The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-24
CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB
Last Sad Rites Performed Over Re-
mains of Mrs. A. Il. Dean on
Thursday Afternoon.

90 oA% vi IN aoaSo 1doCo vi OSoll
in Mitchell in some time was that O.
Mrs. A. q. Dean, wife of A. E. Dean
business manager of the Republican
for it was Just ten days before hel
death hat her brother, Z. j. Haynes
was called to his last home, and the
two deaths in the Haynes family have
put a great burden Of sorrow on them
Few, if any, knew of the serious con
dition of Mrs. Dean when she went tc
Sioux City on Wednesday of last week
and what a sad home coming it was
just one week later. Her condition
for twelve years has been more OF
less serious all the time, but through
it all her cheerful disposition pre-.
dominated, and when she should have
been taking care of herself she gave
the most freely of her services to
the other members of her family in
looking after their welfare. She
was a woman whose earnest devo-
ton was given to her mother and
sisters with a willingness and a hap
mess that seemingly relieved her
of any thought of her own indisposi-
ton. Her life was marked with a
motherly love for those who were
near and dear to her and those acts
of tenderness and sympathy through
all the past years will be cherished
in happy memory.
The funeral services were held at
the residence, corner of Third Ave-
nue. west and Wisconsin street,
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, but
owing to the rainstorm which came
up at about that hour, but few of
the friends were able to attend. In
the morning from IL to 10 O'Clock
the remains lay in state and many
came to view with tenderness the
woman who was priced so highly in
life.
The casket containing the remains
was surrounded with the beautiful
floral tokens of love and esteem from
the friends, from several fraternal
orders and societies in the city, and
from the employees of the Republican,
which conveyed to the remaining
ones something of the sympathy that
was extended in their hour of great
bereavement.
Rev. A. Craig Bowdish, pastor of
the Congregational church, had
charge of the services. The music
was furnished by Mrs. II. E. Hitch
cock, Mrs. S. II. Scallin, NJ. r. Tour
nier and r. p. Loomis, with Miss
Fannie Mccormick at the instrument.
MI. Bowdish read the following
tribute to the life of Mrs. Dean:
"Jamie Haynes was born in Dane
county, Wis, February 90, 1862, and
passed from this life April 81, 1908,
at Sioux City, Iowa, aged 46 ears,
2 months and 25 days. 1t was in
the early SOS that she came to Da-
kota with her parents, locating in
Dawson county. She spent several
years teaching in the schools of Nit.
Vernon and Mitchell. She was mar
ried to Mr.. A. e. Dean October II,
1898, and always lived near the pres
ent home recently erected. Into this
home and its atmosphere there had
been put SO much of thought and
pleasure.
In February, 1894, Mrs. Dean
united with the Congregational
church. Here her heart has been
conferred, and it was only the lack of
physical strength that has kept her
from doing. far more than she did.
Her home, her church and her friends
were even upon her mind and heart.
Ever busy, yer wanting to do mora,
she used her daily strength to the
limit and always longed for more to
give.
Her very presence "a a benedic-
ton. Her fortitude continued stead
fast under twelve years Of constant
pain and suffering, but always with
OUT complaining 11eF CueGIluI, Sc
rene hope never ceased. 1t was typ
ical of her self-forgetfulness when
she left the city last week for a visit
which had in it also the thought Of
medical consultation. When it was
ascertained that her case required an
immediate operation, she thought on
ly of her recovery, and that it was
not worth while to alarm her friends
or her relatives. She rallied for two
days, and then the physician sug-
! gested that the end was approaching.
In her last words to her husband
Mrs. Dean testified to the hope that
vas bright, to the faith that was I'M
shaken and to the love that would
safely carry her over the change
from this life. She was going to
meet her father, and brother, so re-
Gently gone before. and to greet the
coming of the others in the future
years."
The pastor closed the service with
a brief eulogy on the life of the de-
ceased as he had come in contact with
her presence, and said that the text,
"She had done what she could" fit