The Newtown bee., 1906-08-24

USEFUL LIFE THAT WAS ENDED BY
 SUDDEN DEATH IN SCOTLAND.
 The funeral of Miss Martha A. FoW- Ter, whose death occurred In Edln, burgh, Scotland, on August l, was held at her home at 135 Thompson street, Springfield, Mass, Saturday morning, and was attended by large number of relatives and friends Rev K. l.. Goodspeed otficiated, speaking appre- ciatively of the quiet Christian life, full of high thoughts, noble purposes and kind deeds, and Of the journey ended so suddenly. Besides the scrip ture selections MT Goodspead read the poem "Sometime, somewhere" Two young women sang "Sunset and even ing star" and "Jerusalem, the gold en-. The bier was covered with beau tiful roses, completely hiding from view the coffin. The burial was in Agawam in the family lot in the Gen. ter cemetery. Miss Fowler was born in Agawam, Mass, March 25, 1855. be- ing the daughter of George and Mary Ann (Hazen) Fowler. Agawam was the home of her ancestors for many years, not only of her father and moth CT, but her maternal grandfather, Rev Reuben s. Hazen, who was the first
 
 church, and continued in office for over 20 years; while her paternal grandfather, Bildad Fowler, was one of it's first deacons. Miss Fowler at- tended the public schools in Agawam, Mass, and afterward the High school in Hartford, from which she was grad uated. The greater part, of her life had been spent in Agawam, where she was highly esteemed for her usefulness and her pleasant qualities of mind and heart. She united with the Congrega- tional church on July ', 1867, when only 12 years of age, and later became an earnest Christian worker, particu- larly in the Sunday school, where she occupied the position of secretary and treasurer. She had considerable mu- sical ability, and used it to good ad- vantage in the Sunday school and in the,eveningService, ,and'in training the children for concert exercises, and also | in her work with the mission circles
 which she conducted for some years. She was also an active member in .the Agawam Auxiliary Of the Springfield branch, Womans Board, of Missions,
 and since her removal from Agawam she had remembered the foreign mis- sion cause through this auxiliary, as well 8S U0EOukQ Uu0 Oue III OpIluS ACAui with which she became connected.
 After the death of her father she re-
 moved, in November, 1890, with her
 mother, to Thompson street, Spring field, Mass, where, with her eldest
 brother George F. Fowler, she had since made her home. Miss Fowler continued her musical studies to a considerable extent, and her attain
 ment in this direction added much pleasure to her own life as we'll as that of her friends. She transferred her
 relation from the Agawam Congrega- tional church to the First Church of Christ in Springfield in 1897, but her interest in her early home church was manifested in many ways, and espec- ially in her share in the gift of the fine memorial organ recently contributed by her family and that of her grand father. In later years Miss Fowler had travelled much and her life had broadened under its influence. It's sudden termination in foreign land is inexpressibly sad to her friends. Miss Fowler was cousin of the Messrs B D., H. M., A. J. and A. P. Smith and Mrs A. D. Fairchild of this town