The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-01
Mrs. Angelina Elizabeth BreCount
Passes Away
AN tSTIMABlf WOMAN
Well Known Widow of Former Pas
tor of Methodist Church Called
to Meet Her Maker

Mrs. Argeline Elizabeth Brecount.
widow Of the late Rev. c. B. Brecount
passed away at her home in this city
at 6:45 p. II. Monday, April %, at the
age OF 81 years and % days.
Mrs. Brecount had been in falling
health for more than year and at
one time spent some time in the
Twin Cities taking treatment. Fight
weeks ago she was so feeble that she
took to her bed never to rise again.
During that time she was great suf-
feref. but bore all with wonderful
Christian fortitude. She knew that
she could not recover and talked
calmly of the situation, making every
needful preparation for the great
change that awaited her. Her mind
was clear all the time she was bed-rid-
den and up till the last. Her child.
rem were with her when the end
came.
Funeral services were held at 2:3O
p. M, Wednesday, April 30, from the
Methodist church of this city. The
pastor of the church, Rev. r. w.
Duel. had charge of the services. The
funeral discourse was preached by
Rev. Geo. E. Tindall of Alexandria,
Mimi. an old friend of the family and
a former co-worker of the husband
of the deceased Rev. G. B. Brecount.
Mr. Tindall took for his text /
Thess,. IV:l3. "But l would not
have sa:. he ignorant, bretiieren, cons
cernin~ diem which are asleep. that
5e Sc r.S not, even Is those which
...sse @'5sss t..osa - Mfr. Giaaail=l.sla
that death is nothing to be feared.
but merely a transition state to the
blessed hereafter He elaborated on
this idea and gave clear exposition
of the Christian faith, closing with an
eloquent and highly merited tribute
to the character of the departed. Rev.
r. w. Duel followed with a brief but
fitting tribute to Mrs. Brecount;s
worth and her valuable assistance in
the work of the churth.
The choir consisted of Misses Nerna
Scott and Annabel Erwin, sopranos:
Mrs. f. f. Compton, alto; Clarence
and Clarice Scott, tenors: Fay Scott
and DR.. H. F. Hennemann, BASES.
Mrs. Emma Miller presided at the Or
gan. The choir sang two hymns,
"Abide with Me- and "Ore Sweetly,
Solemn Thought. Mr.. Duel sang a
solo, the familiar "Face to Face.
There was a wealth of flowers, the
casket being nearly hidden under
them, while there we're Others i'm pro-
fusion on the chancel rail and on the
lecturn. The sittings of the church
were all taken by friends of the de-
ceased. The services were very inn
pressive throughout. Interment was
in Greenwood cemetery. the remains
being laid to rest beside those of Mr..
Brecount, who had preceded his wife
by nine years. The pail bearers were
Lucas Kells, r. r. Kells, L. S. Bishop,
Geo. Fish, o. Winslow, James Brown.
Mrs. Brecount was the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. G. Lyman and was
born in Adams county, Wisconsin,
April 1, 1859. In 1864 she came with
her fathers family to Sank Centre
and with them lived i'm the old stock
AIDE, built here i'm the time of the In
dian uprising, until land for their
new home had been secured in the
township of Raymond. There the
Lyman and Smith families became
the pioneer settlers of what has since
been known as Lyman Prairie"
When sixteen years old Miss Lyman
was converted to Christ while attend
ing revival meeting held in the
old school house at Lyman Prairie.
August s, 1876, she was married to