The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-06
LAST SERVICES
IN MEMORIAM
rINAL FUNERAL .suvcEs or
TuE LATE MISS uELEN LowuE
ruH NOUNtNd.

M HIHu| iuWrUb, tNr uUIl IHuEus
t.. nf Mf t0I Str q. D. towrry died
ft tho family homo ON Lunaiilo &c.
street Tuesday night October fourth.
Ht hTlf uust eleven. Her Illness had
bHfu luur Uur. MrH Bowrcy ana
IHrrr of tb. children Frederick, Helen,
900 Aim. I.u Honolulu in August. 1903
with thn rIHu OF spending a year in
Eunno. Mr LuWroy and Sherwood. who
remained at home, planning 90 Join
them later The family established
h.msr.y,s lu Brussels where In the late
winter Helen suffered an attack OF
rheumatism. Tn, disease was un-
doubt'Ily u her system and was
brought out. and doubtless aggravated
and somewhat intensified, by the wet,
cold wcatncs hich prevailed In Brus-
sells that season. After consultation
with the best physicians. Il was de-
cided 20 return home in the hope that
the Honolulu climate would bring re-
lief The journey was indeed "a painful
one and when they arrived I'm Honolulu
the pnin had left its mark on the young
face, She soon became decidedly bet
ter and physicians and parents Joined
in the hope OF a complete recovery. But
the rheumatic fever had hardly been re-
duced when the organs, weakened by
the struggle, gave way. Complication
followed complication, and from this
time to her death, her life was one
heroic struggle. Aided by a splendid
constitution, she fought valiantly for
life. Nursed by the tenderest and most
| skillful care tended by the best medical
attendance that could. be procured, she
gave up her life only when the vital
spark had been crushed out by the
heavy hand of Death. She retained
her mental powers to the last, and be-
| came. unconscious only a few minutes
before she passed peacefully into the
great beyond Her brothers, Frederick
and Sherwood, are in the East at school
the former at Harvard and the latter at
| Hotchkiss.
The funeral was held at the house at
4 O'Clock in the afternoon of Wednesday
October fifth. The simple services were
conducted by the Rev. Dr. w. NJ. Kin
caid, pastor OF Central Union Church
of which Helen was a member.
quartette consisting of Mrs. c. b. Da-
mon, Miss Ethel Damon G. M. Cooke
and II. F. 'Wichman sang two of her ia.
vorite hymns, abide With Me" and
ASLEEP in Jesu" The rich profusion of
| flowers which filled the rooms testified
to the loving regard in which she was
held by everyone. Her friends, young
and old gathered to join in the last
service of devoted love and respect to
her whose death came as a personal
loss to all. The family and near friends
wera seated in the Library The Min
utes, girls society at Punahou, of
which she was a member had seats in a
body.
After the public funeral the body was
cremated. The private burial took place
at o'clock this morning at the Nuuanu
avenue cemetery. Loving hands placed
the urn containing the ashes in the
vault. When the earth received its
own, the Rev. Dr. Kincaid read an i'm.
pressive service and offered prayer.
Helen Storrs Lowrey was the third
child and only daughter of her parents.
She was born in Honolulu August Z,
1888. She had grown into young wo-
manhood in the city and had made
! friends with people of all ages. Her
loving disposition and exceptional ma
turity had endeared her alike to young
and old. With unusual qualities OF
mind and heart and character, she
seemed destined to have a wide in
fuence for good. She always showed
rare thoughfulness for others; even
in her last illness, she made pathetic eff
forts to reduce the cares of those who
were so willing to serve her Her in
huence will live not only in the broken
family circle but in that wider circle
whose numbers consist of all who knew
her. None knew her but to love her,
none knew her but to praise"
DR.. Henry S. Prltchett, president OF