The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-04-08
LAST SAD RITES FOR
MRS. EDITH S. NEWELL.
She Died At st. Cloud, Florida,
March 9th.

husband and son, in the family plot.
The services were conducted at the
house and grave by the Rev. Wright
Eckersley, pastor of Salem NJ. E.
Church, who spokeSvery feelingly and
beautifully. A male quartette, COM
posed of Mr.. Weaver, Mr.. Lawrence,
Mr.. G. w. Smith and Mr.. Arthur Ry-
on, sang several appropriate selec-
tions. The house was a mass of
blooms and filled with those who knew
and loved Mrs. Newell, who was noted
for her charities, gr~aciousness, hospi-
tality and dignity. Mrs. Newell was a
daughter of Capt. David Stetzer,o one of
the early settlers at English Creek,
| who was also a boat builder well
known in the early days of the shore.
At the age of Is Mrs. Newell lost her
mother and her brothers, Capt. David
Stetzer and Capt. Charles Stetzer,
placed her in the home of a lifelong
friend, Mrs. Payne, of Philadelphia, a
Cody, sainted woman, who brought
the young girl up in the Methodist
faith, she having united with the Port
Richmond, Philadelphia, Methodist
Church, at the early age of 16 years.
At Is years of age she lost her father
and shortly afterward married Will
lam l. Newell, who at that time was a
sea captain, but afterward retired
from the sea and went. into politics
and held many high offices. His wife
was always by his side and their home
was always open and filled with
guests. In 1881 the family came to
Pleasantville, Senator Newell having
bought the late Jonathan Albertson's
farms and erected a beautiful summer
home for his family. The past II
winters the family have spent in Flo
rida, and in 1909 their eldest son,
Charles B. Newell, died at Mt. Dora,
Fla. In 1912 Senator Newell passed
to the life eternal, after spending a
winter in st. Cloud, Fla. He was
brought home to Pleasantville in Jan
uary, and passed away March 18th.
Mrs. Newell has not been in good
health for a number of years, so to
p%rolong her life her daughter, Mrs.
Rev. j. B. Westcott, has taken her to
her winter home at st. Cloud, Fla,
where Mrs. Newell entered into rest
Monday evening, March 9th, at $50
o'clock. The immediate cause of death
was paralysis, and services were con-
Quoted in st. Cloud, Fla, by the Rev.
George Northrup, pastor of the M. E.
Church of that place. Mrs. Sylvester
Squires presided at the organ, and MI.
Bert Durham sang "Jesus Lover of
my SOUL" also Beautiful Isle of
Somewhere" The large gathering of
friends at the chapel services in the
far away south land testified to the
love and esteem held for the sainted
woman whom they had known for six
years. Flowers and palms were ev-
erywhere in the chapel and several
floral pieces came north with the body.
The pail bearers at st. Cloud were:
Comrades Woodland, Stewart, Degraw
and Cooley. Mrs. Westcott and the
children, Miss Edith and Master Hugh
Collins, accompanied the remains to
~Pleasantville. On account of i'll
health, Rev. Westcott's physicians ad-
Used him to remain in Florida until
warmer weather. One of the most i'm
pressive services was when Mrs. New
ellis remains were carried out to the
waiting hearse in Pleasantville by her
grandson, Harry Newell Jenness, her
son-in-law, Hugh Collins, and her
nephews, Samuel and David Stetzer.
Among the floral offerings were
sprays of Gala lilies "a favorite flow
er of the deceased) from the family,
a large spray of Gala lilies and violets
from Judge and Mrs. Shinn, bouquet
of pink carnations and ferns from the
Ladies Bible Class of Salem M. E.
Church, large bouquet of carnations
and violets from the w. c. T. u,
spray snap dragons and ferns from
Keystone Chapter o. E. S., bouquet of
violets and spirea from Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Beadle of Philadelphia, Easter
lilies, violets and orchids from DIR.
Bricker and family, Philadelphia, Gala
lilies, spirea and violets from Authors
Club, spray pink snap dragons from
Mrs. Emma Mcconnell, spray pink
yellow snap dragons and ferns from
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeves lizard, Atlantic
City, bouquet roses and ferns from
Ladies Improvement Club, st. Cloud,
Fla, bouquet white phlox and roses,
w. C. T. u, st. Cloud, Fla.
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