The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-26
CORONER BEGINS OFFICIAL
 INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH
 OF 10 YEARS OLD SCHOOL GIRL
HEROINE SUCCUMBS IN VAST HARVEST
 OF WHITE PLAGUE
Apparently Cured of Tubercu- losis, Girl Overtaxed
 Strength Helping Others.

In hundreds of East Side homes, among people representing every walk of life and among communicants of St. Paurs Episcipal church there is general sorrow over the untimely Wallingford Tuberculosis Sanatoriun, Sunday Apparently successful in a i've years fight against the ravages of the white plague" she had planned to give the rest of her life to aiding other sufferers and had made arrange ments to enter a. Virginia Institution that makes a speciality of training from the dreaded disease Until about a month ago she had had the unique position at the Wallingford institution Of being both patient and nurse Her work in cheering others and par ticuIarIy in the chi1dren's ward had proved invaluable. Her friends be- lieve that her work at the institution during a recent scarlet fever epidemic overtaxed her strength, brought about a relapse and forced her to become again a patient in the inf1rmary. From then on she steadily sank but retained her courage and hope of recovery to the end Death came peacefully.
 Practically a1Ieof her life, until ill., health forced her to seek higher cli- mate, was passed in Bridgeport, many years being a valued employe at the store of J. S.. Wooster & Co.,, 919 East Main street. It was during these years that she unsparingly gave of her time in the work of the parish. The activity of a number of depart ments there will remain a lasting me n1orial of her work. It was about five years ago that she was forced to leave Bridgeport, going to Bridgewater with her aunt, Miss Augusta Higgins of this city. A small place was bought and Miss Kelly lived in the open- Miss Higgins died about three years ago and was buried in LAkeview cemetery, the funeral being from St. Paul's church At that time Miss Kelly ex- pressed the wish to sRev. E. 1T. Ken yon, rector. and Miss Leila M. Wurm, a personal friend living at 247 Jane street, ito be buried from the same church in a plot beside the grave of her aunt The wish is to be complied with, the body being brought to Bridgeport today. The funeral is to be at o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the church with MT. Kenyon off ciating.
 Bearing the casket to the grave will be six of sfher boys" members of the Sunday school class taught by her for over 20 years. She took the class when the members were boys, taught them Sunday after Sunday and watch ed thew grow into manhood. She was the first and, until she left Bridgeport, the only teacher. Those. selected are H. F. Washburn. Robert A Peck. AL win L. Taylor, Philip Stapley, James Barton and Herman Howard
 In addition to being prominent in Sunday school work she organized the Sigma Iota Phil club from members Of her Sunday school class that is one of the most active organizations in the parish with more than 50 mem bers, was prominent in the Sanctuary Chapter and in the White Cross Chap ter, later changed to the Daughters of the Cross. Her rector, Rev. MT. Ken yon, today paid a high tribute to her rare Christian character and said that her influence had been of unmeasur- able value in moulding many charac- ters. Miss Kelly was 41 years old.
 Not knowing of her wish, her step- father had the body taken to Bridge water for burial beside her mother. Later her local friends informed him of her wish and the body was brought to H. B- Bishops undertaking rooms today. It has been viewed by many of those among whom she formerly worked