Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-07
FUN ERALS.
Mrs. Wilbur Irving Bull.

Mrs. Wilbur irving Bull.
Funeral services for Mrs Wilbur
Irving Bull were held at 2 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. T.. RAN
dali, Of West Town street. There were
many in attendance. The impressive
service was conducted by Rev. Jerome
Greer Of Centerville, R. L, Mrs. Bulls
girlhood pastor, assisted by Rev. J.
Harold Dale Of Billerica, Mass. The
solos Break Thou the Bread of Life,
The King OF Love My Shepherd Is,
and My Task were sympathetically
rendered by Mrs. Grace Aldrich Crow
ell. The poems I'VE are quite sure
that He will give them back and "She
is not dead, she fell asleep" were
read.
Rev. Mr.. Greer said in part: In all
life's experiences there is a place for
trust, hope gives us encouragement,
love ro'bs the shadows of their perils.
Through hope in Christ, life and i'm
mortality are brought to light. To
this Christ let US look today for COM
fort and help. 1 first knew Marion
as a schoolgirl when she came forward
in the church for baptism. On through
the years she was being fitted for her
lifework Of usefulness. I believe in
God, l believe in great future, in a
larger, better service beyond.
The beautiful flowers included
wreath, Tobique club; spray of carna-
tions, Campfire Girls; spray, Mr..
Punchard; roses, telephone operators;
roses, DR.. and Mrs. Mansur; roses,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoyt, all of Ashland,
Me-; spray Of roses. Rev. T. p Will
liams. Hou1ton, Me-; roses. Rev. j. c.
Gregory, Pressure Isle, Me-; spray of
roses. F. A. Bull and family, Billerica,
Mass; pillow, Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Randall; bouquet red roses, Rev. Will
bur l. Bull; wreath red roses, S. A.
Bull and family; cross red roses, First
Methodist Epworth league; white
roses, Miss Florence Bushnell; white
and cream roses, Mrs. Emma Brand
ner; spray of white and cream roses,
Miss Florence Holloway; pink roses,
Messrs. Jaquith and futile; spray of
red roses. C. H. Vergason; pink and
white roses, Aikiya club, New Britain;
narcfssus, Misses Irene and Marguerite
Thompson; roses. Misses Fay Robinson
and Katherine Freeman: pink roses,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Yerrington; white
roses. f. w. Brown; wreath roses F.
D. Carr; pink roses, Mrs. J. o. Dodge.
Miss 2. M. Dodge; pink roses, L. A.
Fenton; crescent pinks. Miss Portia
Branche; wreath red and white pinks
with roses, Mrs. F. ]. Randall, A. A.
Brown, Nellie Gray; pink roses with
narcissus, Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Cham
pin; white pinks, Mr.. and Mrs F. S.
D.
spray lilies and roses. Miss Ruth Ellis;
spray carnations and narcissus, Mr..
and Mrs. II. A. Mitchell; wreath pink
roses, Mrs. F. H. Bushnell; spray of
pinks, Mrs. c. S. Buffers and family;
white roses, DR.. and Mrs. Gray, pillow
and two large sprays, faculty and
students of Hartford School of Peda-
gogy.
Burial was in the family lot in Ma
plewood cemetery, where a committal
service was read at the grave, the flu
neral arrangements being in charge of
Undertaken eager. The bearers were
2. H. Bushnell, d. w. Avery, Rev.
William Gooch Of Westmoreland, N.
H, and Rev. Lawrence Barber of
Greens Farms. Conn. Among those
from out of town were Miss Katherine
Freeman. Waterbury; Miss Ruth Ellis,
Worcester, Mass; Mrs Emma Brand
ner, Flatbush L. l.; Miss Fay Robin
son, Terryville; Miss Florence Bush
nell, Philadelphia; Miss Florence Hol-
loway, New York city; Prof. e. P. st.
John, the Misses o. M. Baxter, Char
lotte Barker, Avis Kemp. Edith Mich
OILS. Ruth Conant, Marcia Rivenberg,
Ruth Beardslee, all OF Hartford; Miss
Wilhelmina StooIer. Chicago; Mrs.
Julius Randall, Miss Nellie Gray, AL
bert Brown, Miss Catherine Ray, all
Mitchell, Franklin; Rev. and Mrs. Ell
mer Themes, New Britain; Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Bull, Everett S. Bull, Rev.
j. Harold Dale, all of Billerica, Mass;
Miss Laura Smith. Berlin; Mrs. Jared
Tennaiit, Hebron; Mrs. Dwight Kelsey,
oMntvi1le; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter La
throp. Bozrah.
The sorrow that comes with the
passing of Mrs. Wilbur irving Bull of
Ashland, Me-, formerly Of Norwich, is
lightened by the memory of life rich
in joy and service. Marion L. Randall
xrar hrrY, n fSoio%A sta,. Fo% 1a 9oon
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
L. Randall. In 1900 her family came to
Norwich, where she entered the Nor
witch Town grammar school and later
graduated from the Norwich Free
Academy in June, 1909 In the fall OF
the same year she entered Maryland
college. graduating In 1911. In her
senior year she was elected O. member
of the Lannba Tau sorority. After one
year at home she entered the Hartford
beginning of the third year she was
elected house president. During the
same year she served as director OF
girls work in the Young Women's
Christian association OF New Britain
She graduated In May, 1915. In Sep
Wilbur Irving Bull. a graduate of
Dartmouth college and Hartford The
illogical seminary, and pastor OF the
Congregational church in Ashland. Me.
She entered into parish work In
strong personality, and New Years
eve was taken Ill very suddenly and
passed away al. o'clock New Years
morning. To express verbally a true
estimation of her life Is quite impos-
sible, It's real expression may be
found in the lives which she touched.
Tracing backwards the path which she
followed we ind on every side the re-
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