The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
IT WAS a SAD DEATH.
Pennington Mourns For One whose
Place Cannot Be Refllled.

Pennington, Aug. S.-Today were
performed the last sad rites over the
remains of the late Harriet hnoWltol
Miller. The meeting house was niieu
70 overfiowing. The well-known NE
and character of the deceased ArousIi'
nool1rners from all parts OF the couii-
tv and many friends and relatives
from a greater distance. Vt.
After prayer by Elder Golden All hlIh,
hall. words of sympathy were oheL ,
nv president Joseph F. Smith, AJosties
4 n Richards. Bishop ]. M. Secrlst'
Elders Jesse NJ. Fox, Eugene Cannon
and N. T. Porter. The occasion was
one of exceptional sadness; indeed, IL
could be truly said, NO one pul
mourners came, yet all 1t seemed Wele
there" The shock of the SUDDEN pass
ing of such useful lie moved al "
sorrow. Few knew of her brief illness
save by the report in the daily paper
of her favorable condition. Subsequent
TO an operation for appendicitis.
The entire community felt the loss
of a faithful member; the children
wept for their kind and devoted teach-
err: the family for neVer-iaillhs
source of cheerfulness, trust ana loNe;
One of humanitys tsuest friends had
passed away.
Harriet Knowlton Miller daughter OF
BENJAMIN r. Knowlton and Rhoda A.
T Richards. was born in Salt Lake
civ. Nov. %. 1870. A few years later
the family moved to Pennington, pa
Wis county, where they now reside.
During those early years tour sweet
children were taken from the hearth
stone. but the eleventh year of ,Har-
riet's life was reserved for her greatest
sorrow. May 8, 1882, found her the
elder of two sisters who, with father
and four brothers, gathered around the
bier of the loved wife and mother; yet
the same power that took mother gave
to the elder sister the key of trust
and home guardianship. This she kept
sacred. The girl became woman, tu-
tor. the homes confidant, the be-
reayed fathers staff. Ere long the
guiding hand of home was felt beyond
fhe family circle First a student in
the Brigham Young academy and IN
the University of Utah; then as
teacher in the public schools or our
largest city. and, later in those of her
nome village. she wrote the epitaph of
her public life as upon the heart tap
lets of father, brothers and sister she
had written in honor and love the
story of her life in the home. This
unstinted sacrifice of life for the up
lifting of the lives of others did not
end here The Sabbath school had its
share in that life consecrated to good,
own sex knew their leader in the per-
son of Hattie Miller.
Charity, too, felt her presence as the
secretary of the Missionary Aid So
ciety; yet no class nor clan held the
charter of her sympathy, for as a fit
ting close to the chapter of noble
life we recall the earnest pathos of
affection manifest in her appeal at the
late memorial services for monu-
ment in memory of those who lost
their lives in the destruction of the i'll
fated Maine
While all who knew her mourn, there
is one whose absence adds a deeper
pang to his bereavement. On the 25th
day of June, 1896, Hattie. as she was
familiarly known, became the happy
bride of Professor D. T. Miller of the
Brigham Young college. Not five weeks
later there came a farewell. Elder
Miller, in response to a call to preside
over the South Sea islands mission,
took leave of his dear ones, including
the all, as it were, of his affections.
Thousands of miles of ocean waves
rolled between him and the deathbed
of his loving companion. The story
of his sorrow must remain unwritten.