Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-22
Maude Louise Townsend,

This weeks issue of the Fort Fair
| field Review has the following;
Miss Maude Louise Townsend of Fort
Fairfield elder daughter of Harry G.
Townsend of this place, died in Ban
sor Wednesday evening, May 10. after
an illness of nearly two weeks. In the
first place she underwent a slight OPP
GRAFTON for an abscess, and perhaps
got around a little too quickly. May
she underwent second operation, and
from it never recovered. Her father was
with her for several days before she
died, and her sister, Mrs. Ethel Ames
of Fort Fairfield. reached her bedside
about an hour and half before her
death, but was recognized and spoken
to by the dying girl.
The body was brought to Fort Fair
field Friday afternoon and taken to the
home OF Mrs. A. l.. Haines. relative.
The body was accompanied by Melvin
II. Simmons, rising young attorney
OF Augusta. who Eas to have married
Miss Townsend in q few months, and
who had been with her during her
sickness.
At Mrs. Haines' home Saturday
l1orning occurred the funeral o.ficiated
ever by Rev. w. a. Richmond pastor
of the Congregational chueh of Fort
Fairfield, who spoke words particular
Is appropriate and comforting. Beau
tiful music was furnished bs 4 choir
composed az Mrs. Buxton. Mrs. E. f.
Holt. C. S. Osborne, and \. Q. French.
The pall was borne by T. f. Hacker.
DR.. A. LOOMS Sawyer, Arthur Rich.
I
ment was made in Riverside cemetery.
Miss Townsend was born in AleXan-
der, December y, 1881. daughter eff H..
c. Townsend of Fort Fairfield and
Nellie c. Berry, Of Alexander. Mrs,
Townsend after a hong Illness died
about 10 years age. Miss Townsend
had lived in Fort Fairfield all her life
except the first few months of her in
fancy and Il part If the time the past
few years. She graduated from the
Fort Fairfield High school in 1898. in
1892 entering Colby college in the class
of 1906 and graduating from that class
with henors. During the latter part of
her course at Colby her health was not
very good. but. with her usual ambi-
tion she put her best foot forward.
doing her work remarkably Well at
whatever cost to her health and
strength, and as a result was never
quite so well afterwards. For some
tlme after graduation she canvassed,
ana also spent a good part of a year do
ing work for one Of the Well known en-
tertainnent bureaus. In September
last she entered the Kennebec Journal
Office, Augusta. as proofreader, re-
naming there until the time of her re-
cent sickness, and fulfilling the duties
of that most difficult and eXacting po-
sition with nigh degree of faithful
ness and skill.
IN attempting to say a word Of the
characteristics of the departed young
oman, one lahors under the difficulty
of findirg no serious fault unless it be
tie fault of allowing her ambition to
ontrun her physical strength. A true
of Miss Townsend
would lead one to think she IVES per-
h@ps nearly perfect. Certainly she was
without very serious shortcomings, but
human Young woman. always making
the best Of things, always liked by ev-
eryhody, always loved by those who
knew her well. To say that her death
causes the profoundest sadness among
her old acquaintance and friends is to
pat the truth but weakly. Sympathy
goes out especially to the bereaved fla
ther and sister, also to the Young man
who was to have become her husband.