Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-22
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

note OF sorrow for one who was dead
as of profound joy and uplifting
Thanksgiving for a life thus faithfully
and devOutly and trustfully lived. Mr.
Day in his remarks recalled with rev
erent love and thankfulness out of his
own pastorate and personal aCquaint-
ance here the life of human helpful
ness, of humble and prayerful trust
in God, and Of unsparing devotion to
parents, children, and every family
relation, the lesson of life profound
ly and truly lived and whose influ.
ence remains an incentive and inspira-
ton to all.
The burial was in the family lot in
Prospect Hill cemetery. The bearers
were Col. X. Haskins. Col. II. f.
Taylor. G. c. Averill. G. f. Warner.
II. II. Thompson, j. l.. Knowlton.
No woman has ever fulfilled more
completely in the Brattleboro commu-
nifty the abundant measure of true
womanhood than has Mrs. Rice. As
a daughter. as a wife and mother. as
Il foster mother to a sisters mother
less children. as a woman broadly
interested in every community work
and enterprise, as a helper to all who
needed help, regardless of class or
Torrance year by year to the truest
and best ideal. As to what Mrs.
Rice's personality stood for in this
respect We are glad to have the just
and tender and appreCiative tribute
from one of her life long companions
and fellow workers printed herewith.
When a strong life like that of Mrs.
us it deserves more than a passing
notice. 1t touches Us all, and we de-
sire to find expression for our deep
feeling Living almost all her life
among us she knew and was known
by almost every individual in the com
munity. Many a stranger coming
among us will recall her hearty, cor
dial welcome and her helpfulness in
finding their rightful place among us.
Impelled by a strong love of humanity,
she was ever on the alert for every
detail of life. and in times of need and
sorrow her ready knowledge carried
relief to many a tired hand and sue
cor to many a weary heart.
In all her relationships she was
faithful to her sense of duty. In
her religious life she had but the one
standard given us by the Master. and
only her brothers and sisters can re-
alize the loss sustained by the church
of which she was a member. Smitten
by many sorrows to which a weaker
spirit would have succumbed. she
always rallied to a life of cheerfulness
and loving helpfulness enabled by her
experience to carry consolation to
many a stricken one. With low
ing, generous nature, free from malice,
forgiving in disposition, she was pos
sessed of a sweet impulsiveness which
endeared her to her friends who knew
the purity of her purposes. Every
one will miss her we'll known figure
on the street, her sunny smile, her
pleasant, cordial greeting, and life
will seem lonely and many days
dreary because she has passed from
our vision.
No eulogy of this life is needed
here. That is already written inef
faceably upon the hearts of the
friends who loved her, and their deep
sorrow for the loss of her vivid, low
ing personality is only comforted by
the thought that, freed from the thral
of this earthly life, her glad spirit
has sped away to that higher sphere
where hopes have full frution, where
every desire is satisfied, and faith
becomes reality.
A. E. w.
BrattleborO. March 10. 1901.