| 6 |
- By Albert N. Rogers
- Alfred Edward WHITFORD was one
of the finest Christians and churchmen it has
- been my privilege to know.
- As a college professor and administrator
at Milton College and at Alfred University his
- life touched many young men and women,
of whom I am proud to have been one. Education was to him a holy
calling whether it was in mathematics, in the forming of educational
policies, or in what is more specifically known as Christian
education. His deep interest in the cause of Christ was expressed
through the Milton and Alfred churches, through the Seventh Day
Baptist denomination which he served sacrificially in many capacities,
by vigorous participation in the Seventh Day Baptist Board of
Christian Education, and as a tireless member of the Advisory
Council of the Alfred University School of Theology.
- Sacred music was a lifelong avocation
of the man who served Milton as president and
- Alfred as dean. Singing early in the
evangelistic quartets, he directed several church choirs. He
was one of the organizers of the Milton College Glee Club and
the Choral Union which interprets the great oratories in Milton.
He was donning his choir robe in the church he attended at Fort
Pierce, Fla., when his time came to join "the choir invisible."
- Those of us who were privileged to
be in his home in several places knew the sincerity
- of his faith, the eagerness of his
mind, and the warmth of his genuine interest and fellowship.
At the time of his death he was re-reading a book on contemporary
religious thought which we had loaned him. He constantly disciplined
his life by the lordship of Christ, and showed no bitterness
at the limitations that came to him.
- We loved "A. E." God grant
him rest. [Vol. 162, No. 19, p. 277]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
|
| ? |
- Ella WALTON, daughter of Henry
and Harriet LAIRD WALTON, was born at
- Cross Plains, Wis., November 11, 1868,
and died March 17, 1957, at Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wis.
- A Sabbath convert, Ella was baptized
by Rev. D. K. DAVIS at Smyth, South
- Dakota, in 1896. Following her marriage
to Martine LANPHERE she was affiliated with the North
Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church. Later the family, including
a daughter Leta and a son Leo, moved to Milton, Wis., where they
joined the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church in 1908. Her husband
preceded her in death in 1938 and her daughter, Leta, died in
1945. Her son, Leo, survives her as does a brother, Fred WALTON,
of South Dakota.
- Funeral services were conducted by
Pastor Elmo Fitz Randolph in the Milton Seventh
- Day Baptist Church and burial was in
the Milton Cemetery. E. F. R. [Vol. 162, No. 19, p. 304]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
-
- [Note: This obituary was dated only
as "1957"; I'm assuming it's from May due to the Volume
& No. of the issue]
|
