Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-02
Deaths of Three Old Persons.

Miss Emma Hisey, an elderly lady Of
this place, died on Saturday night, at the
residence Of her niece, Mrs. Anna Cof-
man. on north Main street, after an illness
of some weeks. She was in the 10th year
of her age. Her funeral sermon was
preacl ed on Sunday afternoon by Rev.
A. K. Kline, in the Reformed Church. 1t
can be truly said of her, she was a good
woman, and her kindly heart had endear-
ed her to a large circle Of relatives and
friends.
Mr.. Henry Bushong an old and much
respected citizen, residing short distance
south Of this place, died on Tuesday morn
ing, after confinement to his bed Of three
years of a stroke of paralysis that render
ed him helpless On Friday last he receiv-
ed the second stroke which terminated
fatally, as above mentioned. Mr.. Bush
ong was born in this county in February,
1907, and spent all his long and useful
life Of 81 years in his native county. Mr..
Bushong was highly respected for the
honesty Of his nature and the sterling in
tegrity that marked his entire life. He
was a CONSTANT and active member Of
the Reformed Church for many years. lie
died as he had lived, that noblest work Of
God, an honest Christian man, and he
leaves to live after him memory without
a stain. His aged widow and a number
of children survive to mourn the loss of
tender parent and faithful companion.
Mrs. Frances Fravel died on last Sab
bath evening, at the home of Mr.. Philip
J. Fravel, her only child, and our fellow
townsman.
When the silver cord Of her life was
loosed, another of the few threads leading
back into the distant past of our town and
community was severed. She was born
April 2lst, 1907, in Woodstock, in the
house now owned by Mr.. David Gillock.
She had nearly completed eighty-one years
of pilgrimage.
In ls25 she was married to Mr.. David
Fravel In 1880 he died, leaving her with
this only child, Philip, then an infant not
year old. These ffty-eight years Of
wdowhood have been passed among us,
witnessing the generations come and 20
before her.
Her maiden name was Frances Miller
She was the last in life of family Of
thirteen children born to Philip and Eliza
beth Miller. She remembered the depart
ure Of her father in officers uniform for the
British war Of 1879, and had heard her
mothers mother, Mrs. Franey Grove, tell
Of Revolutionary times Mrs. Grove came
from Pennsylvania.
Mrs. travels mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Miller, was one Of the original members
organized into the Woodstock Presbyte-
rian Church, in 1924, or The Union Church
OF Shenandoah, as it was then called. She
herself united with this church on March
28th, 1929, living in its communion nearly
ffty-nine years. An extract from the
minutes Of the Church Session Book fol
March 18th, 1929, is as follows; "The fol
lowing persons, after conversation with
respectively on their experimental &C
quaintance with religion, were duly ad
mitted as members of the church in ful
communion, VIZ: Joseph Fetzer, PhlliI
Fetzer, Alfred TobiD, Frances Fravel
Mary L. Johnston, Sydney OFT, Elizabeth
Donaldson, Barbara A. Efinger, Mar
Fravel, and Jane Morris "a person of col
orr" OF these ten persons Mrs. Mar
Polly Fravel only seryives.
The latter years of Mrs travels I'M
we're spent in blindness from CATARACT
This was also the case with her mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, who died at tn
more advanced age of eighty-two. Til
fact led to the selection of the same pas
sage Of Scripture for consideration at tn
burial of each, "And. there shall be n
night there" from the 22nd chapter an
9TH verse of the Book Of Revelation.