The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-03-12
MRS. J. C. WALKER CALLED.

On Friday afternoon, March 9th,
Mrs. J. C. Walker, who for years had
been an invalid, passed away at the
Deaconess hospital in this city. The
remains we're taken to the old home
at Kingman, Indiana, accompanied by
her son, Glenn Maris. A funeral SER
vice was held on Saturday in the Meth
odist church conducted by Rev. j. R.
Jeffrey, and a quartet composed of
Mrs. w. W. Hurd, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
j. Alden and Mr.. Rasey rendered sew
eral selections which had been favor
ties of the departed one.
The following beautiful tribute has
been paid to the deceased:
Nellie Kinman, the daughter of Hen
ry and Mary Kinman, was born in
Bourbon county, Kentucky, December
5, 1861. When she was two years OF
age, her father left his home to serve
his country in the Union army, thus
| giving his little daughter a distinct
remembrance of the horror of war
and a deep-rooted love for the flag.
When he returned, he moved his fam
lily by wagon, first to Illinois, then to
Franklin county, Indiana, where they
resided until their children were
grown.
After finishing what were then call
ed the common schools of New Tren-
ton, Indiana, Nellie Kinman became
a teacher, a profession which she fol-
lowed for eight years. She gradual
ed from the Central Normal college
at Danville, Indiana, in the spring OF
1885. Here she met Thomas E. Maris,
whom she married on March 81, 1887.
To them were born three children
Jeanne, Glenn and Clifford. After
completing his course at a medical
college of Cleveland, Ohio, DR.. Maris
became a victim of tuberculosis. To
gether he and his dauntless wife tray
eled to Newberg, Oregon, hoping tt
regain his health, but the trip was OF
no avail. On their return to Indiana
the youngest child, Clifford, died Sep
TENDER 7, 1894, preceding his father
to the Heavenly home by just two
weeks. By returning again to teach
ing the little college town of Moore'
hill, Indiana, Mrs. Maris won the sterl
battle against poverty and loneliness
and early implanted in the hearts o
her children a love for God, and TO
the value of an education.
On August II, 1909, she marrie'
Joel C. Walker in Walla Walla, WI
For nearly thirteen years her life wa
filled with the joys and trials Of
Methodist minister's wife in Oregon
Illinois and Montana. Nobly she fill
ed her ambition to be a true wife, t
educate her children, and to lead he
people to az realization of the low
and beauty of the Christian life.
NunoB91unwKn2neaJght .ETAOIl
Young and old. rich and poor, grea
and humble, left her parsonage HON
the nobler for having partaken of he
hospitality. In the summer of 191
she came to Montana with her hu:
band to minister to the good folk
Glasgow. It was here that she CAV
her all for her husband and his pee
pie. Naturally a leader, yet very moo
est concerning her talents, she wo
for herself many friends, and earne
a high place in social and church eli
cles as a beloved example. Upo
her rested the responsibility of til
work when Rev. Walker remained
for more than a year before his deaf
in February, 1913.
In October of that year she We
stricken with paralysis and after ski
led medical care and nursing, almo'
recovered. The last four years of HI
life have been a valiant losing strui