Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-01-31
OBITUARY..
MRS. CoRDELIA ELLSWORTH


Mrs. ICordelia A. tsanford) Ellsworth.
daughter of John and Anna (Peck) SANFORD,
was BON at West Cornwall Jan. Is. 1928, AID
waS Seventy. -four years and one week old at
tb6'time Of her death.
Two brothers and one sister survive her
Patrick Sanford of Knoxville, ILL.,. Edgar
Sanford of West Cornwall, and Mrs. Jeanette
Lewis of Middlebury. She was married In
1888 to Milo j. Ellsworth, who passed away In
1880. Mrs. Ellsworth's whole life has been
spent In Cornwall, and 1t is a long time since
anyone has left us whose loss is 80 univer
sally mourned. As girl and young woman
her bright ways, cheerful disposition and
merry heart must have made her the life OF
every company she entered. For mauv
years after her marriage she gave
daughters love and thoughtfulness to Mr..
Ellsworth's aged parents, caring for them
through long and tedious illness and render.
ing service that in these days We can obtain
only from trained nurses.
Her married life was unusually happy, her
home most hospitable one. Not few still
living will recall many delightful occasions
when the doors of the Ellsworth home swung
wide open to give hearty welcome to hosts
OF friends. During her long widowhOOd
Mrs. Ellsworth has eased the pain OF loneli
ness by ministering to the needs OF others.
a great many homes having beeu made
happier by her presence and good cheer. In
kind we all felt sure OF her loving sympathy,
and, as long as she was able, her practical
and ready assistance. An excellent nurse,
she would at any time put aside her own
cares to minister in sick room.
She visited about the town good deal, was
a familiar guest in many homes and hearty
welcome always awaited her at whatever
gate she entered. She dearly loved her
kindred and all her friends, loved to be with
them, liked to be with young people, and In
the stir and hustle Of life she was so en-
| ergetic and ambitious herself that she fully
appreciated those qualities in others. TIC
many beside her own nephews and nieces
she was "Aunt Cordelia," loved and honored
and confided in, being equally at home amic
the sports Of the young or the councils OF the
aged.
| Because she had no children Of her owr
she seemed to take a most deep and sincere
| interest in those of her friends, so that the
younger generation were as warmly attached
| to her as those of her own age. Until las
November she was about the town as usual
though preceptibly feebler; for some week.
she was confined to the house and then to ,
| bed OF suffering. The esteem in which sh'
was held was shown by the throng of callers
not one of whom failed to receive the brigh
word, the ready smile, the affectionat'
greeting. She knew that she was failing
that she was "dying by inches" as she said
but was ready and willing to go when he
Master saw fit, asking one and another t
pray that she might have grace to endur,
whatever she must pass through The enc
came quietly and painlessly at last, and WI
are sure she is received into the better man
sions where loved ones were awaiting her.
Mrs. Ellsworth was a devoted Christian
having been member of the Congregations
church in Corn vail since 1859. She loved thu
church and was most solicitous for its wei
fare. spiritually and financially; her prayer
and efforts, her time and money being freel.
gwen in its behalf. She was an illustration
Of what a follower Of Christ should be, an
WAS anx ious that we all should with her To-
low the footsteps OF her blessed Savior.
sterling, vigorous character, it will be lon
before the memory OF her life and deed
fades from the minds OF the inhabitants c
Cornwall. A. nm.