The conventional obituary notice is a poor medium through which to express the deep sorrow felt in Bloomingburg for the death of Mrs. William H. Mills, a resident of that place since young womanhood. Her activity in religious and social life identifies her with it in the memory and reminiscences of every resident. So marked was her personality that even after ill health prevented her active participation in local affairs, she did not become a retrospective memory. Her wide circle of friends and her family had constant recourse to her for wise and goodly counsel. She retained both influence and ability, undiminished to the last.
Martha Monell Mills was born at Chester, N.Y., October 22, 1837. She was a daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Monell. In 1857 she became the wife of William H. Mills, a man esteemed through Orange and Sullivan counties for his straightforward, exemplary life. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Mills, then pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place, of which she had been a member for over 57 years. Mrs. Mills was the mother of six children, two of whom died in infancy; another, Mrs. Robert W. Potter, of New York, passed away three years since. The surviving children are Mrs. DeWitt Purdy and Mrs. Wilmot Duryea, well known residents of Middletown, and Edward H. Mills, of that place. Mrs. Mills was one of a family of thirteen, of which three sisters survive her: Mrs. Levinia Knox, of New York; Mrs. Phoebe A. Dickerson, who made her home with Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Samuel B. Dickerson, of Detroit. Mrs. Mills' death was due to diabetes. Secure in the knowledge that she was saved, she had grace sufficient for each day's need, and bore her afflictions uncomplainingly. It was said by one who knew her well: "She thinks of everyone.: In every sense an able, broad-minded woman, in the home it was she who thoughtfully planned, and her indomitable energy assured the success of each undertaking.
The keynote of her life was her adoption into the household of faith. Remembering that she was a child of God, she didn't follow the multitude to do evil. Her church and Bible and the exercise of practical religion proved sufficient for her social, as well as her spiritual needs. To every question she would apply the test, "What saith the word," and she did not bow to the pleasures of sin or the practices sanctioned by convention and unsustained human opinion. In the assurance of her own faith she could not understand how any one could fail to accept Christ's love and the folly of unfaith she felt sure would be dispelled by the "Son of Righteousness," because she was a true, unwavering, useful woman. As a mother, citizen and friends, she was loved for her worth and loved for her faith. Such women diffuse the Christ-like spirit in the church and world. A frequently recurring expression of hers during her last illness was: "I am so happy; it will be so good to be with Jesus." She had been with him all her life, and her Christ-led life and triumphant death is a warning to the unprepared and another testimony of the happiness and helpfulness we find in Jesus.
The obsequies will be held from the Reformed Church, Monday, December 26, at one o'clock.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Times-Press, Saturday, December 24, 1910, page 8
Martha Monell Mills was born at Chester, N.Y., October 22, 1837. She was a daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Monell. In 1857 she became the wife of William H. Mills, a man esteemed through Orange and Sullivan counties for his straightforward, exemplary life. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Mills, then pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place, of which she had been a member for over 57 years. Mrs. Mills was the mother of six children, two of whom died in infancy; another, Mrs. Robert W. Potter, of New York, passed away three years since. The surviving children are Mrs. DeWitt Purdy and Mrs. Wilmot Duryea, well known residents of Middletown, and Edward H. Mills, of that place. Mrs. Mills was one of a family of thirteen, of which three sisters survive her: Mrs. Levinia Knox, of New York; Mrs. Phoebe A. Dickerson, who made her home with Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Samuel B. Dickerson, of Detroit. Mrs. Mills' death was due to diabetes. Secure in the knowledge that she was saved, she had grace sufficient for each day's need, and bore her afflictions uncomplainingly. It was said by one who knew her well: "She thinks of everyone.: In every sense an able, broad-minded woman, in the home it was she who thoughtfully planned, and her indomitable energy assured the success of each undertaking.
The keynote of her life was her adoption into the household of faith. Remembering that she was a child of God, she didn't follow the multitude to do evil. Her church and Bible and the exercise of practical religion proved sufficient for her social, as well as her spiritual needs. To every question she would apply the test, "What saith the word," and she did not bow to the pleasures of sin or the practices sanctioned by convention and unsustained human opinion. In the assurance of her own faith she could not understand how any one could fail to accept Christ's love and the folly of unfaith she felt sure would be dispelled by the "Son of Righteousness," because she was a true, unwavering, useful woman. As a mother, citizen and friends, she was loved for her worth and loved for her faith. Such women diffuse the Christ-like spirit in the church and world. A frequently recurring expression of hers during her last illness was: "I am so happy; it will be so good to be with Jesus." She had been with him all her life, and her Christ-led life and triumphant death is a warning to the unprepared and another testimony of the happiness and helpfulness we find in Jesus.
The obsequies will be held from the Reformed Church, Monday, December 26, at one o'clock.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Times-Press, Saturday, December 24, 1910, page 8
The conventional obituary notice is a poor medium through which to express the deep sorrow felt in Bloomingburg for the death of Mrs. William H. Mills, a resident of that place since young womanhood. Her activity in religious and social life identifies her with it in the memory and reminiscences of every resident. So marked was her personality that even after ill health prevented her active participation in local affairs, she did not become a retrospective memory. Her wide circle of friends and her family had constant recourse to her for wise and goodly counsel. She retained both influence and ability, undiminished to the last.
Martha Monell Mills was born at Chester, N.Y., October 22, 1837. She was a daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Monell. In 1857 she became the wife of William H. Mills, a man esteemed through Orange and Sullivan counties for his straightforward, exemplary life. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Mills, then pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place, of which she had been a member for over 57 years. Mrs. Mills was the mother of six children, two of whom died in infancy; another, Mrs. Robert W. Potter, of New York, passed away three years since. The surviving children are Mrs. DeWitt Purdy and Mrs. Wilmot Duryea, well known residents of Middletown, and Edward H. Mills, of that place. Mrs. Mills was one of a family of thirteen, of which three sisters survive her: Mrs. Levinia Knox, of New York; Mrs. Phoebe A. Dickerson, who made her home with Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Samuel B. Dickerson, of Detroit. Mrs. Mills' death was due to diabetes. Secure in the knowledge that she was saved, she had grace sufficient for each day's need, and bore her afflictions uncomplainingly. It was said by one who knew her well: "She thinks of everyone.: In every sense an able, broad-minded woman, in the home it was she who thoughtfully planned, and her indomitable energy assured the success of each undertaking.
The keynote of her life was her adoption into the household of faith. Remembering that she was a child of God, she didn't follow the multitude to do evil. Her church and Bible and the exercise of practical religion proved sufficient for her social, as well as her spiritual needs. To every question she would apply the test, "What saith the word," and she did not bow to the pleasures of sin or the practices sanctioned by convention and unsustained human opinion. In the assurance of her own faith she could not understand how any one could fail to accept Christ's love and the folly of unfaith she felt sure would be dispelled by the "Son of Righteousness," because she was a true, unwavering, useful woman. As a mother, citizen and friends, she was loved for her worth and loved for her faith. Such women diffuse the Christ-like spirit in the church and world. A frequently recurring expression of hers during her last illness was: "I am so happy; it will be so good to be with Jesus." She had been with him all her life, and her Christ-led life and triumphant death is a warning to the unprepared and another testimony of the happiness and helpfulness we find in Jesus.
The obsequies will be held from the Reformed Church, Monday, December 26, at one o'clock.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Times-Press, Saturday, December 24, 1910, page 8
Martha Monell Mills was born at Chester, N.Y., October 22, 1837. She was a daughter of Ira and Elizabeth Monell. In 1857 she became the wife of William H. Mills, a man esteemed through Orange and Sullivan counties for his straightforward, exemplary life. They were married by the Rev. Dr. Mills, then pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place, of which she had been a member for over 57 years. Mrs. Mills was the mother of six children, two of whom died in infancy; another, Mrs. Robert W. Potter, of New York, passed away three years since. The surviving children are Mrs. DeWitt Purdy and Mrs. Wilmot Duryea, well known residents of Middletown, and Edward H. Mills, of that place. Mrs. Mills was one of a family of thirteen, of which three sisters survive her: Mrs. Levinia Knox, of New York; Mrs. Phoebe A. Dickerson, who made her home with Mrs. Mills, and Mrs. Samuel B. Dickerson, of Detroit. Mrs. Mills' death was due to diabetes. Secure in the knowledge that she was saved, she had grace sufficient for each day's need, and bore her afflictions uncomplainingly. It was said by one who knew her well: "She thinks of everyone.: In every sense an able, broad-minded woman, in the home it was she who thoughtfully planned, and her indomitable energy assured the success of each undertaking.
The keynote of her life was her adoption into the household of faith. Remembering that she was a child of God, she didn't follow the multitude to do evil. Her church and Bible and the exercise of practical religion proved sufficient for her social, as well as her spiritual needs. To every question she would apply the test, "What saith the word," and she did not bow to the pleasures of sin or the practices sanctioned by convention and unsustained human opinion. In the assurance of her own faith she could not understand how any one could fail to accept Christ's love and the folly of unfaith she felt sure would be dispelled by the "Son of Righteousness," because she was a true, unwavering, useful woman. As a mother, citizen and friends, she was loved for her worth and loved for her faith. Such women diffuse the Christ-like spirit in the church and world. A frequently recurring expression of hers during her last illness was: "I am so happy; it will be so good to be with Jesus." She had been with him all her life, and her Christ-led life and triumphant death is a warning to the unprepared and another testimony of the happiness and helpfulness we find in Jesus.
The obsequies will be held from the Reformed Church, Monday, December 26, at one o'clock.
--Middletown (NY) Daily Times-Press, Saturday, December 24, 1910, page 8
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