Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-05-06

The interment Of Mrs. Alice English
Wright took place this morning a. Wal
nut Hill cemetery, the short service
being conducted byssRev. E. c. Henke,
pastor of the Presbyterian church. Be-
sides the Baraboo relatives and friends
who gathered for the last service, there
came from a distance, her daughter,
Mrs. C. T. Watson, Crosby, Mimi, her
niece, Mrs. M. Prime and husband,
Arena, and Miss Zero English, State
University, Madison.
The bearers were M. Fl. Mould, j.
Van Orden, ]. w. Wright, E. A, Fisher,
E. Aug. Runge and Fl. H. Stanley.
Friends and relatives here were great
ly shocked and grieved last Monday by
the news of the death Of Mrs. Wright
which occurred at 8:15 Sunday evening
at her home in Washington, D. c. Mrs.
Wright was stricken with a serious
heart attack the middlesof March and
had been confined to her rooms after that
time although slowly improving.
Saturday evening she had just enjoy
ed call from her pastor when she sud
denly became unconscious and upon
calling her physician it was found that
she had suffered a stroke of par
alysis. A specialist was called. He
could give no hope and1the end came
peacefully Sunday evening. DR.. j. T..
English left for Washington on the
noon train Monday to attend the funeral
services. He returned this morning
bringing the body of his sister to be
laid beside that of her husband, the
late J. E. Wright, who diedI fifteen
years ago. Mrs. Wright was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. T. English who
were among the early settlers and was
born in Baraboo on Oct. u, 1857. She
received her education here at Miss
Mortimer's Female Seminary and later
being graduated from the BarabOo high
school at the age of sixteen. She then
entered the University of Wisconsin,
taking freshmen year. The following
year Nov. II, 1875, she married John
E. Wright who was then young law
yer of this city. Here they made their
home until Sept. 1898, when they re-
moved to Washington, D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wright were charte r
members of the Fortnightly Literary
club of this city and in Washington
were members of the National Geo
graphical society. They were both
brilliant scholars and Throughout: life
were interested along educational
lines On removal to Washington the
family affiliated itself with the
Metropolitan Presbyterian church of
Capitol Hill, of which Mrs. Wright
was an interested and active member.
She was a devoted wife and mother,
loved and admired by her relatives and
friends for her perfect sincerity and
loneliness of character. This sudden
termination of her useful and beautiful
life brings sorrow to many.
Last summer she spent with her
daughter in Crosby, Mimi. and the fall
in the home of her brother, T. w. En-
glish, where she was expecting to come
again this summer. She leaves three
daughters, Mrs. c. 7. Watson, Crosby,
MINI. Mrs. J. H. Calliher and Miss
Rosemary E. Wright of Washington;
and two sons, John E. Wright, now in
Washington and Thomas E. Wright,
who is connected with the navy. Zone
sister, Mrs. Charles Gorst of Mendoza
and two brothers, Hon. T. W. English
and DR.. J. E. English of this city.
Funeral services were held at the
home on Wednesday at o'clock at
which all her children were present,
except Mrs. Watson, who came to
Baraboo for the interment