the heart of her husband doth safely trust, l who twill do him good and not evil all the
 days of his Ife," etc., the preacher comment
 ing upon the passages suggestively and in
 structively, and then proceeding said: "How
 full then, dear friends, is this picture. I
 may say scarcely ever, as it seems to me,
 have known one who would bear to be
 placed by the side of this photograph and yet our beloved friend and sister in church
 who returns today to us under these circum-
 stances of sad interest and enters once more
 this house, in all it's appointments the product of her taste, care and skill and the home of
 her love, say this beloved sister more
 nearly represents this picture of that kind
 wife and mother than almost any one, per
 haps, that bears the name among us" The pastor eloquently and feelngly spoke of the deceased. q need add no word to the picture
 drawn here of her life. You all knew her
 worth and have felt the touch of her kindness
 and sympathy. This was the home of her
 childhood in thistown she was born and
 here her early life was spent She united | with the church of Christ in this place in the
 month of October in the year 1881, about 50
 years ago, when she was 16 years of age; and l she was married June Fist, 1887. The fol- | lowing year, 1888, she took letter. in con- ! nection with her husband, from this church l to the First church of Christ in New Haven,
 retaining her membership there until 1 1866, when she returned here, occupying for
 a portion of each year this residence
 which they had fitted up for their summer | abode, and she and her husband reuniting
 with the church of their youth and that 1 connection has never since been severed.
 Her inirmities prevented her return for the
 summer to this place for a few years past.
 And so she has completed her membership on
 earth and has gone up to join the society of | the many friends she knew who have preced-
 ed her to glory"
 1 Rev. Dr. Bacon followed, ,remarking: "This
 concourse of old neighbors and friends is an interesting and impressive testimonial to the character of the departed, the more because
 here she was better known than even in the ! city in which so large portion of her life was passed And as I look around and think of the anticipations which she and her husband cher 1 ished when this abode was fitted up with every comfort and with elegance to be their resi- dence for few years, how few, how brief those years have been. She came to pass her sum- l mers here in her birth place, aplace dearer to her than any other in the land, until her health requiring she was obliged to find elsewhere inland on the hills retreat for her summer months She had of late years, as you all know. been a constant sufferer, bearing about with her the sense that death was approach ing-a feeling the habitual' feeling of weak ness and decay. At last her life went out suddenly like the fiickering lamp struck by sudden gust of wind. And how sad the thought that we are here to-day 1n thls house to bear her mortal remains to the earth,
 
 than fifty years lies on bed of sickness and is unable to partake in these funeral solemnities. The preacher now paid beau tiful tribute to the deceased as the wife, mother and devoted loving Christian woman, adding many impressive thoughts, heard amid the most profound stiffness. Rev. Dr. Gallup followed with an impressive prayer. The quartette choir of the church, composed of MT. and Mrs. Field, MT. Kelsey and Mrs. Crampton, sang finely the hymn ''She has gone to her grave in peace" The bearers in Madison were Serene H. Scranton, Benjamin Kelsey, Titus Kelsey Deacon Bushnell, Wm. B. Champion, Judge Henry B. Will COX. The interment was in the fami- ly lot in the venerable old cemetery of Madison, where, before the mourning pro- cession had arrived, many of the townspeo- pie had gathered to pay the last sad tribute of affection and sympathy. The visitors from the city were served with refreshments at the old Colonel Wilcox residence, the home of