The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-04
OBITUARY..

resident of Port Jervis and super
intendent of the Delaware Division
of the Erie railroad, who was we'll
known here, died at eleven o'clock
last Monday night at his home in
Wayne, N. j. Death was due to
a complication of diseases, after
months. He was aged II years,
and is survived by his wife and one
daughter.
Cecilia Gladys Stevens, only daugh-
ter of DR.. William A. and Mrs. Mayme
Stevens, died Monday morning at her
home in Hamlinton, of typhoid fever.
She was born March 10, 1892, in that
village and was pupil the Hamlin-
ton district school until two years
ago, when she passed the examination
for a common school diploma with
honor, and was admitted to the High
school at Lake Ariel, to which village
she and another pupil, Marion Helen
Boyce, drove five miles and return on
school days for two years. Had she
! lived she would have graduated in
NJ. E. church and the Sunday school;
/ of the Epworth League, the Salem
grange, the w. c. T. u, and the Loyal
! Temperance Legion, of which order
she was a graduate. She was men,
; Der of the gold contest club, having
! won the w. c. T. U. silver medal two
years ago. The deceased is survived
by her parents, and two brothers,
Carl and Glen, at home.
Miss Alice Butler died at her home
in Carbondale on Wednesday last.
She had been in poor health for many
months, and year ago underwent an
operation in the hope of regaining
full health. 1t did bring temporary
benefit but six months ago she was
again compelled to relnqush her
many duties and since that time had
been confined to her home. During
the time of her invalidism she main
tanned the same spirit of cheerful
composure that ever marked her con-
duct and when the end came peace
fully she passed into the other world
with perfect contentment and a bless.
ing for the dear ones about her. The
deceased was a daughter of Pierce
Butler and Katherine A. Kelly and
was born in Hawley on October =
1S63. Her mother was a sister OF
Mrs. Samuel b. Haley, formerly ot
this place, and now of Towanda
their maiden names being Kate ant
Alice Kelly, and their home during
their childhood, on South Churcl
street in this borough. Miss Alice hat
spent practically her entire life il
Carbondale as the family located
there when the deceased was yet {
young girl. She graduated in tn,
first class to leave the Carbondal,
High school under the present sys
TEN, and later from the Ft. Edward
Institute, New York, winning honor
in both schools. Early in life sh'
united with the NJ. T.. church and wa
prominent in it's affairs. For man,
years she conducted Bible class il
the Sunday school and as head of th
home department OF the school mad
1t one of the most fiourishing in th
state. She was a member OF tn
Century club and had served as it
president, She was also a member o
l. the Pot Luck club, a social organiza
), tion that has endured without inter
=. ruption for thirty years, and her de
= mise is the first to break its ranks
a Miss Butler is survived by her par
ents, two sisters, Mrs. f. X. Trickey
; of North Carolina, and Miss Jane But
: Ter of Carbondale; and one brother
u Attorney II. G. Butler, of Scranton
also by niece, Mrs. w. F. McCanless
!; of North Carolina.