Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-27
Mrs. Helen Colt Means.

The death of Mrs. f. H. Means
Al the Congregational parsonage
Wednesday morning, after an illness
of several weeks cast gloom over
the whole community Mrs. Helen Colt
Means was born at BroolJfield, Mass,
the daughter of Rev. Joshua Colt
Congregational pastor of that town,
and Mary Chandler Colt. Her girl
hood homes We're in Broohfeld Sa-
lem and Lawrence. Mass. Later the
family moved to Winchester and she
attended Mrs. Hayes school in Bos
ton. She took the course in decora-
tive art at the Boston Art Museum
and was for some years teacher
there. In May, 1898, she married Rev
Frederick H. Means, Congregational
pastor in Windham, Conn. Their home
and work We're there for 10 years, and
their three children, all boys, were
born there, Paul Howard Means, now
a student at Exeter; Gardiner Holt
Means and Winthrop Johnson Means.
Besides the husband and the boys,
her mother and two married broth
ers, Robert and George Coitt of Win
chester, Mass, survive. From 1903 to
1903 her home and work were again
in Winchester, Mass, where her chief
interests We're the Mothers Associa-
ton, the Visiting Nurse and Mission
airy Associations and the Arts and
Crafts Society. The past four years
she has lived in Madison, the devoted
and untiring life of a minister's wife
and loving mother. Brave and helpful.
she has much endeared herself to the
people of that energetic town. She
was especially interested in the Wom-
ems Association and the young peo-
pie of the church. Her illness was not
a long one. She was mercifully spared
any acute suffering and died peace
fully in the parsonage home at Madi-
son.
The funeral services were held,
Thursday afternoon, and the order of
exercises was as follows: Prayer at
parsonage by Prof. Calvin Clark of
the Bangor Theological Seminary, for
the family pastors and bearers, at
2.15 P. NJ; ringing of church bell, at
2.15 p. NJ: prelude on church organ,
at 2.20 P. NJ; procession to the church.
the order being: Prof. Clark, Rev
G. 3. Southwick, Rev. ]. A. Betcher,
Rev. e. w. Weber: bearers, K c.
Gray, Frank Dinsmore, c. o. Small,
F. L. Powers, Nathan Weston, and
F. y. Dinsmore; Mrs. Joshua Colt,
Mr.. Means, Paul Means, Gardiner
Means, Miss Winchester Mrs. West.
Miss Magoon; funeral march while
entering; the ushers We're: G. II. Viles,
Carl d. Gray and Cecil d. Fletcher.
Services at the church: At go P. NJ,
conducted by Prof Clark; funeral
march; Scripture reading, Prof
Clark; prayer of invocation, Rev. G.
r. Southwiek; singing, There's q
Wilderness in Gods Mercy" second
Scripture lesson and prayer by Prof.
Clark; reading poetry. Rev. ]. A.
Fetcher; funeral address, Prof Clark;
sineing "Hark. Hark, My Soul"
reading from Whittier's poem, 1.-THE
Eterual Goodness" and prayer by
Rev. f. W. Weber; Scripture, prayer
and henedietion by Prof. Clark; post
lude on organ. The body will be taken
to Winchester, Mass, Friday, and a
second funeral service will be held
at that place, at o'clock Saturday
afternoon, and the interment will be
in the Means family lot in the For
est Hills cemetery. The Madison
church will be represented at the flu
neral by X. c. Gray and one other Of
fetal