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- The many friends of Mrs. Lyle SEVERANCE were surprised
and grieved to learn of
- her unexpected death on Wednesday afternoon, July 25, 1923.
She had been ill for some weeks but friends looked forward to
her ultimate recovery.
- Myrtle Violet FOX was a daughter of Frank Sherman
and Ella FRANKLIN FOX
- and was born in Milton, Sept. 25, 1896. But a little time
before her death she and her husband had moved into a home on
high street.
- On June 23, 1922, she was joined in marriage to Lyle Berton
SEVERANCE, the
- ceremony being one in which her brother Stanley and her husband's
sister, Belva, were made husband and wife. For a time after their
marriage Mr. and Mrs. SEVERANCE made their home in Milwaukee.
Then they returned to Milton.
- When Myrtle was 11 years of age she made a profession of
the Christian faith and
- became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of Milton.
She was baptised by her pastor, Dr. L. A. PLATTS.
- Practically all her life had been lived in Milton. Hence
the greater number of her
- friends of whom there were many have been those of this vicinity.
Their sorrow is joined with that of the young husband who after
a brief year of happy married life is left in loneliness. The
mother and two sons, Howard V. and D. Stanley, are bereft of
a loving daughter and sister.
- Myrtle was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and of the Auxiliary
to the American
- Legion.
- Farewell services were held at the home of her father-in-law,
Berton T.
- SEVERANCE on Sabbath afternoon, July 28, conducted
by her pastor, Rev. Henry N. Jordan. The hymns for the service
were sung by a male quartet, Pres. A. E. WHITFORD, Jesse
H. LIPPINCOTT, Carroll HILL and Russell BURDICK.
- Interment was in the cemetery at Milton Junction. [Thursday
edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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- Hattie Julia HULL was born at Walworth, Wis., December
8, 1875, and after six
- weeks of critical illness died at Mercy hospital in Janesville,
August 5, 1923.
- She was the oldest child born to Richard E. and Jennie BUIRLEY
HULL. Others of
- her brothers and sisters are Mrs. Grace OAKLEY, Loyal
W., and Mrs. Glenberta COON of Milton, Frank C., of Johnstown,
Lester W., of Milton Junction, and Mark H. of Janesville.
- On November 8, 1894, she was united in marriage to Perry
Fred GARTHWAITE
- of Milton Junction. The ceremony was performed at her father's
home in Lima by the Rev. George W. BURDICK. Mr. and Mrs.
GARTHWAITE have made their home in Milton Junction, in
Janesville and, more recently, in Rockford, Ill. Three children
were born to them, Harlow of Chicago, Bernard of Clinton, Ind.,
and Byron of Rockford, Ill.
- Mrs. GARTHWAITE was a devoted Christian woman and
actively interested in the
- work of the church. During an evangelistic campaign held
in the Rock River Seventh Day Baptist church and conducted by
the Rev. George B. SHAW and the late Rev. E. B. SAUNDERS
she confessed faith in Christ, and on July 26, 1890 was baptized
by the Rev. Simeon H. BABCOCK, and united with the church.
On June 13, 1896 her membership was transferred to the Seventh
Day Baptist church at Milton Junction. In the fellowship of this
church she continued up to the time of her death. She was an
active member of the ladies' aid society, and whenever possible
gave freely of her time and means.
- She was a charter member of the Women's Relief Corps located
at Milton Junction.
- She was also an active member of the fraternal organization,
the Royal Neighbors of Janesville.
- Mrs. GARTHWAITE is survived by her aged parents, her
brothers and sisters, her
- husband and sons and a little grandson, Robert. Many friends
deeply sympathize with the immediate family in their loss of
this Christian woman.
- Farewell services were held at the home of Mrs. Fay B. COON
in Milton and at the
- Seventh Day Baptist church at Milton Junction Wednesday afternoon,
August 8, conducted by Pastors Sutton and Jordan. Music was furnished
by a ladies' quartet: Mrs. Edward HULL, Mrs. Leland SHAW,
Mrs. Wayland COON and Miss Marion COON. The pallbearers
were Loyal, Frank, Lester and Mark HULL, brothers of Mrs.
GARTHWAITE.
- The committal service at the grave in the cemetery at Milton
Junction was conducted
- by the Royal Neighbors. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
- John [A.] ASHLEY was a son of Nelson and Maria CLARK
ASHLEY and was
- born at Italy, Yates county, New York, June 8, 1843. After
about three weeks of intense suffering from an incurable disease
he passed away at his late home in Milton township, August 5,
1923.
- When his country called for volunteers at the beginning of
the Civil War, he, at the age
- of eighteen, enlisted July 6, 1861, at Elmira, New York,
in Company I, 33rd New York Volunteers. After 22 months of service
he received an honorable discharge at Geneva, New York, June
2, 1863. During his services he was taken prisoner in the engagement
at Savage Station and was imprisoned at Belle Isle for three
months. He was an active member of the A. D. Hamilton G.A.R.
Post at Milton. It was an impressive sight to see at the funeral
service seven of his aged comrades who came to honor the services,
the comradeship and the memory of the departed comrade.
- On December 24, 1865, he was married to Miss Pharojine A.
GARTHWAITE. The
- ceremony was the first one to be performed in the Rock River
Seventh Day Baptist church and was solemnized at the time of
the first Christmas celebration in that church. Rev. James C.
ROGERS was the officiating clergyman. For the greater
part of the 57 years of their happy wedded life, Mr. and Mrs.
ASHLEY have lived in this section of Milton township,
enjoying the honor and respect of their neighbors and friends.
- In his early manhood Mr. ASHLEY made a public profession
of the Christian faith
- and became a member of the Rock River Seventh Day Baptist
church. He was baptized by the Rev. John L. HUFFMAN.
- He is survived by his wife, a son, Henry Lewis, who has lived
at home and faithfully
- cared for his father and mother in their declining years,
a daughter, Hattie E., wife of Lee VAN HORN, of
Garwin, Iowa, and by three grandsons and one granddaughter.
- Farewell services were held on Tuesday afternoon, August
7, conducted by Rev.
- Henry N. Jordan and Dr. Edwin Shaw, a former pastor at Rock
River. Four members of the American Legion, Howell RANDOLPH,
Professors W. D. BURDICK and George CRANDALL and
Walter HOLLIDAY sang at the service. Six additional members
of the Legion, Charles MAXSON, Gerald SAYRE, George
BERKALEW, Bert KELLEY, Howard FOX and Dewey
BOND were pallbearers. [Thursday edition, p. 1]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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