The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
MRS. F. c. RICH SUD-
DENLY SUMMONED
WIFE OF LOCAL DENTIST PASS
ED AWAY IN MINNEAPOLIS
SATURDAY APRIL %.
FUNERAL OF GEORGE OLDHAM
LUELLA MCGUIRE ISRAEL, OF
IOWA, LAID TO REST IN
GREENWOOD CEMETERY

Like thunderbolt out of a clear
sky word spread about the city Sat
urday afternoon shortly after four
o'clock that Mrs. Martha Rich, below
ed wife of DR.. E. C. Rich, had died
very suddenly few minutes before
at the home Of her sister in Minneap-
oils.
The Grim Reaper works IN myster-
ious ways, and many times without
warning, and in the claiming Of Mrs.
Rich the entire community is bowed
down in grief. Her entire married life
of 35 years had been spent among the
people of Sank Centre. She had rear
ed splendid family, was never very
active in society, living fo~ her hus-
band and children, finding enjoyment
and happiness ministering to the
needs of those she loved best. serving
her Master with Christian fidelity and
contentment. The people Of Sank
Centre fully appreciated her many
womanly attributes, and her passing
viii leave place in the community
difficult to fill.
Mrs. Rich had been ailing for sew
eral months and the week proceeding
her death her husband accompanied
her to Minneapolis where she entered
the Northwestern hospital and was
operated upon for hemorrhoids April
Is, and a few days later returned to
the home of her sister, Mrs. C. A.
Erdmann. Saturday morning the
family received very CHEEKY letter
from her in which she stated that she
was feeling fine. DR.. Rich expected
to go to Minneapolis Saturday to re-
turn with her Sunday evening, and
when he was called to the long dis
lance phone he was certain it was to
hear his wife's voice only to be stun-
ned with the announcement that she
had suddenly been called Homo.
Death was Indirectly caused by the
operation, clot of blood settling on
the lungs, affecting the heart. There
is consolation for the husband in the
thought, however, that his name was
the last word she uttered in this life.
Helen Rich, the Herald's local ed
itor, was the only member of the fam
lily in the city with her father at the
time. DR.. Rich went to Minneapolis
Saturday evening, returning with the
remains Monday noon. The funeral
was held from the family resid ence
Wednesday afternoon at 1870, w. J.
Hume of Alexandria, officiating, as
sisted by R. E. Johstonei of Wizard.
The services were simple and beauti-
full and the casket was literally a
bower of gragrant flowers, slight
tokens from neighbors and friends of
the love and esteem in which the de-
ceased was held. The congrega ton
sang "What Will 1t Be to Dwell
Above?" Miss Conley, who has lived
at the Rich home for the past year,
sang "Face to Face" with feeling and
expression, and Mesdames Nutting,
Simonton and Miss Conley sang
"Asleep in Jesus The remains were
laid to rest in the family lot in Green
wood. AL 1.-The immediate relatives of
the family were present at the fun
| eral.
Martha Jane Hubbard was born at
Ostego, Wright county, Mimi, March
II, 1859. She was united in marriage
at the old Congregational church. in
Sank Centre, March %, 1882. During
the 35 years of their happy married
life DR.. and Mrs. Rich have resided
in this city. Their union was blessed
with five children. Bertha, nurse in
the City Hospital, Minneapolis; Mrs.
George A. Johnson, Roberts, Mont;
Phillip, who died May 3, 1914; Helen
and Martha.
Among those attending the last
rites from outside the city were Mr..
and Mrs. George A. johnson, Roberts,
Mont; Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Lee, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. R. Lee, Mrs. Roy Smith, Mrs. w. r.
and Mrs. H. B. Butler, Mrs. Harold
Higley and Mrs. B. J. Schramm, VIII
lard; Mrs. Geo. H. Hosmer and Mrs.
Erdmann, Minneapolis, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Glen Reed, Glenwood.
The sentiment of the community
and all those who enjoyed the &C
acquaintance of Mrs. Rich is beauti-
fully expressed in the following verses
written especially in honor Of the
memory Of the deceased by Miss Eva
M. Davis:
Asleep
At home, sleeps our friend mid the
roses,