, 1902-11-25
M0ThER
IN ISRAEL PASSES TO HER LAST,
ING REWARD AFTER A BUSY
AND HAPPY LIFE.
Helen owen McGiII Sucournbs to Dis
ease and Calmly Closes Her Eyes
in Death-Marricd in Laramie
Thirty Years ago n Leaves
Family of Sorrowing Children.

Helen Owen McGill, wife OF Senator
! John MCGill and mother of Thomas,
Margaret, Jessie and Helen McGill,
died at the family residence at McGill,
Albany county, at $50 Sunday even
ing, Of dropsy, aged 81 years. and was
buried in the cemetery here at 3 O'Clock
this afternoon, funeral services being
held at the Presbyterian church by Rev.
a.. c. Hogbin, the pastor. a large num-
Der OF friends were at the church and
followed the remains to the cemetery.
The following gentlemen acted as
p~all-bearers: Messrs. John Rcid,J. T.
Holiday, James MCGibbon, w. II. Fra
zee, NJ. II. Murphy and Otto Gramm.
Mrs. McGill was a native of Scot
land. coming to America with her par
ents when she was a little girl and
settling in Illinois.
In August. 1873, she was married in
this city to Mr.. McGill, Rev. Hamilton,
the then pastor of the Presbyterian
church. performing the ceremony.
From here they went to Tie Siding to
begin their housekeeping, where their
older children, Thomas and Marga-
ret. were born. They remained there
until 1873, going thence to their pres
in hand dug from the wilderness and
created one Of the finest ranches in
Southern Wyoming. Mr.. McGill this
fall completing perhaps the finest
ranch house in this section of the state.
In telling of their long and happy life
this morning. tears came to the eyes
of the strong man as he realized that
she who had been so much to him for
a generation had passed to the haQN
beyond. She was essentially a home
woman, and in all his joys and sorrows,
business and pleasure she shared, con
tent to place her weak hand in his
strong one and suffer herself to he led
through the paths he had hewn for
her, guiding her feet across the stony
patches that came in their way and
laughing gaily as they trod through
the flowery stretches of the thirty
years.
The children mourn a good mother
gone. For years she had been an in
valid, and the four left nothing I'M
done that would add to her comfort
and happiness. Her slightest wish was
burden borne on their young shoulders
without a murmur or a harsh word.
They gave their lives to her, and now
that her place at the tireside is vacant,
SORROW weighs them down.
Mr.. McGill and the children will re
turn to the ranch tomorrow to take up
the burden of living without the dear
wife and mother. AS Don as conven-
lent the younger girls, Misses Jessie
and Helen, will return to this city and
resume their studies at the university
interrupted by the long illness of their
mother Miss Margaret has long had
the direction of the affairs of the house
hold, and to her will come the added
burden of the lack of the guiding mind
in its affairs. The friends of the fami-
ly. of whom there is a countyful, extend
their sincere sympathy to Mr.. McGill
and the children. They realize the loss
the family has sustained. and words
of comfort and cheer have not been
lacking. Mrs. McGill was born a Pres,
byterian and died in the faith. sure
of a certain and full reward in the
world beyond.
You should see our $3.50 mems
| suits. Woodruff & Terry's.