Putnam patriot., 1911-08-25
The Last of Earth

The Last of Earth aLike a young child who to his moth-
 eris door
 Runs eager for the welcoming em-
 brace,
 And finds the door shut, and with Calls, and through sobbing calls, and
 o'er and o'er
 Calling, storms at the panel-so A door that will not open, sick and
 dumb,
 I listen for "a word that will not And know, at last, may not enter
 more.
 Silence And through the silence and
 the dark
 By that closed door the distant sob
 of tears
 Beats on my spirit, as on fairy
 shores
 The spectral sea, and through the sob
 bing, hark
 Down the fair chambered corridor Of
 years
 Tie quiet shutting, one by one, of
 d0ols.0
 Mrs Malissa Fisher, mother of Mrs. George W. Perry and of Mrs. Carl E. Johnson of Franklin, Mass, and sister of Mrs. William Leonard of this city, died suddenly on Thursday afternoon. She suffered an attack Of grip in the spring, from which sine never fully re- covered, and her vitality was lowered by the extreme heat of the summer. The immediate cause Of her death was angina pectoris. As she was about the house during Monday afternoon, she suddenly fell to the floor to all appear ances iiteless, no pulse action being manifest. Her daughter and others were by her side immediately, and within few minutes DTS. Kent and Perry were administering stimulants, and 1t WIS fully m hour and a half be- fore they appeared lo take effect. She rallied noticeably within the next two or three days, but recurrence of the attack on Thursday afternoon resulted fatally, though she was conscious to the end. Her age was s2.
 She was the widow Of the late Judge Oscar Fisher of Woodstock a lawyer well known in eastern Connecticut. She had been a resident of Putnam more than twenty years, coming here from West W Woodstoek. She was a I f I I i I kell and one of family long located in this section.
 She left four grandchildren, two of whom live here, Gilbert Fisher Perry and Miss Gertrude W. Perry, and Masters Kenneth and Malcolm John. son of Franklin. She was devoted mother, never spafing herself fol others, and she was an ideal home maker. She was n consistent member of the Congregational church, and in terested in its welfare and generous in It's support.
 The funeral was held on Saturday at F. o'clock, Rev. MT. Sargent ofliciat. Ing, assisted by Rev. Oren Fisher of Windsor and Rev. J. r. Trowbridge of Groton, Mass, the latter having been the officiating clergyman at the fune- ral services of the late Judge Fisher Rev. Mir. Sargent spoke most appre. ciatiVely of the one who had gone with words of seace and comfort for the bereaved ones He also read the following poem which was found in her book of daily reading, the senti- ments evidently appealing to her The music was in charge of l.. 0. Will Hams, appropriate selections being rendered by Miss Gladys Murfey and Miss Gladys Williams. There were many floral tributes, indicative of the love and esteem in which she was held The body was taken to West Wood stock for interment, the bearers being George w. Perry, Carl B. Johnson, Melvin Fisher of Danlelson, W. D. Leonard and J, Frank Wood of Quina- poxet, and F. II Johnson. The con = initial service was ip charge of Rev oren Fisher Many Woodstock friends were present.