Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
OBITUARY..
LEONARD srusrevANT.

were John and Jemlma Sturtevant. who
were also natives of this town and direct
descendants Of Justin Sturtevant, Il first
settler, His bOybood days were spent
with his parents until 1881. when he was
united in marriage to Miss Minerva
Turner, a very worthy young lady. Six
children came to their home, which was
near his parents. This home was dark
ened by the removal of the mother by
death, but the elder daughters came
faithfully to the rescue and the home was
kept during the succeeding years. Thrice
in these days was the family circle again
call to give up the loved Ones--twO
daughters and an only son, on whom
the father had learned to lean heavily.
In February, 1891, he was again married
to Mrs. Ann Trussell, who survives him
and who has ministered carefully and
faithfully to the increasing wants of old
age. His life was one of the continuous
toll which pertains to nearly all of his vO.
cation and especially to one whose for
tune consisted of his natural INDUSTRY
and own right arm. As a reward of con-
tinued attention to business he became
possessed of competency necessary for
an extended old age. Being by nature
positive, he was equally honest In all his
deals and thereby enjoyed the confidence
of all. In 1892, at great protracted
effort at the local Methodist church, he,
with scores Of others, accepted Christ,
giving himself, as he often said, to Him
"for life. No turning back was known in
his religious way even to the end. His
church life was begun in the Methodist
Episcopal, but at the organization of the
Wesleyan branch lie became officially
connected and remained so until worship
was suspended there, when he gave his
support cheerfully to the old home His
attendance upon church service was al
most continuous until the weight of
years forbade. His last sickness came to
him on Sunday, Sept p, and the closing
hours were on the Thursday evening
following. No disease developed. only
the stopping of the life which had so
well run all these long 50 years and had
become so ready for the harvest He was
buried from his home on Sunday at u a.
m. The services were conducted by Rev.
Il. l.. Thompson. The burial was in the
family lot in Elmwood cemetery. The
remaining children, Miss Jane Sturte-
and Mrs. Hattie Palmer of kemper. ILL.,,
were present, y.
MISS CALlSTA COOK.
Our New Haven correspondent writes !.
sit seems fitting to give more extend
ed notice than has appeared of one who
was reared and had lived upwards of
four score years in town. The deceased,
who died April % at the home of her
nephew, A. G. Wright, was born in New
Haven July 2G, 1909. She was the
youngest of ten children belonging to
the family of jeremiah and Ruth Cook.
Her eldest sister married Baryelis
Brooks, father OF the Brooks brothers 4;
another married Daniel G. Brooks. The
third sister, Lucina, married Amos
Matthews of this town, now many years
deceased. One sister remained single.
The eldest brother, Calvin Cook, died in
lS2G and the youngest, the late Gustavus
Cook, a well-known resident of this
town, died in May. 1874.
so he deceased became a member of
the Methodist Episcopal church in Mid
dlebury in the spring of 1926. She was
a quiet, unassuming, consistent Christian
woman. Her daily life was an exem-
plary one. Love of friends was a prom
inent characteristic. For the past eight
years she has lived with her niece, Mrs.
Ruth l.. Wright, by whom she has been
very tenderly cared for. We trust that
1T is well with her and that she has
gone to receive her reward.
Zone precious to our hearts has gone,
The voice we loved is stilled;
The place made vacant in our home
Can never more be filled.
'"Our Father in his wisdom called,
The boon his love hal given;
And though ON earth the body lies
The soul is safe i'm Heaven"