Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-27
JEWETT CITY
Townspeople Mourn Miss Mary E. Souie-Tribute to a Life of Far Reaching Influence for Good-Pub- lie Funeral Services.

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 The funeral services of Miss Mary
 D. Soule were held in the Congrega- tional church on Tuesday afternoon, I the church being filled with sorrow ling relatives and friends. At the house | in the morning prayer was said by Dr. w. H. Cane after which the body was
 carried te the church. where it lay in | state until the hour of the funeral The platform and choir-loft were n1aSSed with beautiful flowers coming from the societies with which Miss Souie was connected and from hosts 1 of friends. The flowers were ar ranged by Mrs. A. A. Young, assisted l by Mrs B. H. Hiscox.
 Rev. w H. Cane conducted the | service, reading scripture passages, and offering prayer According to an ex- pressed wish of Miss Soule, Miss Mabel A Young sang Calvary. in. a | manner. She was accompanied by F. $. Leonard, who played other se1ec- tions before and after the service. The funeral discourse was by the Rev. Dr. Cane and was the tribute of one who had lost dear friend He ! spoke of the deceased along the line of her long years of devotion to the church and it's several side and as a teacher in the public schools. Few would be found who had given a faith ful, unfaltering service in so many lines for so long time. There were no doubt very many in the audience
 
 ter men and women today for having in younger life come in touch with the moulding hand of one whose only idea was to make better and consequently happier the thousands of children who have passed under her care.
 There is hardly another condition he said where we are apt to lean toward pessimism as when our friends are taken from us, proving later in the course of his most feeling closing words that in contemplating the pass ing of such 8 person as this there could be no right view but the opti- mistic one. She has not passed from the dark to the dark, but to the newer brighter existence where all shall final ly be united in eternal peace. The teachers of the Riverside Cram mar school, the members of her Sun day school class, Dorcas circle of the Kings Daughters and the church choir attended the services in a body. Burial was in the Jewett City cem- etery, the bearers being G. A. Haskell. U. A. Owen. A. G. Brewster. Dr. G. H. Jennings. T. F.. Lee, A R. Young and F. D. Robinson. Dr. Cane was assist ed in the burial service by Rev. Sher- rod Soule of Hartford.
 Relatives and friends who were present from out of town we're Mr. and Mrs Edward Cady and family of OK ford, Dr- and Mrs. Geo. Soule. Edith, George and Henry SouIe and Ger trude Mclaughlin of Wickford, Wnn fl rod Soule of Hartford, MT. and Mrs J. O. Landon of Norwich, Miss Flor ence Huntington of WiIliFnantfc Mr. and Mrs Austin Perkins, Miss Carrie E. Hopkins, Miss Elizabeth Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. John Larkie, Mrs Murphy, Miss. Pauline Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Richards and Tyler Richards of Norwich, Mrs. Chas- Torrey Of Put nam, MT. and Mrs. Frank Bishop of Pawtucket Prof w. O. Turner of Willimantic. Mrs Walter Jeffers of Montville. Mrs Caleb Bishop and Mrs. Pearl Lewis of Plainfeld.
 The funeral arrangements were in charge of F. H. lTilIinghast and A. J. Tinker.
 Personals
 Mrs. James Terry and sons, Charles and George Palmer attended the fu- neral of Mrs. Terry's brother Jacob Bennett, at Central Village Sunday, and visited with her father and moth- CT. MT. and Mrs. Durin Bennett.