The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-10-30
oBsEotTEs OF MIss
ELSA NJ. J. MUELLER
Last Sad Rites OF Useful and Well
Spent Life.

Last Sad Rites OF Useful and Well.
Spent Life.
The funeral OF Miss Elsa Mueller
vas conducted at the Central Pres
byterian church Saturday morning
Z BY her pastor. Rev. @ II Hogan.
T The choir Of which she was a faith
( full member sang Thy VIII he
Done" Lead Kindly Light Near
err MY God TO Thee" The pastor pda
her beautiful life a worthy tribute for
/ its usefulness and sincerity. Miss
I Mueller had been associated with
/ this church seven years. and no one
member OF the church has been more
appreciated The pastor spoke OF her
religious fervoT, and intensely de
votional nature, saying that while
/ she was always cheerful and happy.
yet she took life seriously The pas
tors study was furnished by Miss
Mueller. and this shall be remsm-
bered as memorial to her" He
! spoke of her love for friends and
said he never knew person who 50
/ demanded friends, and that she made
/ them easily. The pastor told OF how
often she had come to the mid-week
/ prayer meeting and called for her
=! favorite song. Jesus Savior. Pilot
I Me-" mingling her own rich alto
voice, which would be 80 much miss
ed from the choir
/, DR.. Hornbeak, president of Trini-
ty University, made few appropri-
ate remarks as to her relation to the
school. and the power she had been
I for good When she began the class
I in modern languages it was quite
small, now there are eight classes,
having grown more than any other
department of the school. He said
she was not content to do her duty,
but more. That In his office there
stood vase empty, that she always
filled with flowers, and there were
many evidences In the college OF her
thoughtfulness and devotion. He
spoke of her powerful influence over
the students, and what she had been
to the discouraged and homesick
girls.
! The palibearers were Henry Bar
ton, Burrows McElree, jeff Bivins,
John Poindexter, Leland wilkins and
Joe Perry These young men were all
students of Miss Mueller's.
1 Miss Elsa Mueller was born in
Bohemia of German parentage. Ear
" In life she moved back to Dresden,
where the parents originally lived
4 Two brothers survive her in the
home land, Germany, and one sister
Mrs. Hans Holland, OF San Antonio
Miss Mueller made a specially o
teaching She spoke and taught sew
en- modern languages. She taught Il
!. Dresden. and for four years sh
taught In the home OF a Russian mt
, bleman at st. Petersburg; she ha
, taught seven years in Trinity UNI
versity She was a woman OF man
interesting experiences. having cross
ed the Atlantic nine times, and eacl
trip was enjoyed with the creates
enthusiasm. Fond OF travel and hay
ing travelled extensively in this coun
try as well as in Europe. and beins
well euucdteu sue was "ohIhh VI
culture and charm She has spent
two summers In the home of veal
thy Spaniard at Aguas Calientes.
Mexico. She will be missed by Trini-
ty University. the church and the
community, and remembering her
faithful service during her seven
years ministration here, we can all
say Give her OF the fruit OF her
hands, and her own works shall
praise her at the gates"