The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-12-19
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Eva Harriet Westervelt-B lain

Eva Harriet Westervelt Dlain, was
born of parents named Smith, in Ber-
rien county, Mich, September :, 1912.
She was the youngest OF five sisters,
two of whom, Mrs. Cross of Califor-
MIA and Mrs. Orville T. Blood, for
merly Mrs. jennie Johnson OF Pc
tosky, Michigan, are still living. Mrs
Blains parents died when she was
very young and She was at the age OF
about three years, leagally adopted by
Joseph Westervelt OF Laporte, Ind,
and came to Plymouth, Indiana with
them when she was still a child, and
made her home here CONTINUOUSLY I'M
til her death
On December 9th, 1865 she was
married to John Blain, who with two
Cons, Clement F. and Gideon w.
Blan survive her. The sudden death
OF Mrs. Blain was wholly unexpected
She had been confined to the house
for about eight days by an attack OF
lagrippe and while her illness was at
tended by much suffering, it was not
believed that she was dangerously ILL.,
1t is known that for a year, Mrs.
Blain's health had not been good and
the thought that she was in failing
health, it is believed, had occurred to
her. but the boundless energy which
she applied to all that she aid, and
her continuous activity obscured the
condition of her health so that her
friends and family did not realize that
she was not quite we'll and were UNI
prepared to believe that death had
come II her.
Since Mrs Blain's early girlhood
She has taken an active part in the
life of Plymouth. For years she was
member and president OF The
Women's Christian Temperance
Union, for long time she was a
member of the Saturday Club and al
various times she has affiliated with
numerous literary and charitable So
cieties and organizations. But her
greatest activity was displayed and
chief pleasure taken in the work oil
St Thomas Parish of the Episcopa
church. Hers was the second baptism
and second confirmation occurring II
ST. Thomas Parish and hers was The
first marriage celebrated in the ole
church. In the work of the church
she was interchangeable; indeed the
work itself was to her a panacea foi
trouble and even disease; she con
,inued in the work untiringly, never
| tagging. never stopping TO. rest.
One of her often expressed desires
long prior to the. time when the worl
OF erecting the new church was be
| gun, was to live TO see a splendid new
church edifice take the place Of the
| old church and the completion ant
| dedication Of the new church last An
gust. was a Source OF infinite salts
faction TO her, and marked the ores
| OF her ambition in the work which
she cared for most.
| Mrs Blain was christian in TIL
broadcast sense of the word He
faith in the Bible as the inspired wor
of God could not be shaken and he
belief that humanity was TO be save
through the death and atonement o
Jesus Christ as aught in the churcl
was held to and sustained her in a
the trials and troubles which cam
% her. and though her church was t
her the chief thing in life, yet sh
accorded to others the right TO thei
own views and believed that Jesu
Christ came to save all humanity 10
all time and not those who confesse
a particular faith.
Her boundless charity sought som
excuse for all those who transgresse
the commandments of God or tn
laws of society, although sac had n
sympathy for anything base or meaI
She WAS the most tender wife an
mother; she was the most 10y;
friend; she loved all that was goo,
fair and honorable. She counte
among her intimate friends person
OF all ages and three generations {
individuals loved her and grieve til;
she is gone
We do not know what the futur
life is, but that it is we do know; an
while tears must be shed by thos
who have sustained an irreparabl
loss in her death there is comfoi
to be derived in the thought TIL;
whatever that after life shall be thei
she will find a wider sphere for h,
activities. a broader plane of usefu
ness, and an adequate reward for h'
labor in the limited life she has LEI