Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-24
OBITUARY.

The funeral OF Mrs. Mary E.McMillan,
wife of Rev. A. Mcmillan, of Albion,
whose death occurred at the residence
of T. d. Foster on Thursday, was con-
Quoted at the East End Presbyterian
church Friday afternoon, by Rev. d.
A. Murray, assisted by Rev. ]. NJ. Nc
Elroy and T. d. Foster. The choir of
the East End Presbyterian church
furnished the music. A large number
of the acquaintance of the deceased
were present, and beautiful floral Of
ferings testified the esteem in which
she was held in this city. The pail
bearers were WEB. Ramsell, Zell Zim-
norman NJ. Mofit, NJ. T. McClelland,
A. Lewis, T. Rimmer. The remains
were inferred in the Ottumwa ceme-
terry.
Mrs. McMillan's loss will be felt by
a very large circle of friends in Ottum-
was as for six years her husband was
the pastor of the East End Presbyte-
rian church and she was a very active
helper to him in the work there. She
was very sympathetic and earnest and
greatly endeared herself to all the peo-
pie of the East End and it was with
great regret they saw her leave, some
two years ago when her husband was
called to the church in Albion, Iowa.
There, as here, she was quite leader
in the Christian work and had just re-
Gently been reelected president of the
Women's Missionary society of the
Presbytery in which she was located.
One month ago she came down with
her husband to be present at the lay
ing of the corner stone of the new
Cast End Presbyterian church. She
had not been well for some time be-
fore coming and after the ceremony
she remained for awhile q guest in the
home of Mrs. L. D. Foster. She hoped
that the rest and the change might
restore her health again but after a
week or two more alarming symptoms
| began to develop and her doctors de-
cided that she was suffering from can
Ger of the liver and was in a very crit
| ical condition. Her husband and son
Wallace were summoned over a week
ago and came to her side, but she lin
gered until last Thursday morning at
| S:15 o'clock, when she passed quietly
away to her reward. She was con-
scious and recognized her friends up
to the night before her death, though
too weak to be able to talk with them
much. All her family were with her
at the time of her death, including her
little daughter and her sou, Rev. ID.
Wallace Mcmillan, and his wife, of Des
Moines. She was laid to rest in the
| Ottumwa cemetery from the East End
chapel, this (Friday) afternoon, at
1870 o'clock.
Mrs. Mcmillan was the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Brown, and one OF
ten children. She was born in
Indiana, Dec 25, 1850. When quite
young the family moved to farm near
Monmouth, Ill. She very early show,
ed religious disposition, and at the
age of 10 she united with the First
Presbyterian church of Monmouth OF
which Rev. DR.. Matthews was pastor
III school she was very proticient
student and by her 18th year had adj
vanced as far as the junior class in
Monmouth College.
On March 81, 1868, she was united in
marriage to the Rev. Andrew NcMil
Ian and they Immediately entered intc
the active work of the Christian min
| istry in Pennsylvania. The next yeal
they removed to Living Lake in Wash
ington county, Iowa, where their one
son David Wallace Mcmillan was born
He, with her husband and little adopt.
ed daughter survive to mourn her loss
Mrs. Mcmillan was a woman of sub
lime faith and trust in God which wa:
specially triumphant at the last. Her.
was faith that never wavered and she
did not, like so many Christians, need
to have her faith bolstered up by en-
couragements and tests, but having
trusted once she trusted always, and
this was the secret of the courage tina,