Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1900-01-19
in MEMORIAM.
Memorial Issued for Elizabeth O.
White by Grand Officers
O. E. S.

There has been issued from the office
Of Florence NJ. lIoskins. grand score
tary of the Q. Il. $. Of the state, a
memorial Of Sister Elizabeth o. White
of jamestown. recently deceased. 1t
bears a picture of Mrs. White, and the
following over the signature of the
Grand MatrOn, Helen ]StOckwelI, and
the Grand Patron. Frllu ingalls,:
For the first time in our history as a
Grand Chapter. has the heavy hand of
death been laid upon an elective Grand
or Past Grand officer. and now the
blow has fallen most heavily in remov-
ing from our midst Sister Elizabeth o.
White. our first Grand Ma1ron.
She has passed to her lon" rest. and
we miss her kindly presence. yet VIC
know that the summons did not find
her mprepared. and While we mourn,
ii is not as those without comfort.
She IA born in Illinois in 1891. In
ISL? she married Mr.. IL. Il. White and
they took up their residence in Spring.
field. Illinois. whence they removed to
y. ~. III INNt.
She WAS Il charter member of the
Lady Washington Chapter. q. L. s.. at
jamestown, and the first Grand Ma1ron
OF the state: WAS !; regular attendant
ut Grand Chapter. where her CHEEKY
~countenancr will be sadly missed.
Aside from llis. she was in active
worker in the Degree OF Honor,
Wuman'S Relief Corps. Red Cross and
especially in the work of the Episcopal
church. where her charity and henevo-
lrlce were wei knnwn. She was u
member Of the board of cuucatiun ut
jamestown continuously from lS!c UNI
til the time OF her death. In addition
To this. she WAS Il registered pharma-
cl>i ami the constant assistant of her
husband in his business. All these
outside duties hetraclen nothing from
the beauty OF her home life. for she
always found time to make !; nome in
all lis purity and loneliness fer nus
band and daughter. and was indeed Il
most devoted wife and mother. Sister
mite was Il really remarkable
IN Possessed Of more Than or
binary abilities. she gave freely of her
time and energies TO all worthy causes
and accomplished more in The life so
prrma,urrly rul off than i, is often
given to Ito in Il much longer period.
Her illness was of brief duration and
1t was not granted her to die at home,
she had nrrn III 4 hospital in Chicago
ami had started home. She fought
hrnvcly to ward off the ,lrcal de-
s,rnyrr. hut wen her inlnmitHhlr will
could not sustain her to the end %. her
journey and death overlook her at
rar"o Sunday. Dee. n, 1899, AT 7:15
y. H.. hut not until husband ANA dauyb-
ter were able to reach her bedside.
So While the bells of Christmas Eve
were pealin" the glad ,i,linws of
Peace on Earth. Good VIII to Men,"
the soul of our beloved sister was
Win"inG its flight to Heaven and etel-
nal rest.
our hearts 20 out TO this family i'm
their sore bereavement. Words fail
to express the loss they ar" called M
on to endure. hut their grief will be
li"htrnrd by the thought Of the beau
tiful life that has gone out. and that.
though absent. her spirit will hover
over them. We also extend to Lady
Washington Chapter our sincere SYM
pathy for the loss they have sustained.
1t is therefore ordered thai the hall
and jewels Of the various Chapters in
this Grand Jurisdiction shall he prop
erly drape1 in mourning" for the period
of ninety DAYS.