The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-03-17
Native of Moscow Dies In Alameda,
California

Alameda, Calf. Feb. 21-When an
admirable life ends. even though Il
has been full OF years. # is impos-
sible to characterize 1t In summary.
Those who have taken account OF It
! through the years may have an in
ward sense of its admirable quail ties
Is bound to be inadequate---to leave
many traits untouched and many
things unsaid that are necessary to
a worthy appreciation.
II is with this sense OF the Difficult
| ty OF adequately performing such
task that the writer attempts an ap-
probation OF woman Of such high
character as Mrs. Knowland. Thru
an acquaintance Of more than forty
| years some knowledge has accrued of
the high womanly character and con
| slant Christian spirit that character
| lied her life.
The vital record is thai Hannah Z.
Knowland fborn Russell5 first saw the
/ light at Moscow. Maine, S years ago
She was of sturdy Revolnt onary stock
/ Coming to California in 1863 she was
married to Joseph Knowland the same
year. and removed to Alameda In 1s72
/ It has been said of her. as well Of
/ the sterling man who journeyed for
/ half a century along life's pathway
with her, that they brought with them
! from their Eastern homes not only the
yigor of the pioneer. but also what was
! less common in the New FL Dorado.
i training and habits Of a scruplous
j kind On the mothers side. along
with the blood OF two soldiers of the
revolution fJoseph Russell and Cal
vim RusselD there descended the typi-
! cal New England seriousness" The
further statement that both lived
/ lives of simplicity and neighborly
/ helpfulness" expressed but family the
| important place they occupied in the
community. the moral force they We're
and the charity and helpfulness they
| dispensed.
Mrs. Knowland was woman OF I'M
swerving aim and purpose. She was
an eXemplar of the old-fashioned
| Christian virtues. Processing a faith
and adopting a Christian code she liv-
! ed up to it strictly. and held firm to
her line of duty as the same appeared
to her. But hers as not a self cen
tered life She was forgetful of self
/ At the last she was concerned that
those who were at her side were de-
priving themselves of needed rest, that
she was burdening others, unmi ndful
of the fact that they We're only griey-
ing that they could not do more.
The sentiment she inspired in her
children is set forth n a memoriam
to her deceased daughter. written BY
/ i. Il I - h
daughter so untimely taken that with
her mother she enjoyed an exquisite
bosom companionship more intimate
more constant, more lasting than any
other instance Of I that ] have ever
known"
This companionship was abundantlr
realized by those near her. and her
intensity of nature and steadfastness
for that which was upright and good
will long be felt by the W de circle
that came within the influence OF her
personality.
When such life ends immediate
and adequately expressed appreciation
is indeed difficult Yet there is no
service. either to extoll the long life
of worthiness or to impress upon the
living the fine example. that is of
greater need It is not enough to
say that one who has lived a worthy
life and died full of years has fought
a good fight" But this occurs most
readily to mind, and may here be said
in the sense that can be applied to
good wife. a loving and inspiring
mother, a consderate neighbor,
helpful friend and always a Christian
woman, who has proven her character
through long years of devotion and
kindness.