White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-06-10
PATHETIC FUNERAL
OF MARJORIE BATH

The peculiar sadness of the death
Sunday night of Marjorie Bath, To-
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas A. Bath, was expressed by
the outpouring of the multitude at
the funeral Wednesday afternoon
st. Bartholomew church was filed
TO the doors. Several rows of seats
were occupied by classmates, who
went to the church in a body. and
throughout the room other school
children formed a part of the audi
ence
The services were simple yet i'm
pressive. Rev. James MacLaughlin
spoke feelingly of his personal asso-
Citations with members of the family,
of the little ones HAVING been bap-
tiled by him during the years of his
rectorate in Ely. of their later con
firmation and of their fine Christian
qualities. He spoke of the love for
the little one by her classmates,
drawing attention to the pathetic cir
cumstances of her death.
The casket was decked with floral
offerings and as the large member
ship of the fifth grade escorted IL
from the church each OF thirty chill
dren bore one of these numerous ere
atoms of the most angelic of earthly
expressions. Six girl classmates were
the p%ailbearers, these being Emma
Reilly, Rosalie Sundberg. Christine
Russell, Dorothy Delmore. Hazel
Perry and Dorothy Marriott.
The long procession was headed by
a car containing the rector and funer-
al director. the marching Elks fol-
lowing when anne the hearse. After
these were the cars with members
of the Bath and Spell families and
others with school children
The services at the grave consisted
Of the burial ritual OF the Episcopal
church. being conducted by Rev. Mac
L%aughlin.
The Indictment weather OF earlier
In the day moderated so that the ser
vices were not marred thereby.
The child's death, after a sudden
and distressing illness. occurring at
the time that 1t did, caused especial
sorrow to the members of the school
grades, among whom the child was
universally loved. The family have
the sympathy not only of the people
of Ely but of White Pine county.
where Mr.. Bath Is known to every
person.
Besides the parents the deceased is
survived by Earl and Gerald Beth.
half brothers, the latter residing at
Laramie, Wyo. Also by Horace Bath.
a member OF the eighth grade of the
Ely school. which class was gradu-
ated this week, but he was prevented
from attending. Others OF the Eve
children are Tommy and
Aileen. Mrs. NJ. A. Spell OF Ruth H.
Mrs. Baths mother. She was with
the family during the days Of the
child's suffering and at the funeral.
C. b. Spell, a brother of Mrs. Bath.
Mrs. Spell and children were here
also.
The Bath and Spell families are
among the best liked in the district
and sympathy goes out to them ac-
Following are the members Of the
fifth grade in the Ely schools. the
class to which Marjorie Bath be-
longed: Donald Bates, Margaret Cal
lahan. Neil Callahan. Henrietta Car
penter, Mary Currie, Dorothy Del
more, Robert Grier, Edith Harris,
Curtis Harwood, Lester Kitch, Yir-
ginia McCrary. Frances McGill, Joan
Maddaford, Dorothy Marriott, Vir-
ginia Marriott, Maroni Messersmith.
Messersmith. Gerard Mon
ohan, Emile Perrier, Hazel Perry.
Emma Reilly. Samuel Robson. Rob
Roche, Mae Rogers, Christine Rus
sell, Leonard Settlers, Rosalie Sund-
berg, Vivian Thompson, Francos
Waldy and James Wallace. Their
teacher, who escorted them "a Mrs
Molly Rogers.