The Republican journal., 1908-05-21
OBITUARY.

In loving remembrance of Vera E. Web
ster, little daughter of Frank E. and Cora
(Patterson) Webster of Waldo, Me-, who
died May 11th: She was born Mar. 8. 1901,
and for the greater part of her little life had
been patient sufferer with bad catarrhal
trouble of the head and throat. On the
Saturday proceeding her death she was sud-
denly stricken with pneumonia. and after
only 3S hours sickness the end came. of a
loving, gentle disposition, no one heard her
complain of ache or pain. Answering every
inquiry as to how she was feeling with the
faint whisper of call right" we feel that
she is, indeed, all right now. "There upon
her little bed she lay at rest. No sleep so
beautiful and calm, SO free from trace of
pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed
creature fresh from the hand of God, and
waiting for the breath of life; not one who
had lived and suffered DEATH" She leaves
beside father and mother one sister, Ada,
and many loving relatives and friends.
Rev A. A. Smith officiated at the funeral.
which was held at her home in Waldo, and
four little playmates-Paul Payson, Mar
shall Ellis, Clyde N. Shorey and Everett
! tdySOn-dcbeu DIS pdil ooaloio' l LAO Aoiio w
ing brought flowers as tokens of sympathy
and sorrow: Pillow and casket piece from
father and mother; white pnks from sister;
bouquet of pnks and roses, Mr. and Mrs.
John Rowe; pinks and roses, Miss Goldle
Patterson; wreath from grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Webster; pinkS and roses,
James Wentworth, Mrs. June Payson, Miss
| WpDtWnrth' bnuunpt of DlnES and
roses, Ada Clements; bouquet of roses, Mr..
and Mrs VIM. Beck with; pinks and roses,
Ethel Webster; white pinks, Hazel Whit
comb pinks and roses, Mr.. and Mrs. III. F.
Smith, MIR. and Mrs. II. E. Wentworth;
mound of roses, pinks and lilies, Maria
Webster and bbie Ellis cut flowers, Frank
Gilbreth and daughter; basket of flowers,
Mrs. Frank Bailey and Mrs. Hattie Fur
bush; bouquet of pinks from teacher and
scboolmates cut flowers, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas Sanborn; roses and pinks. Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Fogg; bouquet of roses, MIR.
and Mrs. B. F. Wentworth; bouquet OF
pinks, Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Ellis, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. ShOrey; bouquet of pInks and
roses, Mrs. Hattie Leonard cut flowers,
Mrs. Helen Mears, Miss Bessie Pearson,
Mrs. Del Paul, Katharine and Stella Cur
ney wild flowers, Guy and Edith Roberts;
bouquet of roses and pinks, Mrs. G. b.
| Marsano; bouquet of pinks and roses, Mr..
and Mrs. Marion E. Brown; basket of flow
ers, Clyde and Doris Shorey.
Elizabeth Reagh, daughter of the late
Herbert W. and Mrs. Rebecca n. Edge
combe, died at her home on Miller Street,
Wednesday, May 18th after weeks illness
in which she suffered intensely. She was
born in this city and had always enjoyed
the best of health, and her bright and happy
disposition made her the life of the home
and general favorite. She was an un-
usually bright pupil, beloved by teachers
and scboolmates, and had she lived would
have graduated from the Upper Grammar
school in June. She was member of the
Baptist Y. p. S. C. E. and of Mrs. d. II.
McQuarrie's Sunday school class. The Sun
day school appointed a committee to pre-
pare resolutions of respect for the deceased.
The funeral took place at her late home Sat
urday afternoon at O'Clock, Rev. ID. H
McQuarrie, pastor of the Baptist church,
officiating and Masters Linwood Jones,
| Thomas Bowker, Otis Ellis and Lloyd
! McKeen acting as bearers. The superin-
tendent, teachers and pupils of the Upper
Grammar school attended in a body. Hers
was the second death of the class, which
numbers AZ. The first was that of Master
Frank lie Harmon, which occurred four years
ago. The blighting of this young life is
crushing blow to the mother and only
brother, Sylvanus T., who have the sincere
sympathy of the community. Following is
a list of the flowers A pillow from the fam
! ily: pinks, Mrs. n. J. Pottle and Natalie NJ.
+ Pottle; basket, Baptist Y. P S. G. E. roses,
Mrs. D. II. MacQuarrie's class basket, her
classmates in grade 9; cut flowers, grade 8;
| roses and carnations, b. Ii. S. '09; roses,
teachers in the South schools; wreath,
vampers in the shoe factory; pinks, Miss
Maude E. Mathews; bouquet, Mrs. M. c.
and Miss Florence NJ. Hill; roses, Mrs.
Hattie and Miss Thomas pinks, Mrs Lydia
S. Hatch, Emma Walton and Della Rowe;
pinks, Margaret Foster; bouquet, Miss Ra-
chel Anderson; bouquet, Hattie Sprague
and Nina Harris, pinks, Mrs. H. S. Morey;
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roses, Mary Jeffords; bouquet, Mrs j. c.
Townsend; bouquet, Mrs. NJ. j. White;
pinks from friends in Augusta and large
star from friends in Worcester, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah V. Whitten, one of the Oldest
women in Pittsfield, died at her home in
that town May 18th, aged so years, months
and % days. She had been i'll from an at
tack of the grip for several weeks. Mrs.
Whitten was born in Unity. Dec. 20. 1927.
Her parents were the late James and Happy
(Whiting) Kelley She was married in
Unity May, 8. 1856, to the late Captain AL
bon Whitten, who gained his title as cap
tain of 1st Maine SharpshOoters, 10th Maine
Volunteers Mrs. Whitten had been resi-
dent of Pittstield since 1867, when Mr..
Whitten, builder and contractor, took charge
of the finishing of the Lancey House, then
being erected by the late Isaac II. Lancey.
Mr. Whitten died in Pittsfeld Sept. "a, 1888.
By the union three children were born two
daughters, one of whom died in infancy,
and Happy, who died in Pittsfeld Oct. %,
1876, at the age of II years; and one son,
Samuel James Whitten, who lives in Kan