The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-08-03
NELLIE NJ. BOISE.

found floating on Lake Erie about two
miles from shore last Thursday afternoon,
They had then been in the water one
week. The body was prepared for burial
and forwarded to this place Friday even
ing Owing to the state Of decomposition
it was found necessary to place it in the
vault Immediately on its arrival, there to
await interment Sunday. The sexton,
John Long, visited the cemetery Saturday
evening and reported that it was necessa-
nv that the interment be made as soon as
possible. Accordingly, the burial took
place privately at 0 o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
The remains were encased in what was
supposed to be an alright casket. The
casket, il seems, was constructed all right,
but the undertaken in Cleveland omitted
to turn the buttons on the lid so as to
force II into the rubber grooves. This was
not discovered by Undertaken Couch until
the time of burial and the remains were
then so badly decomposed that they could
not remain longer uBbured.
The funeral services were held In the
NJ. E. Sunday school rooms Sunday at
2,30 p. m, under the auspices Of the Ep-
worth league, of which she was an honor
ed and faithful member.
Mrs. r. H. Kinnison's Sunday school
class, of which she was also member,
together with the members Of the Ep-
worth league and near nelghbors occupied
seats with the mourning friends, among
whom were Theodore Nubemeyer,
brother OF the young man who was
drowned in company with Miss Nellie,
and number of her other intimate
friends from Cleveland. The en-
tire Sunday school room with gallery and
class rooms were filled with sympathizing
friends. Rich and appropriate floral en-
blems, together with tastefully decorat-
ed chair, containing well.executed pict-
ure Of the deceased made up the decora-
tions. Her former class room was wreathed
In black and white in honol Of her men,
ory.
The services consisted Of singing by the
quartet, scripture reading from the ritual,
remarks by Rev. ]. F. Brant from the
text. "Christ shall be magni6ed in my
body whether it be by life or by DEATH
Phil. / 20, a set Of resolutions from the
Epworth league read by Prof. r. H. Kin.
nison and followed by him with we'll
chosen words Of appreciation and esteem
for the deceased, both as a studentlLnd as
one whose aims in life were ambltiously
pure and elevated.
At the grave a large company Of friends
gathered TO hear the last ceremony for
the dead. The ceremony was closed by
the Epworth league IN a body singing
"God be With You Till We Meet Again" |"
and each one placing q floral tribute on
her grave.
| Nclllo W. DOlSC was UOIu Juuo lOt 1919.
Five years of her childhood life were
spent In the state OF Maine and nine years
in ST. Johns, Mich, when she come to
Wellington, where she has lived with her
parents and grandparents until about four
months ago, when she went as a stenogra-
pher to the city of Cleveland, where on
the evening Of July 81 she met her sad
fate by being drowned in the waters OF
Lake Erie.
In view of the public interest excited
by the drowning of Miss Nellie and her
escort, 1t seems fitting that brief outline
OF her lie should be given. Her girlhood
and school life, as given by parent, grand.
parents, teachers and mates, was made
beautiful by filial love, obedience,
and fidelity to her tasks, She was
a bright student and was doing good
work when in the second year Of
her high school she, at her own request,
was allowed to drop her studies Tor a
while, till she might become accomplished
in good housekeeping. In this she sue
ceeded and made home a comfort and de-
light for her grandparents and father.
She was modest and sensitlyely retiring
in her nature and made closer friends
with books than with society.
She was an original and Independent,
thinker and wrote papers Of high grade
In chaSte and beautiful English, and ex-
pressing high moral and religious senti.
ment. Her paper on THE Epworth
Wheel" before the Wellington young peo.
ple's Epworth league, OF which she was
an honored and deYoted member, will be
remembered by those who heard It as a
paper Of great merit and worthy Of being
read before any Of our present day young
peoples conventions We give the fol.
lowing extracts:
1--WE are all familiar with the class Of
reading put before the public today and
Of its evil effects upon the mind. Would
tina, we might have less newspaper and