Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-28

Flossie Elizabeth Barnes was born
January 5, 1889, and passed out of this
life March 26, 1918, at 1925 p. m. at
the age of 20 years, two months and
twenty-one days. Beginning life in a
humble little home at Medical Lake,
\ Washington, she was raised to young
wemanhood and received her early edu-
cation at Medical Lake. At the age of
years she removed, with her father to
California, following the death of her
mother on February 8, 1889. After
4 three years spent in California she again
returned to Medical Lake. In 1905 af-
ter completing school, she met and be-
came engaged to William H. Mills, and
became his wife on the 10th of June
1907. They took up their residence at
Medical Lake, where there was born
to them two daughters, Helen Chrystal.
ON September 2, 1908, and Dolores La
Verne, on August 10, 1910. In 1910 Mr..
and Mrs. Mills moved to Centralia
WASH, where they resided until April
1914. On May s, 1912, they were blessed
wlrh a son, William Howard In 1914
the family removed to Eugene, Ore,
where they made their home until Aug,
ust, 1917, at that time coming to Salem.
Mrs. Mills was the possessor of many
charms. She was fond of her home and
family, and at all times, during stress
of illness or during bright periods of
gayness, her first thought was alwavs
of her husband and her babies. As a
Christian believer she was blessed with
little knowledge of the false side of life.
and it was her constant effort to lead
her little brood over a path of clean,
wholesome living, and righteous Chris
tian thought. In her home circle she at
all times created an atmosphere of sun
shine and brightness, and even throuo
her own many trials and ills, and suffer
ings beyond words she was the same
patient, loving, bright-spirited wife and
mother that has won for her friends in
Vulnerable in every circle she inhabited.
II has been rightly said: HOnee to meet
and know her, was to forever love and
adore herr
The death angel has entered her
home. The Almighty God in his divine
wisdom has seen fit to remove this love
ly daughter to place beside other
earthly angels who have gone to that
last beautiful home. And, though her
advent into her lasting peace and hap
piness is blow so severe and lasting
as to cause unremitting pain to her i'm
mediate family and lasting sorrow toI
her many friends, those left to grieTfe
her departure have source of content
in the thought that she is now peace
fully reclining on that beautiful altar at
the foot of her God.
Besides her husband, w. Fl. Mills, and
three babies, Crystal, Dolores and How
ard, Mrs Mills leaves to mourn her de-
parture, her father, Ghas. M Barnes.
and step mother, Of Applegate, Calf:
three sisters, Mrs Dan Smith of Port
land; Mrs. Max Mecklenburg, Creston,
Wash; and Mrs. Fl. l.. Smith of Al
bany, Ore, who are in the city to at
tend the funeral services; five half-sis-
ters, Mrs. Philip Cook, Sparks, Nev.;
Misses Lille, Cleta, Melba, and Vera
Barnes, of Applegate, Calf; and four
half brothers, Messrs. Walter Barnes,
now at the naval training station at Kew
West, Fla, Charles, Lester and Arthur,
all living at the family home at Apple
gate, Calf.
Funeral. services were held from the
Webb & Clough Parlors, this Thursday
morning at 10:30. Rev. G. T. Holt off !
eiating, and interment was in City View
cemnterv