The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-03-10
GREAT SORROW
ATPASSINC ON
of MRS. CURTIS
Was One of Newport's
Most Prominent Church
and Social WOrkres

The funeral services for Ms BY
ron S. Curtis Wee held at two O'Clock
il csday afternoon at her late home,
No. :. Bay stree Newport. The hou. c
WIS 'flled to the utmos. capacity
It'll friends all neighho :. The sew
oral clergymen nj all tie churches in
the city participated in the service,
Rev. H. 7. Cont, pas.or Of the
Methodist church. Rev il. i. Rankin
oI tie First Baptist church, lev. l..
i Edwards Of ,!le Congregational
and Rev C. w. Kelley of North Troy,
a f.iend and former pastor. Rev. J. II.
hasten, pa tor OF st. Mary Catholic
church and Rev. !. Y. Allen Of the
Main st. Baptist church, were unable
to be present.
The director was John Wilson as
sisted by f. F. Humphrey.
The bearers were Rev. C. w. Kel-
ley, f A Hamilton, f. M. Richard and
T. c. Camp.
Many of Mr. Curtis business asso-
ciates and old employees were present
and were included in the family
circle.
The interment was in the Main
st. cemetery.
Mrs. Curtis dea,h was due to a
complication of diseases Her illness
dated from the influenza epidemic of
1919, when she labored beyond her
strength and was untiring in her
ministrations in the many homes of
sorrow during those months
Everything thac money, skill and
loving care could suggest or do, was
used in an effort to prolong her life.
Her last days were made happier
by the constant presence of all the
members of her family, her sister,
Mrs Hodgden, favolite piece, Miss
Cairns, and her faithful attendants
and friends, Mrs Florence Benway
and Mrs. Lura Hilliper.
Early Saturday morning she passed
on into the life which completes this
At ninc o'clock the church bell,
whose call she had answered so many
years, announced to hosts of anxious
friends her release from pain.
Augusta Cairns was born in East
Clifton, p O., August 10. 1865 and
was 81 years of age. She lived there
until "a years ago, when she mar
lied Byron S. Curtis, and came to
makd her home in Newport. She
leaves besides her husband a daugh-
ter, Miss Jennie Curtis, and son,
Justin Curtis, one sister, Mrs. George
Hodgden of South Acton, Mass, and
two brothers, Hollis Cairns, of East
Clifton and Egbert Cairns of Ber-
Mass, also several nep-
hews and nieces.
Mrs. Curtis was member of the
Morning Star Rebekah Lodge, Mem
Grange, Past Grand Com
mander of the Order of United Col
den Cross, and had held the highest
office in New England to (which a
woman is eligible ~. the Order. She
united with the Methodist church in
East Clifton at the age of IL. In her
church life here she was always
pre- minent in the various activities,
being president for many years of The
Home and Foreign Missionary society
always worker in the Ladies Aid,
md most ardent member of the
w. c.. T. u.
In 1912, Mrs Curtis took course
at the Massachusetts college of en-
balming in Boston, and was licensed |
embalmer in Massachusetts and Yer !
mont After taking the course Mrs.
Curtis assisted constantly in Nh
Curtis undertaking business and gave
freely Of her strength and generously /,
If her sympathy.
Mrs. Curtis needs no eulogy. She
has written. herself, in all the years /