The Yale expositor., 1912-11-14
County, THURSDAY, November IA, 1912
OBITUARY.
BE still prepared for death and death or
life shall thereby be he sweeter.-
Shakespeare
>oc->sIo><IG><IGS-NS.

S&><1a>S1G><1G>
Miss Saline Ross, aged -. died sud-
denly Thursday evening, Nov. I, 1912,
at $40, while on visit a. the home of
Thomas kavanaugh, neighbOr.
Mis,, Ross was born in the state of
Ohio in lS6 and was one of family
of five boys aud two girls. She came
with her parents to Emmett township
and settled on "a farm 80 years ago.
For several years she has lived with
her orphan nephew, Thos. McGilvary.
Now the boy will make his home with
his uncle James Ross
Solemn high mass was celebrated
Monday morning at l0:30 in Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel church at Emmett by
FIR. Loughran, deacon, Fr. Slattery #
Detroit sub deacon and FIR. Cullinane
of Yale, celebrant.
Interment in Kenockee cemetery. A
large congregation of relatives, friends
and neighbors assembled at the SER
vices showing the high esteem in which
deceased was held. Three brothers
survive her, James of Emmett, William
of Sand Point, Idaho, and Michael "A.
of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Taking for his text: "Be you then also
ready for at what hour you think not
the Son of Man will come, st. Luke
1240, FIR. Cullinane preached very
appropriate and effective sermon. Ap.
pealing t. the daily experience of his
hearers he called attention to the fact
that sudden deaths are not only not
unfrequent but of everyday occurrence.
"Justly, indeed, does our Lord enjoin
us to be always prepared, "Most wise
ly does He admonish us to hold our
selves in readiness for that dread mo.
ment." God grant that none of us
may stand at His tribunal with empty
| hands,"
Speaking of the deceased he said:
"She was on her way to spend an even-
ing of recreation and pastme and had
she lived would have been, with her
calm and sober judgment, her kindly
and the pervading good will of the
crowd that had gathered that evening
for social diversion. But God chose to
call her almost instantly upon that un-
propitiOus occasion, in the midst of
numerous friends and acquaintances
whose only thought was for an evening
of recreation and pleasure. Ordinarily
only immediate relatives experience,
the sight and the knowledge, the pail
and utter sadness that accompanies
death. But in this instance it was not
confined to relatives. 1t was the sight
and knowledge and sorrow of large
community. The impression of her
death was made and will be left upon
many minds. May we not conclude
that Almighty God in His infinite wis
dom has chosen this extraordinary in.
stance OF death to be a warning and a
sermon in itself, to you to be prepared
for that inevitable hour.
| In speaking of her life Fr Cullinane
said that, he voiced not only his own
knowledge of her, but the greater
knowledge of her friends and acquain-
tances and the community in which
| she lived. She was not only ever ready
to engage in any good work but it was
| part of her daily life to be engaged
in some work of goodness, kindness
and charity, and in this she had no line
| Of demarkation. She exemplified true
charity and true christianity; for it
| was not bounded by creed or nation
ality. She was a true friend and neigh
| Dor to ALL She was kind aud eyer
| helpful to the poor and friend and
guardian to the orphan; and the cheer
fulness and goodness of her character
were diffused over the community in
which she lived, as likewise over her
| wide acquaintance.
She was faithful to her religious du-
ties and to her church, and though God
called her suddenly we may feel as
sured that when she appeared before
her Judge she was not found empty
handed.
Fr. Cullinane concluded with an ex-
hortation to those present to be moved
by the example of her life, and ended
with the quotation of his text, "Be you
then also ready for at what hour you
think not the Son of Man will come"