Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-03-02
Mrs. Bertha Shilling
Called To Her Reward

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha
A. Shilling, wife of William NJ
Shilling, who died Saturday morning
at 1: 80 o'clock, were held Tuesday
afternoon, at the McKendree M. E
church. Interment was in the church
yard cemetery. The services were
conducted by Rev. j. D. Keller, OF
Stafford, assisted by Rev. r. A. Pelt
of Martins Ferry, both former pas
tors of the deceased. Rev. Keller
read the hymns "Abide With Me,
and "Rock of Ages offered prayer
and read the obituary which con-
cluded with Tennyson's Crossing
the Bar" Rev. Pelt delivered the
message. The services were largely
OF beautiful floral tributes. Flower
bearers were ladies-members OF
Mrs. Shilling's Sunday school class
and Of the Friendship Circle. The
pail bearers were Messrs. Homer
and Howard Tavenner, Charles
Stewart, Clair White, H. J. Leggett,
and Walter Norm. The obituary,
prepared by Rev. E. H. Hammond,
of Friendship, N. Y, nephew OF
the deceased, read at the funeral,
follows:
Bertha Althea Shilling was the
youngest of four children born to
Samuel M. and Susan Rutledge Ham
mond. She was born May 10, 1870,
and departed this life Sunday, Feb.
&c, 1899, aged 68 years, nine
months and seven days. She was
born and spent her entire life in the
home where her death occurred. She
was a descendant of two pioneer
families of Morgan county. At the
age of IL years she was converted
and united with the McKendree M.
e. church, and remained faithful
and consistent member all her life,
attending regularly when her health
permitted. She was also member
of the McKendree w. H. M. S., OF
the Neelyville grange, and of the
Friendship Circle club. On Oct 10,
1894, she was united in marriage 20
William NJ Shilling OF Rural Dale.
To this union three children were
born-Eva Mildred, wife of Walter
J. Elliott, of McConnelsville Sam
uel James, who died in infancy, and
Christine Marguerite of the home, a
teacher in the M. & M. high school.
Those preceding her in death were
father and mother, an infant broth
er and two sisters-Eva s., who died
while a student in Pittsburgh female
seminary and Annie M. Hammond,
wife of Sylvannus Hammond, who
died in 1927. She leaves to mourn
her loss, the husband, the two
daughters and two grandsons-Wil-
liam James and Samuel BENJAMIN
Elliott who were the pride and JOY
OF her affections. Four nephews who
held her in high esteem, also are
saddened because of her passing.
They are the Reverend Ernest H.
Hammond of Friendship. NY; Hav-
en- and Benjamin Hammond of Nc
Connelsville, and Francis Hammond
of Krappis, KY. She was a woman
of forceful personality, strong con-
those who knew her best She was
a firm believer in the cardinal prin-
ciples of Christianity and loyal to
the traditions of her forbearers in
the support of the Methodist church.
While she had not been in normal
health for the past Is years, yet
she had borne up bravely and with
faith in God during these years of
testing She is gone from among
us, but the memory of her good
deeds, which were many, will not be
forgotten"
Although Mrs. Shilling had not
been in the best of health for some
years, her critical illness was of
less than a days duration. Saturday
morning when she arose she COM
planned of not feeling so we'll. How
ever she looked after her usual
household duties, but from then on
she steadily grew worse. Death was
due to a coronary collision. Word
of the death of this highly esteem
ed woman came as distinct shock
to her many friends.