The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-09-23
OBITUARY.

to complication of kidney and heart dis
orders which developed year ago, insidiously
preying upon the otherwise weakened system
Mrs. E. was born in Prospect, now Stockton
Springs, August 6, 1854, the third in the family
OF five children given to the late Capt. and
MRS. Isaac Lanpher. An attractive person.
ahty-brlght, vivacious and keenly svmna-
thetic-she was ever favorite in her home
community with old and young alike. In
August, 1878, she married Mr.. William Nc.
Gilvery Of Searsport. This most conpen;al
union was blessed with one son, born in July,
1850, who was given his fathers name. In the
autumn of 1879 Mr.. MEG. became a partner in
the large lumber firm, of W. L. Buck & Co.. of
Bucksville, S. c., and established his home
there; but in November, 1881, he succumbed to
an attack of virulent malarial fever, which
seized him soon after his return from his sum-
mer visit to Maine. The wife and infant son
were stricken at the same time. In the deepest
grief at her irreparable loss the young mother.
accompanied by loving relatives, took her
babe to Searsport, bringing the remains of her
devoted husband there for burial. After
several years of widowhood she became the
wife of Capt. Oscar G. Eaton of Searsport in
October, 1885, with whom she made several
long sea-voyages before he felinquished sea
going and established himself in Boston, which
has since been the family home. Capt E. has
been in all respects thoughtful parent to the
wife's son. Here Mrs. E. became prominent as
social leader among large circle of friends,
taking great interest in the Universalist church
and many charitable associations When
the exhausting depression of physical weak
ness caused retirement from the activities
she had graced. she had generous words of
praise for all relatives and acquaintances,
evincing clearly the mate goodness Of her ever
generous nature, which had always prompted
the remembrance of each suffering friend DUR
ing her entire life previous to the coming on
of her last invalidism. In the hearts of her
numerous friends in her native town the sor-
row felt in her illness and death speaks deep
ly of the poignant grief felt by the ever at
tentive husband, the saddened son and wife,
the brother and wife and the sister and hus-
band, in the affliction which has come to all her
dear ones. Only the Good Father, in whom
she implicitly trusted in her hours of bereave-
ment, can comfort and reconcile them to the
finite mystery, which has taken from them
the companionship of one SO well fitted in
health to bring sunshine into their lives The
funeral took place September 9Th at her East
Boston home, Rev. Francis Sprague, pastor of
the Universalist church, officiating, her son,
Mr.. William McGilvery and wife of Pittsfeld
No hor hrothor Nv Hoprv Topphar Of N,,,,
York and her sister and husband, Mr.. and Mrs
J. W. Manson of Pittsfeld being with the be-
reaved husband for the last sad service of
love. The remains, accompanied by Capt.
Eaton and her relatives reached Searsport on
September 7th for interment in the McGilvery
lot. The beautiful floral tributes testified
silently to the abiding love of family and
friends for the dear one gone into the "Home
of Light" where God wipes every tear away
To the husband, son. daughter-in-law, sister,
brother and their companions deepest SYM
pathy is extended in their great sadness. Con-
scious of the approaching change their dear
deceased faltered not, realizing
''That the love of God is broader
Than the measure of mans mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind.
"Soul shall find soul: there is no distance
That bars loves insistence,
And nothing truly dies,
In all the infinite realm of woe and veal,
Through creations bound, thrill answer thrill
And love to love replies" F. H.
The funeral services of Mrs. Elmer Small
| took place at her late residence, 36 Miller
street, September 18th. Rev. Adolph Rossbach
of the Unitarian church officiated, using the
Episcopal burial service. Messrs. George A.
Quimby, Charles H. Crosby, Charles F. Swift
and Clement W. Wescott were bearers. There
was large attendance, and the following
flowers were presented in token of love and es-
TEEN of the departed: A large pillow with
crest" in purple immortelles by her husband;
spray of roses and pinks, James B. Small of
Lynn, Mass; spray of roses and pinks, Elmer
W. Cobb of Portland; basket from her Bridge
Club, Mrs. S. NJ. Milliken Mrs. B. C. Dinsmore,
Mrs. M. A. Frost, Miss S. R. Gardner Mrs. D.
P. Flanders, Mrs. j. G. Paul and Mrs. C. H.
Black; long panel from the Directors of the
Home for Aged Women-Miss rockingham,
Mrs. F. H. Murch, Miss ]. A. Wiggin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles R. Coombs, Messrs. R. F. Dunton
and c. W. Wescott; round panel, Mrs. VIM.
Crosby; crescent, Aurora Rebekah Lodge;
box of roses, Miss M j. Otis; basket, Miss Sue
M. Partridge; bunch of roses, DR.. and Mrs. D.
P. Flanders; wreath from her neighbors-Mrs.
Caro- A. Stickney, Mrs. ]. H. Baldwin, Mrs.
George A. Quimby, Miss Hattie P. White,
Mrs. Fannie Richards, Mrs. Sarah D. Durgin
and Mrs. Charles H. Crosby; spray, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. H. Strout; spray, James H. Cunning
ham, spray, Mrs. Fred v. Cottrell; bouquets,
Mrs. A. A. Small, Misses Katherine C. and
Elizabeth A. Quimby, Mr.. Amos A. Colcord,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery o. Pendeton, Mrs. C. E.
Crawford, Mrs. Thomas D. Barr. The inter-
ment was in Grove Cemetery.
Emery L. Maddocks of Winthrop, Mass, a
native of Swanville, the son of John and RUBY
(York) Maddocks died in the Metcalf Hos
pital in Winthrop, Sunday morning, Septem-
ber 10Th, at $50 a. m. He had been ill one
week with Landry's acute ascending paralysis
and was great sufferer. He had lived in
Winthrop two years and had worked I'D lu-
crative business as contractor and carpenter
A young man of good habits and sterling char
acter he had won warm place in the hearts
of his associates. He was a member of Mon
roe Lodge, l. o. 0. F., of Monroe, and Crys-
tai Bay Lodge of Winthrop presented beau