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Anna Lee, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William KIMBALL,
whose critical illness was noted in the last issue of this paper, died
on Saturday morning at the Sanatorium here, following an operation for
appendicitis, on the Saturday preceding. The funeral services were
conducted at the home on Sunday morning, at 10 o'clock, and the little
body was laid to rest in Maple Shade cemetery. The physicians who
performed the operation found the case a very bad one but the operation
seemed entirely successful, and for several days there was strong hope
of her recovery. Later in the week blood poisoning appeared, and every
effort of physicians and nurses was unavailing to arrest the progress of
the deadly affection. Her death followed several hours of
unconsciousness, and was, therefore painless. There were no marks of
suffering through which she passed during her illness visible upon her
calm, placid face, as looking upon in her coffin. Only the shadow of the
eternal mystery rested upon her brow, marble like in whiteness, and
enveloped in the holy hush of an eternal silence. Anna Lee was eleven
years old, a child of the sweetest disposition, unselfish and devoted to
her mother and the little ones, the light of her home, and the joy of
her parents. The funeral service, conducted by Rev. Mr. WILEY,
assisted by the different ministers of the town, was simple and
appropriate. Rev. Mr. WILEY spoke tenderly and lovingly of the
blessed, glorified child. One of the ministers read from the Book, "He
that liveth and believeth in me shall never die." Miss KISER
sang, tenderly, "Safe in the arms of Jesus." the choir sang feelingly
and earnestly, as best their husky voices would permit. The service
seemed more like a triumphal celebration, somehow, than like a funeral
occasion. There seemed coming from the silence, flower covered,
tear-moistened casket, great sermons and dissertations about the
glorified and the glorifying Christ, and the crowd went away from the
home over which the shadow had fallen, carrying a great mysterious
benediction with them.
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