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- Margaret Jane, daughter of Thomas William
and Mary MITCHELL STEER, was
- born September 3, 1862, near Bethany,
Ontario, and died December 3, 1927 at Wisconsin General Hospital,
Madison.
- Margaret was the fourth of a family
of six children, and she is survived by one sister,
- Miss Elizabeth Ann STEER.
- The mother died when Margaret was six
years of age. Two years later she came
- with her father to Milton and found
a home in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Wells CRUMB.
- She was married August 1, 1880, to
Elford Duane BLISS. Five children were born
- to them; three of whom - Whitford,
Jamie, and Elizabeth - died in infancy. She is survived by
two children, Leon Earl BLISS of Valier, Mont., and Kathryn
Margaret (Mrs. Walter E. ROGERS) of Milton, Wis.
- During all the years her home has been
in Milton. She became a member of the
- Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church in
1877, and has ever maintained a deep interest in its work.
She was active in circle number two of the women's organization
of the church and was a member of the Village Improvement Club,
and of the King's Daughters. She lived usefully in the community
and will be long remembered with much appreciation.
- The farewell service was held from
the Milton Seventh Day Baptist church on the
- afternoon of December 5, 1927, and
interment was made in the Milton Cemetery. Pastor James L.
Skaggs and Rev. Edwin Shaw were the officiating clergymen.
A quartet consisting of President Alfred E. WHITFORD,
Doctor George W. POST, Professor D. Nelson INGLIS,
and Professor William D. BURDICK, sang appropriate selections.
The organist was Miss Alberta CRANDALL. J. L. S. [Vol.
103, No. 25, p. 799]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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