Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-01-26
"TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE
LEAVE BEHIND Is NOT TO DIE

Softly, without one sigh, Just as
she had so often expressed desire
to do, after day spent in doing the
little home tasks, one of them being
the sewing Of her dainty stitches
into dress for her little great niece,
Edith McCollister: and after the eve
ming meal writing letter to girl
hood friend, Miss Emma A. Adams,
aged S3 years, passed into the un-
known.
With the beautiful simplicity OF a
truly great soul Miss Adams did not
realize the uplifting, inspiring influ-
ence of her personality nor appreciate
that the deep religious spirit she had
developed through the years of love
and service to others until a verit-
able spiritual halo, as 1t were. was
evident to all who knew her The
meeting with her in casual everyday
life was sweet and gave one the feel
that something deeper and better and
looking into eternity had touched that
ones soul.
She took as a matter of course that
she should keep up with world af-
fairs. The coming of the fralltles OF
the body that the years bring, she
took as a philoopher and whimsically
bowed to the inevitable. But the
spirit OF her was as buoyant as a
girls and her keen intellect domi.
mated to the last.
She was descended from pioneers
and educators, being a direct descen-
dant of William, one of the seven
Adams brothers who came to Amer
lea from England In 1928; one of the
brothers being the paternal grand
parent of President Adams. Eben-
ezer Adams, her great uncle, was
professor in Dartmouth college in
1903. Her grandfather's mother was
a direct descendent of John Locke,
the English philosopher. And so It
seems but fitting with such an her.
itage Of courage to brave the from
tier life and love of learning that she,
when but a girl OF IS. should enter
career of teaching which covered
a period of over 20 years and result
ed in placing her among the most
prominent and influential educators
In Michigan. Miss Adams was born
In Liverpool. New York, in October,
20. 1897.
In 1S46 her parents were one of
five families to settle in Sheboygan
county, Michigan, and she lived there
from that time until coming to Ore
gon seven years ago. 1t was to n
girlhood friend living in Sheboygan
that she wrote a letter a few hours
before her death on Tuesday, Jan.
1S. One of Miss Adams remarkable
characteristics was the power to make
and hold friends. She was gifted
with an understanding heart which
grasped the problems OF old and
young alike. She did not come down
to children but was a veritable COM
panion to them. She loved the great
outdoors and there was a magic in
her fingers to which her house plants
responded with riot of blossom.
Because of her frail health she got
out but little in Ashland, but there
were a few fortunate persons who
coming under the spell OF her charm
ing personality. made many visits to
the pretty home on Grant street. For
number Of years she has made her
home with her sister-in-law. Mrs. F.
B. Adams.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at the home The Rev.
p. X. Hammond read the ceremony
and stated that Miss Adams life
might be summed up. so he thought,
In three words: Faith. Courage and
Constancy.
With Mrs. Van Fossen at the plano.
Mrs. Eric Weren and Miss Jean An
derson sang two songs. Jesus. Lover
OF My Soul" and zone sWeetly Sol I
emn Thought" The grey casket,