Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-20
sFGsERALs.
Miss Bertha c. Msrrisen.

At 40 O'Clock Friday Afternoon the,
remains Of Miss Bertha C. Morrison
arrived here from New York city and
were taken in church by Church &
Allen. Burial was in Maplewood GEM
etery, where connmfttal service was
conducted by. Rev. F. w Coleman,
pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church. Relatives were in attendance
at the cemetery and there were hand
some floral forms.
Miss Morrison was q sister of Mrs.
j. II. Newland of this city. Her death
occurred in the Red Cross hospital In
New York. Tuesday, after an illness of
three months. She was born in Ohio,
but her early childhood was passed
in Iowa. She came east in 1903 and
tendent of the Methodist Episcopal
deaconess home in New York, there
being forty deaconesses there under
her She was an unusual woman from
family of prominent church work.
ere. She received the degree of Am.
from lowe State college and at the
Boston university took full theolog-
ical course. She was for a time in
the RostOn Deaconess home previous
to her course at the university, but
following it she went to New York,
where she has since been located. AS
ISOLATED with her at the home was her
twin sister, Mrs. Kate NJ. Cooper, who
was principal of the, training school,
For a time the deceased was in the
Minneapolis DeaconesS home. having
charge and representing the home
through Minnesota and the Dakotas,
speaking in various churches and rails
ing the funds.
She is survived by four sisters, those
besides, Mrs Newland being Mrs. Kate
NJ. Cooper of New York, Mrs. Samp-
son, wife of Prof. G. W. Sampson of
the Iowa state normal college at Ce-
do Eo1l To EyUo ~ @
of Rev. r. ]. Eevett of Brook, Ind. The
last named has been prominently iden-
tilted with the Home Missionary un-
ion of the Methodist church, being one
of the general organizers.
Miss Ala T. Boswell.
The funeral of Miss ALA T. Boswell
was held from the home of her broth.-
er, Charles F. Boswell. in Preston City
at two O'Clock Friday afternoon, being
conducted by Rev. F. H. Holden.
There was a large number. present and
many handsome forms of flowers. The
bearers were A. b. Burdick, Casper X.
Bailey, Frank Krug and Henry John
SON. Burial was i'll the Preston City
cemetery, where a committal service
was read Henry Allen & Son had
charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Charles c. GersteI.
On the 342 train the body of Mrs.
Charles c.. Gerstel was brought here
from Hartford Friday afternoon and
was taken in charge by Henry Allen &.
Son and conveyed to Maplewood ceme-
terry. Relatives accompanied the body
from Hartford ana 9th from this
city were at the Central Vermont sta :
ton upon the arrival of the train
Beautiful floral forms rested upon the
casKet. At the grave in Maplewood
the burial service was conducted by
Rev. F. John Bohanan Of st. Andrews
Episcopal church, and following this
there was a service conducted by the
officers of hmm ergruen lodge, No. 10
Sons of Hermann, of which the de-
ceased had been member. A delega-
ton of sixteen from the lodge attended
the funeral. Among the floral forms
were pillow from the husband of the
deceased, wreath from Mr.. and Mrs
William Smith, bouquet from Miss
May Gerstel and pillow from INNER
gruen lodge.