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The Sabbath Recorder

April 1955

Rock County, Wisconsin

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BOSS, Stella [Mae] LOOFBORO, daughter of Lewis A. and Tamar FORSYTHE
LOOFBORO, was born May 26, 1865, at Welton, Iowa, and died in her ninetieth year, at Milton, Wis., March 14, 1955.
On Jan. 13, 1889, she was united in marriage with George Rogers BOSS, who
preceded her in death in 1953. Baptized in 1874 by Rev. Varnum Hull, she had membership in the Welton, Iowa, Walworth, Wis., and Milton Seventh Day Baptist Churches. For a number of years she served as treasurer of the Women's Board.
Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Charles PLACE, Zephyrhills, Fla.; a son, Malcolm,
Los Angeles, Calif.; 2 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren.
Farewell services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Elmo Fitz Randolph, in the
church. Interment was in the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R. [Vol. 158, No. 15, p. 192]

CRANDALL, Calvin Eugene, son of Rev. George Jay and Elizabeth Ann
CHAMPLIN CRANDALL, was born July 28, 1863, at Watson, N.Y., and died at his farm home in Milton, Wis., March 22, 1955.
He was married to Esther Amy ROOD Oct. 15, 1884, at North Loup, Neb.
He was baptized in 1895 by Rev. Stephen BURDICK. While in West Hallock, Ill.,
he served as church treasurer. Since coming to Milton, he has been affiliated with the local Seventh Day Baptist Church. He was of the ninth generation of direct descent from Elder John CRANDALL, of Rhode Island, the first Sabbathkeeper buried in America, in 1676. His sister, Dr. Grace CRANDALL, a Seventh Day Baptist missionary-physician in China, died in Shanghai in 1947.
Surviving him are: three daughters, Cecile, Ada, and Esther (Mrs. Merrill
BINGHAM), all of Milton; two sons, Person J. of Dallas, Texas, and George H. of Madison, Wis.; 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted on Sabbath afternoon in the church with Pastor Elmo
Fitz Randolph officiating. Burial was in the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R. [Vol. 158, No. 15, p. 192]
 
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