Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-11-27
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Sudden Death of Mrs. Henry p. Ranney

oudcen Death OF MRS. Henry p. Ranney'
Mrs. Frances Augusta. wife Of Henry
Z. Ranncy, died very unexpectedly of
heart failure on the morning of Thurs
day, the 18th inst. She had apparently
been in the best of health since her i'll
ness of a year ago. There had been no
suspicion of any heart trouble until very
recently, and it was not anticipated by
any one. not even the physician whom
she consulted. that there would be an
Immediately fatal result
She was the daughter of B. w. Ham
blen, a wel-known resident of the village,
who died many years ago. The date of
her birth was August 90 1893, so that she
had just passed the limit of three score
and ten. but she was very active. cheer
ful and of comparatively youthful appear
ance, constant at church and at social
gatherings, so that no one regarded her
as a person of advanced age. She was
educated in the common and select
schools of the village, and for Il time in
the academy in oxford, y. H.. then "A
nourishing institution under the charge
of Homer O. Hitchcock. a native of West
minister and afterward Il celebrated sur
geOn of Kalamazoo Mich. Among the
students at that time were Judge James
b. Richardson of Boston ana John G.
Hale of Cleveland: Rev. DIR. Slavery. a
prominent Unitarian clergyman of Massa-
chusotts, her own recent pastor at West
Minister and Edward Clark, the music
teacher and dealer of BrattleborO. whose
funeral occurred the same afternoon.
She was married to Henry =. Ranney,
a prominent citizen of the West parish,
respected and honored by his townsmon
in many ways, among others by an cleo
tion TO the legislature on Dec. Z. 1853. 1t
was in contemplation to observe the 5)th
+ anniversary of the occasion In a quiet
way which would have been done within
/ a few days. She was possessed of a fine
/ ppTSnnIl a al off Na
in all her personality az few are. She
had been a member of the church more
than 90 years, active in all forms of
church work In particular she had
charge of the primary department of the
Sunday school for a long period. "A whole
generation of boys and girls passing I'M
der her instruction and influence, most
/ of whom have gone forth to live useful
| lives elsewhere and to do credit to their
/ early training.
| She leaves an only daughter the wife
| of Alfred S. Hall of Winchester, Mass.
| a prominent lawyer recently chosen to
| the Legislature of that state; a sister
| Elvira, the wife of j. O. Smith of this
place, and the only other near relatives
are the Robertson Brothers paper manu-
/ facturers of Hinsdale and Ashueot. who
are cousins. Relatives upon the side of
her husband are numerous. very many
I of whom were present at the funeral on
Saturday afternoon. The services were
conducted in a fitting manner by her re-
cent pastor, Rev. Henry \. Goodhue of
Brattleboro, who had known her from
childhood. assisted by Rev. 9. T.. Hay
ward of Putney. The church choir to
which she had belonged I'm her youth,
sang two beautiful and appropriate
! hymns which were her favurites. She
was laid peacefully to rest near the close
of a bright afternoon sunny. like her own
disposition and life. in the cemetery hard
by the house of God which she so fire.
Quented and loved.