Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-12-29
MRS. GEORGE CALKINS.

! On the afternoon Of Dec. Is. this
community was shocked and deeply
grleved to learn that Mrs. George CaIk-
ms had died very suddenly of neuralgia
of the heart. She was i'll only about
half an hour and her sister. Mrs.
Fletcher Niles of Derby, was with
her: Mr.: Calkins and Mr.. Niles were
at the village attending Mr.. Water.
mans funeral. Mrs. Calkins com
planned of some pain and Mrs. Niles
tried the usual remedies but seeing
kthey were OF no use telephoned for DR..
kendrick and Mr.. Calkins, but Mrs.
Calklns had passed away before they
arrived. She was in her usual health,
Pusily planning for the Christmas sea-
son and the evening before had been
with the Christmas committee at the
hotel until late We think we can
truthfully say that no woman in this
place would be missed as much outside
of the home as Mrs. Calkins will.
Wherever sickness and sorrow were,
there you would find her trying by
word and deed to make things easier
and pleasanter. She was always ready
to help at suppers and entertainments
and her smiling face and ready hands
cannot be easily replaced. She was
member of the Congregational church
and Sunday school, the Mission Study
class, the Grange, and the w. r. G.
But in the home where she was idol
lied, an ideal wife and homemaker,
the blow falls hardest The husband
will ever miss her companionship, the
young son mothers guiding hand and
the daughter just entering womanhood
seems sadly bereft for Mrs Calkins
was no autocratic mother, but a chum
and elder sister to her daughter and
they were inseparable Mrs. Calkins
was a woman of whom it may be
said that none knew her but
to love her, none named her but to
praise" She was born in Calais, Oct.
Frank and Mary (Robbins) Nichols.
She was left motherless at three years
of age and came to the home of her
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Robbins of Derby. They have seemed
as own parents to her and indeed she
always called them as such, and their
children as brothers and sisters. On
Nov. %, 1900, she was united in mar
riage to George M. Calkins of Morgan.
Before marriage she was a very sue
cessful school teacher and since living
here she has taught in the primary
department of the village school and
was loved by the pupils. Mr.. and Mrs.
Calkins lived in Morgan the first of
their married life and then bought the
farm near this village where they have
since lived. The funeral was held at
the Congregational church Saturday
church was filled with sincere mourn
ers. Rev. w. R. Price, assisted by
Rev. W. D. Hetherington, officiated
The Grange and school children at
tended in bodies. The singing was by
a young ladies' quartet The bearers
were Scion Gray, Clyde Durgin. John
Eley and Irwin Weymouth. Mrs. Cal
kins looked as if sleeping amidst the
beautiful flowers brought by relatives
and friends to show their love for her
and sympathy for the living. They
were from the husband. daughter and
son, the brother Carroll Nichols, of
Boston, M. E. Calkins and children of
of Westmore. MIR. and Mrs. w.
B. Robbins and family of Derby,
Mr.. and Mrs. Scion Gray and family
Morgan, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin johnson
of Morgan, Mrs. Mary Blake and
daughter, Mrs. Grace Caswell of
! Morgan, Ladies' Aid society, MIS- w.
W. Blodgett of Newport. Mr.. and Mrs.
M. L. Cleveland of Derby, Mrs. E. P
Armstrong and daughter. Miss Henri
eta, of Montreal, DR.. and Mrs. kend-
rick. Mr.. and Mrs. William Nelson,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Jenkins, C. R.
Dupont, Navy Grange. w. R. c.,
Adult Bible class, The Cleaners, The
Crusaders, Mission Study class, and
the M. w. A all of this place also
the Pomona Grange of which she was a
member. There were large number
of relatives and friends from this and
surrounding towns present. the process
sion numbering sixteen teams. the
school children and Grange. The fam
lily have the sincere sympathy of
everyone. While it seems a terrible
thing we must remember that Unto
each life some rain must fall, some
days must be dark and dreary" and
that "God never would send US the
darkness if He thought we could bear
the light but, we would not cling to
His guiding hand if the way were
always bright. and we would not care
to walk by faith if we could walk by
sight" Mrs. Calkins was tenderly
laid at rest in the "City of the Dead
here.
J, Card of Thanks-To all. who by
word or deed, have helped us in oul
: great sorrow, we wish in this way tt
, sincerely thank.
|. George NJ Calkins,
a Elsie M. Calkins,
Cakes CaIkins.