Putnam patriot., 1918-06-21
WOODSTOCK
Mrs. Frances Flint Dean

Mrs Frances Fine Dean, wife of wife of Philip R. Dean, died at Pal mer Place" her Woodstock home. Thursday, June l3. after long and wear:some illness She was woman of rare worth, combining in an unus- ual degree sterling strength of char atter. an answering devotion to duty and an unselfish interest in others. which made her a very lovable friend The Woodstock church and commun- ity and the Elmvale neighborhood have lost one who was interested in all the best interests of the town and who dearly loved Woodstock.
 Her strongest interests and devo- tion to duty were in her own family, and to them the loss Is irreparable. Her husband, daughter Florence and son Palmer have the sympathy of all their friends.
 Mrs. Dean was born in Geneseo Falls. N. Y., July 2S, 1870. She was graduated at Cornell University at the head of the class of 1892. and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa socie- ty. She taught successfully in the New York city schools and was mar ried IT years ago to Philip K. Dean in Geneva, Switzerland. For about ten years Woodstock has been her summer home.
 Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon conducted by the pastor. Rev F. R Harrison Among the scripture selections the twelfth chapter of Romans was read, because t was the last scripture Mrs. Dean asked to have read to her, and James was emphasized because 1t was what she read to her little boy on his last visit home from school Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me-" has been favorite song for the children and was sung at the service by Miss lnza Heinriehs When Through Un- ruiiied Seas" was sung by Mrs. Rid dick and Misses Prescott and Pease.
 The pastors words were most ap- propriate, and the following quota ten brought it's message of hope and courage:
 "One of these first more evident utilities of death for human life as d whole consists in the immense en- largement through it's means, of this earth as field for the birth of race of immortals.
 "Fhe age of man on this earth may be allotted to him under q similar law of utility, and the average duration of human life be determined by wise adaptation to this and of producing on the whole the largest possible eyo- lution of spiritual immortality from mortality.
 Death may he but the provision for taking us abroad, ere we have stopped too long at home, and unseaiing the closed inlets of wisdom, affection and reverence, by the surprise of new Ggkt. In this aspect death, instead of frustrating the ends of life, becomes the great arrester of ills. the libera- tor of souls, for both the visible and invisible worlds.
 For it is more than bringing balm to the wounded or rest to the weary it Is the strong straightforward work of God from the beginning of bringing life clear through to it's last full, self-conscious perfection and inn mortal love
 Life, therefore. to the children of the Highest, can have no broken lines Measured in times brief sec tions, 1t may seem incomplete; drawn on larger scale all life's ways are seen to meet: in Gods own plan and crea- tion of it, cur life can have no broken ness. Eternity frames a finished pie ture There is nothing really sad, for there is no eternal sorrow in the heart of God In His blessedness over all forever. our life shall keep it's per feet troth and have it's completed love '
 Burial was in the family cemetery lot on Woodstock Hill The bearers were Horace Dean, Lyman Hubbard, Dr. E. K. Pike, Spencer Child, Wil- liam Child and George Hamilton. Abide With Me" was sung at the bu- r.al service. Abundance of beautiful flowers fttingiy betokened the beauty and fragrance of the life which had ended. A touching daisy chain, made by her own children, which encwcled the head of the casket.