Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-04
BURIAL IN VERMONT
Body of Mrs. Willard to Be
Taken to Native State.
SERVICES HERE SATURDAY
Large Funeral Party Will Accom-
pany Remains to Westminster.
VENERABLE LADY MOURNED
Beloved by Many for Her Loving
Character and Kindly Charities.
OF Distinguished Ancestry.


| The last rites in Washington over the
remains of Mrs. Sarah Bradley Kellogg
| willard. wife of Henry A. Willard, who
died suddenly yesterday morning Of heart
FAILURE. Will take place at 2:3O O'Clock
Saturday afternoon at the Willard home,
l53 h street northwest. The serv-
ices are to be conducted by Rev. S. r.
Maxwell. pastor OF the Unitarian Church
at Greenfield, Mass, and formerly OF
Walpole, n. H., where ii. X. Willard s
summer home is located: Rev. DR.. John
Van Schaick, jr., of the Church of Our
Father of this city, and Rev. John Sny-
der, pastor OF the Unitarian Church at
Nantucket, Mass. All OF tie pastors have
been closely associated with the deceased
and her family for number of years
After the services in this city the re-
mains will be removed to Vermont, Mrs.
| Wizards native state. Short services are
/ to be held in walpole, TO be followed by
the interment at Westminster. VI, the
scene of Mrs. WIZARDS girlhood. The
funeral party from this city. composed
tives, will be III. A. Willard, AIR. and
Mrs. III. X. Willard. Henry Augustus
Willard. I'd. William Bradley Willard.
Sarah Kellogg Willard. Daniel Kellogg.
nor. Miss Alice NJ. Prentss. Mrs. p. W.
| Hoyte, DR.. l.. H. Reichelderfer, III. w.
Reed and the family servants.
Anniversary Of Wedding.
The day Of the services in this city,
| Saturday, will fall on the fifty fourth an
riversary of the deceaseds wedding day,
for the celebration of which arrangements
had been made by her family. One of the
gifts on that day to Mrs. Willard and her
husband was to have been a bunch OF
/ American
| her son, Henry h. Willard. The flowers
are to be devoted ~ tribute to her
memory Saturday afternoon small
token of the love Of devoted son.
| In addition to the religious services
at the house Saturday afternoon, Mrs.
| Anna Grant Fugitt. Is to sing a soprano
solo, Face TO Face, and male quar-
tet. under the direction of J. Henry
Kaiser, will sing the hymns. Nearer, My
God. TO Thee Abide With Me" and
Lead. Kindly Light" 1t is also prob
! able that members of the Association
Of Oldest Inhabitants. Of which Mr.. Will
lard is one of the vice Presidents. rep
resentatives of the board Of managers
of the Garfield Hospital and members
of the Daughters of the American Revo-
| luton, with both Of which Mrs. Willard
was closely allied. will he present.
Of the many beautiful traits i'm Mrs.
Wizards character. which brought about
her hosts of devoted friends. was the
consuming love for her family. II was
her great aid to her husband in large
as well as the small things OF life, espe-
cially during MIR. Wizards earlier strug-
giles. which was responsible I'm a large
| measure for the success he later at
tanned. Never in any stage In their mar
ried life did Mrs. Willard fail to interest
herself deeply in the affairs OF her hus-
band, in which they presented a beautiful
picture of domestic happiness in de-
pendence upon each other.
Devoted to Grandchild.
Mrs. Willard was especially devoted to
her seven-year-oId grandson. Henry Au-
gustus Willard 3D. the child having made
his home with his grandparents practical
ly from birth. 1t was Mrs. Wizards
self-impOsed duty to minister to the
| childs slightest wants, and her affection
for him was signally apparent to those
| who were upon terms of close intimacy
with the family. One of her last gifts
TO her little grandson was a pony, Sep
TENDER 20 last, the seventh anniversary of
her grandsOns birth. 1t was the child's
| hope and ambition that his grandmother
drive with him. which, however. her sud-
den death prevented.
Other grandchildren surviving her
are William Bradley willard, five years
old, and Sarah Kellogg willard, three
years old. Mrs. Willard. is also sur
vived by one brother. Mr.. Daniel Kel-
logg Of Westminster, VT, who will ac-
city.
Mrs. willard was born at Saxtons
River. VT, August IL, 1881, and her
childhood was strikingly like that of
Willard I'd. At the age of nine months
she was driven by parents to the home
of her grandfather. William c. Bradley.
| a noted Vermont lawyer and statesman,
in Westminster, a distance of seven
miles, for a short visit. The grandparents
Immediately took possession Of the child
and raised her in their home, where
she lived until her marriage with Mr..
Willard in 1885. Mrs. Wizards grand
father and her great-grandfather were
representative and senator. respectively,
from Vermont during the early period
of the last century.
For fifty-four years Mrs. willard has
been closely affiliated with the life OF
Washington city. and because of her
charities won host of friends from all
classes. During her life here one Of the
of the fiftieth anniversary OF her we'd
ding at her home four years ago.
Devoted Church Worker.
Mrs. Willard. in addition to her interest
and active work in behalf of the Garfield
Hospital. with her husband. was one of
the active workers in the building of All
Souls Unitarian Church in this city She
had been a devoted member Of that faith
| took a deep interest i'm all OF its affairs.
Besides being IA member of the Daugh-
| tiers of the American Revolution. Mrs.
Willard was associated with the Colonial
Danes of Vermont
| Mrs. Willard was descended from a dis
tinguished ancestry It's American dates
going back to the middle of the seven
teenth century. Her first American al
cestor was Lieut.. Samuel Smith who i'm
migrated to America from England i'm
1854 with his wife and four children.
They first settled in Wethersfield, Conn,
and afterward moved. to Hadlcy, Mass.
OF the four children of Lieut.. Smith
Mrs Wizards lineal descent is from a
son Philip. who distinguished himself in
the service OF the early colonies, occupy
ing number of important civil and
military positions. Stephen Rowe Brad
ley. the great grandfather of Mrs, Will
lard. was Connecticut officer of the
American revolution. and later a power
full advocate of the claims of Vermont
to independent statehood. He later
served three years as one of the United
States senator's from Vermont.
Among the names found in the old CO.
lonial records and ancestors of Mrs VIII