Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-02-08
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LAID 40 MER REST



~ Evfem thursdays pailx.l
At khg home OF Mr. and Mrs. g. 8.
Crawford this afternoon were held the
funeral services Of Mrs. b. L. stroth-
or who died at Galena Monday. Rev.
Dr. Blayney officiated and the burial
was in Abilene cemetery. Many
beautiful floral tributes told of the
sympathy OF a host Of friends. The
pallbearers were @. C. Anderson, A,
IL. van ostrand, w. e. Howard. 7.
NJ. Jones. w. L. Cooley. J.. A. Graves.
Relatives from out Of the city who
attended the funeral were brother,
Frank Montgomery OF Denver. Mr..
and Mrs. s. M. Strother. Mrs. H. u.
Seeds, Miss Mabel Seeds OF Topeka.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Birch Of Con-
cordia. The sorrowing husband Is III
at Galena and was unable to come
here for the last services.
The following from the GalenaI
Times tells OF her life: Like tired
pilgrim, going sweetly to sleep at
the close Of the days journey, so
was the passing away Of Mrs. Mary
Alice Montgomery Strother, at her
home in this city. on East Fifth
street, Monday evening at o'clock.
For many years Mrs. Strother has
been an invalid. and a great sufferer
at times, but through it all has en-
dured with beautiful patience and
Christian fortitude. In her younger
life she was not only an earnest
Christian, but a tireless worker in
the church, and an ardent supporter
of every righteous cause. When ILL
ness came, and the life of active par
ticipation in life's battles had to
change to one of suffering and wait
ling, through long weary years. the
real beauty Of her Christian character
revealed itself. Her life mellowed
as II touched by warm autumn skies,
and the close Of her life was as the
gathering Of ripened fruit. To her,
death was not death; it was transit
ton. It can truly be said Of her,
"she has entered into rest; and It
seems easy for her friends to believe
1.-THE words of her sorrowing husband,
cher going was elong a path of glor-
Iious light; and in the words OF the
minister who quietly added: Eyes,
we doubt not, her eyes have seen
the King in His beauty"
Mrs. Strother was born March
I16,1s65, at Clayton, Illinois. where
she grew up, and where June 10,
liars, she was married to Mr.. B.
Leslie strother, her faithful COM
panion whose devotion to her, all
these years Of invalidism, has been
beautiful and constant. 10 them
were born two children. daughter,
mrs. w. Clyde Birch Of Conccrdia,
i Kansas. who has been present for
several weeks in tender ministry at
'lher mothers bedside, and son, Mr..
Is. M. Strother, Of Topeka, Kansas,
who seexpected here this evening.
Besides these, Mrs. Strother Is sur
Ivived by four sisters, and two broth
Iers, as follows: Mrs. Ermina Forbes,
. Mrs. Mark Wheeler, of Denver, Col
orado, and Mrs. ]. L. Stalker and
MRS. Thomas McBratney of Clayton.
'lIllinois. The brothers are, Mr.. Ewing
Montgomery, and Mr.. Frank Mont
/ gomery, Of Denver. Colorado.
I The body viii be taken to Abilene,
Kansas, tonight, and be buried there
ON Thursday afternoon. The funeral
services will be conducted at that
place, but there will be short SER
vice of prayer held at the home on
East Fifth street, this evening, al
'I7:SO, conducted by Rev. r. e. Mac
. lean, Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, and the Rev. Alexander
Hawke, OF st. Mary's Episcopal
church. Mrs. Birch will accompany
the body to Abilene, Kansas, but
will return at once to minister to hel
father, Mr.. B. L. Strother, who Il
quite III at the home here.
The sympathy of the entire com,
munity goes out to Mr.. Strother IN
this deep hour of his bereavement
and to the daughter who has beer
such q comfort to her mother thest
closing days Of earthly life; and tt
the son who arrives this evening
and also to the little grandchild
Dorothy, who was ever in the mind
Of the patient sufferer during hel