The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-02-17
MRS. FANNY M. MARTIN
TAKEN BY PNEUMONIA.

TAKEN BY PNEUMONIA.
Fanny MacClane Martin, wife of
Prof. L. w. Martin, died Sunday NOR
ming at 2:4O at her home in Artesia
after an illness of two weeks of pneu-
molia. Her condition was not consid
cred dangerous until Friday night. At
that time her relatives were sent
for. Funeral services were held at the
home in Artesia Sunday afternoon,
conducted by Elder Arthur Stout. pas
tor of the Artesia Christian Church,
assisted by Rev. E. e. Mathes, of the
Presbyterian church, and Rev. T. C.
James, Of the Baptist church, and
the remains were brought to Roswell
this morning, accompanied by all the
relatives. The casket was opened
from one until two O'Clock this after
noon at the home of DIR. and Mrs. C.
T. McClane, after which burial was
made in the South Side cemetery
Such an offering of flowers, as were
brought in tribute to her memory.
was never seen in Roswell.
Mrs. Martin was born in Belmont
ILL.,, thirty-nine years ago, being 80
years, 8 months and 16 days old at
her death. When a young lady she
where they spent four years, after
ward moving to Columbia, Mo-, in
which place they resided ten years.
coming to Roswell in 1899 for her
health, and moving to Artesia in
June, 1904. Mrs. Martin received her
higher education in the state normal
at Carbondale, H.. and in four years
study at Washburn College, Topeka
Kan After moving to Columbia, Mo-.
she met Prof. Martin, who was a stu
dent in the Missouri State University
then. a1d they were married Septem-
Der 3, 1892. Of their union there is
one child, son, now fourteen years
of age. Besides this child and her
husband, Mrs. Martin leaves twelve
year old daughter by adoption, her
father and mother, DIR. and Mrs. c.
T. McClane, her brother, DIR. ]. E.
McClane, and her sister, Miss Bess
May McClane, all of this city.
Mrs. Martin was one of the bright
est women Roswell ever knew. She
was a writer Of some note and was
a light spiritually, as well as men
tally. She joined the Christian church
when eighteen years old. and carried
her faith into her daily life. Owing
to her sunny and always hopeful dis
position and her constant efforts to
make others happy, she was beloved
by all who knew her.
Mrs. Martin was charter member
of the Woman's Club, the Shake
speare Club and the Book Club in
Roswell. and after leaving here be-
came a leader in similar organizations
at Hagerman and at Artesia- Yet
above all she was always devoted to
her home and family.
BY a Friend Who Never Met Her.
There is no death even here on
earth. The influences which touch
our lives live on a1d are transmitted
in turn by us to others.
The editor of the Record believes
that no truer index to the heart of
Mrs. Martin can be written than she
herself wrote in December, 1906. In
a poem entitled "The Heart of Mary
Mrs. Martin expressed, her conception
of motherhood as a thing in itself
Divine. She saw Mary not merely
in the glory of Christ, but in the
Of erlo nd
a pride in which all good mothers
can sympathize. no matter how hum
BILE their station nor whether their
children reach high honors on earth
or give their lives to loving sevice
for humanity.
Mrs. Martin was an intellectual
woman, an enthusiastic believer in