The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-11-06
Recent Deaths.
CONFER

Recent Deaths.
Harold Franklin Confer, infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Confer, OF Tionesta
township, was born September %, 1912,
and died October 26, aged five weeks. He
was laid to rest in the Mount Zion ceme-
terry, Rey. J. O. Wygant conducting the
funeral services.
| MERRIAM.
Mrs. Ardelia Pierce Merriam died after
loug and painful Illness of tuberculosis,
at the home of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Pierce, near Grand Valley, Pa.
Funeral services were held at the home
Oct. 29th, conductsd by Rev. N. J. Nc.
Intyre, of Cory, Pa. The choir sang
LEAD Kindly Light" beautiful City o
Gold" and ut is Well With My SOUL
The flowers were many and beautiful
testifying to the love aud esteem in which
she was held. Interment was made in
Sand ford cemetery.
uAios was AZ phI
Pa. Sept. A. 1883, and died Oct. %, 1912,
at the age of 20 years, l month and 2l
days. She was married to A. e. Merriam,
| Feb q, 1903. To them four children were
born, Mildred, aged Syears, Willard, aged
9, Leila, aged 3, and Paul, who died in
infancy. Besides the husb band and chill
dren, she leaves her parents, one brother,
Glare V. Pierce, and a large circle of
friends to mourn her loss. She bore her
suffering patiently, dying in christian
hope and faith in her edeemer.
Those from distance in attendance at
the funera were, Mrs. G. w. Drake, an
aunt, OF Cambridge Springs; Mrs. Law.
renee Lindberg, of Warren; Mrs. s. J.
Grove, Mrs. Sidney Mong and ]. d.
Dawson, of Tionesta, and Mrs. Goodwille,
OF YouDgsville.
HARRISON.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Harrison, widow of
the late Joseph L. Harrison, died after a
brief illness at the home of her son,
Charles Harrison, Green township, For
est county, Pa, on Friday morning, Nov.
/, 1912. The deceased was born near
Helen Furnace, Clarion county, Pa, on
Nov. 90 1882, her maiden name being
Miss Sarah Jane Porter. She married
Joseph Harrison in 1854, by which union
four children were born, but one of
whom, Mr.. Chas. Harrison, survives.
One child by former marriage, Mrs.
joseph Brothers. of Leeper, Clarion
county, is also living. She was the step
mother of County Commissioner w. II.
Harrison. of this place, John II. Harri- |
son, of Cadillac, Michigan, Samuel
Harrison, of Msrienville, Pa, and Mrs.
John Lusher, of Ttusville, Pa, children
of Mr. Joseph L. Harrison by former
marriage. Throughout her life she was
kind mother, both to her own children
and those motherless ones confided to her |
care. A large circle of friends who loved |
her as a friend and neighbor regret her
death and will hold her in fond memory. |
Funeral services were conducted at the
home of her son by her pastor, Rev. G.
A. Garrett, of the Free Methodist church, |
of which she was a member, on last Sun
day afternoon, followed by interment in
Riverside cemetery here.
DANIELS.
We are called upon to record the death |
of young man OF this community, the
surrounding which are of
peculiar sadness TO our people. Cyril
Franklin Daniels, son of our towns
man, A. E. Daniels, passed away at 3:2O
Monday afternoon, Nov. 4, 1912, in The
City Hospital, Akron, Ohio, after suffer-
ing for nearly three weeks from an opera
Lion for strsngulsted hernia complicated
by pneumonia. 1t was nearly six weeks
ago that he, with party of young men
from here, went TO the grape country in
lending to remain for the season but
IouDd they were too early and all but
Cyril returned in few days. He went
10 Akron, Ohio, and had secured en-
ployment with The Goodyear Rubber Co,
but was soon stricken with Illness.
When 1t was discovered that an operation
was necessary his father was notified and
went imme mediately to his bedside, finding
his homesick boy overjoye to see him.
The father remained to the end to COM
fort the suffering hoy, the news of whose
leath has greatly saddened our COM
for the young man was much
by all The deceased was born
1t Garland, Pa, Feb. 3, 1893, and came to
rionests with his parents about years
ago. He was graduated from our high
school with the class OF 1911. His quiet,
manners made him a gen.
,ral favorite with his young companions
md won the respect of the older members
)f the community, who sympathize
leeply with the family in their loss. He
bath school while here, being a member
If Mrs. G. f. Watson's class of boys.
While lying sick at the hospital he was
and died trusting in the Savior
or salvation. Besides the parents, he is
urvived by two brothers, Charles and
CARL The funeral will be held at two
,'clcck Thursday afternoon in The f. M.
hurch, Rev. G. A. Garrett o fiji cating.
WELLER.
After long and painful illness of can.
er of the stomach which she bore with
'ut murmur or complaint, Mrs. Weller,
wife of our worthy old friend, Andrew !
Weller, passed into rest at her home near
Starr, Pa, Friday morning, Nov. /, 1912,
i 7 o'clock
Abigail TRULY, daughter of Jacob and
lucy Truby, was born Sept. 2S, 1885, near
Gmlenton, Pa, where she grew to young
and where. ON March 4