TO GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Henry F. Severens Passed Away This Morning
Death Comes To Sadden
The Success of a Husband’s Career.
Judge Severens Was Only Last Month Appointed to the Bench of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals—Prominence of Mrs. Severens in Social Circles.
Mrs. Henry F. Severens passed away at 11 o'clock this morning of heart failure. Mrs. Severens had been in poor health for about a year, but the end came unexpectedly. Judge Severens arrived home at 5 o'clock this morning and was with his wife until the end, consciousness leaving her but a few moments before her spirit had passed.
Mrs. Sererena was born Oct. 3, 1838, at Union Springs, N. Y. Her maiden name was Sarah Clarissa Whittlesay. On April 12, 1857, the was married to Charles E. Ryan, by whom she had two children, Kate Lee Ryan, now Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld of Buffalo, N. Y., and the late John Austin Severens, whose sudden death in Detroit Dec. 22, 1898, was a shock from which Mrs. Severens never recovered. She was married Dec. 1, 1863, to Judge Henry Franklin Severens, and has spent her married life in this city. To the second union two children were born, Mrs. J. B. Balch and Miss Catherine Severens, both of this city. A brother and a sister, Thomas Whittlesay of South Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Mary B. Carmen of Attica, N. Y., also survive. Mrs. Weld and Mrs. John Severens and little daughter of Detroit, are expected for the funeral, which will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home. Burial will be private in Mountain Home cemetery.
Of Rare Grace. Mrs. Severens was a woman of rare grace and beauty in both spirit and body. Her features but reflected the graces of the mind within. She was known well to but a few friends, but these recognized and loved in her a character as unselfish and sympathetic as it was broad and pure. In her home she was a devoted wife and mother and the place which she filled in the lives of all who knew her is one that cannot be replaced. For many years she was an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal church and later took a deep interest in studies of Christian Science. Formerly a leader in society and club life, of late years she had given up her active duties and lived more in her home. Quiet and unselfish, she passed through life with a desire to help others and make better the world, in which self was forgotten and a character naturally beautiful was fulfilled in its high purposes and ambitions. Kalamazoo Saturday Telegraph March 3, 1900 page 1
IN ETERNAL REST
Mrs. Henry F. Severens laid This Afternoon
Many Tributes of Esteem
Floral Offerings Were Numerous and Beautiful
Kalamazoo County Bar Takes Action. Tributes Form Judge Severens; Associates on the Bench-Services at the Home and at the Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Franklin Severens, wife of Judge Severens of the United States circuit court of appeals, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence on Mount Carmel. The service was conducted by Miss Downer, first reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of which she who has entered the other life was a member.
Not an hour before passing away Mrs. Severens requested Miss Downer to read the 14th chapter of John. Miss Downer read this again this afternoon with correlative references from the denominational text book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy. Miss Downer also defined Mrs. Severens' faith and gave the tenets of Christian Science to which she had subscribed. Miss Belle Packard sang " In Thee, O Spirit, True and Tender." Silent prayer was offered and those present united in the Lord's prayer. Lilies of the valley, violets and maiden hair ferns served as outline of the casket and banding near were palms in tropical luxuriance with upraised Easter lilies and pink roses. Friends arranged those buds and blossoms. The flowers were many and among the number were these from friends In Chicago, Detroit, and Grand Rapids. A beautiful tribute, a wreath of pink roses, was the expression from the judges of the United State court of appeals including Judge William H. Taft, president of the Philippine commission, formerly judge of the United States circuit court, appointment to whose position has been conferred upon Judge Severens: Judge Horace H. Luton of Nashville, and Judge William L. Day of Canton, O.. formerly secretary of state. These last three gentlemen, with Judge Severens. constitute the court of appeals of the sixth circuit; C. S. Clark of Chattanooga, United States district judge, was another who joined in the offering. The bar of Kalamazoo county also gave flowers. David Fisher was in charge at the house. At the close of the service the remains were placed in the receiving vault at Mountain Home, where there was scriptural reading Including the passage, " I am the resurrection and the life; " also the scientific statement of being, "There is no life, truth, substance, or intelligence in matter; all is infinite Mind and infinite manifestation. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God and man is His image and likeness; hence, man is spiritual and not material.”
The bearers were Messrs. Harry Potter Edwin Martin, Dallas Boudeman, J. K. Wagner, J. D. Burns and F. M. Clark. Among those present were the daughter, Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld, jr., and her husband of Buffalo, N. Y., who arrived Sunday morning; Mrs. John A. Severens of Detroit, who came Saturday. The president of the G. R. & I. tendered a special car to convey friends from Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fitch, clerk of the United States court, Mrs. C. M. Pierce, Mrs. Joseph Penny, Mrs. F. A. Maynard, Mrs. J. H. Wonderly, Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Mrs. C. H. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Brien, A. O. Wheeler, John McQuwan, Mrs. C. H. Bender, Mrs. Wilder D. Stevens, Mrs. Florence Milner. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Balch of Plainwell were also present. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph March 5, 1900 page 1
Mrs. Henry F. Severens Passed Away This Morning
Death Comes To Sadden
The Success of a Husband’s Career.
Judge Severens Was Only Last Month Appointed to the Bench of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals—Prominence of Mrs. Severens in Social Circles.
Mrs. Henry F. Severens passed away at 11 o'clock this morning of heart failure. Mrs. Severens had been in poor health for about a year, but the end came unexpectedly. Judge Severens arrived home at 5 o'clock this morning and was with his wife until the end, consciousness leaving her but a few moments before her spirit had passed.
Mrs. Sererena was born Oct. 3, 1838, at Union Springs, N. Y. Her maiden name was Sarah Clarissa Whittlesay. On April 12, 1857, the was married to Charles E. Ryan, by whom she had two children, Kate Lee Ryan, now Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld of Buffalo, N. Y., and the late John Austin Severens, whose sudden death in Detroit Dec. 22, 1898, was a shock from which Mrs. Severens never recovered. She was married Dec. 1, 1863, to Judge Henry Franklin Severens, and has spent her married life in this city. To the second union two children were born, Mrs. J. B. Balch and Miss Catherine Severens, both of this city. A brother and a sister, Thomas Whittlesay of South Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Mary B. Carmen of Attica, N. Y., also survive. Mrs. Weld and Mrs. John Severens and little daughter of Detroit, are expected for the funeral, which will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home. Burial will be private in Mountain Home cemetery.
Of Rare Grace. Mrs. Severens was a woman of rare grace and beauty in both spirit and body. Her features but reflected the graces of the mind within. She was known well to but a few friends, but these recognized and loved in her a character as unselfish and sympathetic as it was broad and pure. In her home she was a devoted wife and mother and the place which she filled in the lives of all who knew her is one that cannot be replaced. For many years she was an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal church and later took a deep interest in studies of Christian Science. Formerly a leader in society and club life, of late years she had given up her active duties and lived more in her home. Quiet and unselfish, she passed through life with a desire to help others and make better the world, in which self was forgotten and a character naturally beautiful was fulfilled in its high purposes and ambitions. Kalamazoo Saturday Telegraph March 3, 1900 page 1
IN ETERNAL REST
Mrs. Henry F. Severens laid This Afternoon
Many Tributes of Esteem
Floral Offerings Were Numerous and Beautiful
Kalamazoo County Bar Takes Action. Tributes Form Judge Severens; Associates on the Bench-Services at the Home and at the Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Franklin Severens, wife of Judge Severens of the United States circuit court of appeals, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence on Mount Carmel. The service was conducted by Miss Downer, first reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of which she who has entered the other life was a member.
Not an hour before passing away Mrs. Severens requested Miss Downer to read the 14th chapter of John. Miss Downer read this again this afternoon with correlative references from the denominational text book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy. Miss Downer also defined Mrs. Severens' faith and gave the tenets of Christian Science to which she had subscribed. Miss Belle Packard sang " In Thee, O Spirit, True and Tender." Silent prayer was offered and those present united in the Lord's prayer. Lilies of the valley, violets and maiden hair ferns served as outline of the casket and banding near were palms in tropical luxuriance with upraised Easter lilies and pink roses. Friends arranged those buds and blossoms. The flowers were many and among the number were these from friends In Chicago, Detroit, and Grand Rapids. A beautiful tribute, a wreath of pink roses, was the expression from the judges of the United State court of appeals including Judge William H. Taft, president of the Philippine commission, formerly judge of the United States circuit court, appointment to whose position has been conferred upon Judge Severens: Judge Horace H. Luton of Nashville, and Judge William L. Day of Canton, O.. formerly secretary of state. These last three gentlemen, with Judge Severens. constitute the court of appeals of the sixth circuit; C. S. Clark of Chattanooga, United States district judge, was another who joined in the offering. The bar of Kalamazoo county also gave flowers. David Fisher was in charge at the house. At the close of the service the remains were placed in the receiving vault at Mountain Home, where there was scriptural reading Including the passage, " I am the resurrection and the life; " also the scientific statement of being, "There is no life, truth, substance, or intelligence in matter; all is infinite Mind and infinite manifestation. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God and man is His image and likeness; hence, man is spiritual and not material.”
The bearers were Messrs. Harry Potter Edwin Martin, Dallas Boudeman, J. K. Wagner, J. D. Burns and F. M. Clark. Among those present were the daughter, Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld, jr., and her husband of Buffalo, N. Y., who arrived Sunday morning; Mrs. John A. Severens of Detroit, who came Saturday. The president of the G. R. & I. tendered a special car to convey friends from Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fitch, clerk of the United States court, Mrs. C. M. Pierce, Mrs. Joseph Penny, Mrs. F. A. Maynard, Mrs. J. H. Wonderly, Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Mrs. C. H. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Brien, A. O. Wheeler, John McQuwan, Mrs. C. H. Bender, Mrs. Wilder D. Stevens, Mrs. Florence Milner. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Balch of Plainwell were also present. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph March 5, 1900 page 1
TO GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Henry F. Severens Passed Away This Morning
Death Comes To Sadden
The Success of a Husband’s Career.
Judge Severens Was Only Last Month Appointed to the Bench of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals—Prominence of Mrs. Severens in Social Circles.
Mrs. Henry F. Severens passed away at 11 o'clock this morning of heart failure. Mrs. Severens had been in poor health for about a year, but the end came unexpectedly. Judge Severens arrived home at 5 o'clock this morning and was with his wife until the end, consciousness leaving her but a few moments before her spirit had passed.
Mrs. Sererena was born Oct. 3, 1838, at Union Springs, N. Y. Her maiden name was Sarah Clarissa Whittlesay. On April 12, 1857, the was married to Charles E. Ryan, by whom she had two children, Kate Lee Ryan, now Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld of Buffalo, N. Y., and the late John Austin Severens, whose sudden death in Detroit Dec. 22, 1898, was a shock from which Mrs. Severens never recovered. She was married Dec. 1, 1863, to Judge Henry Franklin Severens, and has spent her married life in this city. To the second union two children were born, Mrs. J. B. Balch and Miss Catherine Severens, both of this city. A brother and a sister, Thomas Whittlesay of South Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Mary B. Carmen of Attica, N. Y., also survive. Mrs. Weld and Mrs. John Severens and little daughter of Detroit, are expected for the funeral, which will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home. Burial will be private in Mountain Home cemetery.
Of Rare Grace. Mrs. Severens was a woman of rare grace and beauty in both spirit and body. Her features but reflected the graces of the mind within. She was known well to but a few friends, but these recognized and loved in her a character as unselfish and sympathetic as it was broad and pure. In her home she was a devoted wife and mother and the place which she filled in the lives of all who knew her is one that cannot be replaced. For many years she was an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal church and later took a deep interest in studies of Christian Science. Formerly a leader in society and club life, of late years she had given up her active duties and lived more in her home. Quiet and unselfish, she passed through life with a desire to help others and make better the world, in which self was forgotten and a character naturally beautiful was fulfilled in its high purposes and ambitions. Kalamazoo Saturday Telegraph March 3, 1900 page 1
IN ETERNAL REST
Mrs. Henry F. Severens laid This Afternoon
Many Tributes of Esteem
Floral Offerings Were Numerous and Beautiful
Kalamazoo County Bar Takes Action. Tributes Form Judge Severens; Associates on the Bench-Services at the Home and at the Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Franklin Severens, wife of Judge Severens of the United States circuit court of appeals, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence on Mount Carmel. The service was conducted by Miss Downer, first reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of which she who has entered the other life was a member.
Not an hour before passing away Mrs. Severens requested Miss Downer to read the 14th chapter of John. Miss Downer read this again this afternoon with correlative references from the denominational text book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy. Miss Downer also defined Mrs. Severens' faith and gave the tenets of Christian Science to which she had subscribed. Miss Belle Packard sang " In Thee, O Spirit, True and Tender." Silent prayer was offered and those present united in the Lord's prayer. Lilies of the valley, violets and maiden hair ferns served as outline of the casket and banding near were palms in tropical luxuriance with upraised Easter lilies and pink roses. Friends arranged those buds and blossoms. The flowers were many and among the number were these from friends In Chicago, Detroit, and Grand Rapids. A beautiful tribute, a wreath of pink roses, was the expression from the judges of the United State court of appeals including Judge William H. Taft, president of the Philippine commission, formerly judge of the United States circuit court, appointment to whose position has been conferred upon Judge Severens: Judge Horace H. Luton of Nashville, and Judge William L. Day of Canton, O.. formerly secretary of state. These last three gentlemen, with Judge Severens. constitute the court of appeals of the sixth circuit; C. S. Clark of Chattanooga, United States district judge, was another who joined in the offering. The bar of Kalamazoo county also gave flowers. David Fisher was in charge at the house. At the close of the service the remains were placed in the receiving vault at Mountain Home, where there was scriptural reading Including the passage, " I am the resurrection and the life; " also the scientific statement of being, "There is no life, truth, substance, or intelligence in matter; all is infinite Mind and infinite manifestation. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God and man is His image and likeness; hence, man is spiritual and not material.”
The bearers were Messrs. Harry Potter Edwin Martin, Dallas Boudeman, J. K. Wagner, J. D. Burns and F. M. Clark. Among those present were the daughter, Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld, jr., and her husband of Buffalo, N. Y., who arrived Sunday morning; Mrs. John A. Severens of Detroit, who came Saturday. The president of the G. R. & I. tendered a special car to convey friends from Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fitch, clerk of the United States court, Mrs. C. M. Pierce, Mrs. Joseph Penny, Mrs. F. A. Maynard, Mrs. J. H. Wonderly, Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Mrs. C. H. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Brien, A. O. Wheeler, John McQuwan, Mrs. C. H. Bender, Mrs. Wilder D. Stevens, Mrs. Florence Milner. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Balch of Plainwell were also present. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph March 5, 1900 page 1
Mrs. Henry F. Severens Passed Away This Morning
Death Comes To Sadden
The Success of a Husband’s Career.
Judge Severens Was Only Last Month Appointed to the Bench of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals—Prominence of Mrs. Severens in Social Circles.
Mrs. Henry F. Severens passed away at 11 o'clock this morning of heart failure. Mrs. Severens had been in poor health for about a year, but the end came unexpectedly. Judge Severens arrived home at 5 o'clock this morning and was with his wife until the end, consciousness leaving her but a few moments before her spirit had passed.
Mrs. Sererena was born Oct. 3, 1838, at Union Springs, N. Y. Her maiden name was Sarah Clarissa Whittlesay. On April 12, 1857, the was married to Charles E. Ryan, by whom she had two children, Kate Lee Ryan, now Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld of Buffalo, N. Y., and the late John Austin Severens, whose sudden death in Detroit Dec. 22, 1898, was a shock from which Mrs. Severens never recovered. She was married Dec. 1, 1863, to Judge Henry Franklin Severens, and has spent her married life in this city. To the second union two children were born, Mrs. J. B. Balch and Miss Catherine Severens, both of this city. A brother and a sister, Thomas Whittlesay of South Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Mary B. Carmen of Attica, N. Y., also survive. Mrs. Weld and Mrs. John Severens and little daughter of Detroit, are expected for the funeral, which will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home. Burial will be private in Mountain Home cemetery.
Of Rare Grace. Mrs. Severens was a woman of rare grace and beauty in both spirit and body. Her features but reflected the graces of the mind within. She was known well to but a few friends, but these recognized and loved in her a character as unselfish and sympathetic as it was broad and pure. In her home she was a devoted wife and mother and the place which she filled in the lives of all who knew her is one that cannot be replaced. For many years she was an active member of St. Luke's Episcopal church and later took a deep interest in studies of Christian Science. Formerly a leader in society and club life, of late years she had given up her active duties and lived more in her home. Quiet and unselfish, she passed through life with a desire to help others and make better the world, in which self was forgotten and a character naturally beautiful was fulfilled in its high purposes and ambitions. Kalamazoo Saturday Telegraph March 3, 1900 page 1
IN ETERNAL REST
Mrs. Henry F. Severens laid This Afternoon
Many Tributes of Esteem
Floral Offerings Were Numerous and Beautiful
Kalamazoo County Bar Takes Action. Tributes Form Judge Severens; Associates on the Bench-Services at the Home and at the Cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Henry Franklin Severens, wife of Judge Severens of the United States circuit court of appeals, took place this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the family residence on Mount Carmel. The service was conducted by Miss Downer, first reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of which she who has entered the other life was a member.
Not an hour before passing away Mrs. Severens requested Miss Downer to read the 14th chapter of John. Miss Downer read this again this afternoon with correlative references from the denominational text book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy. Miss Downer also defined Mrs. Severens' faith and gave the tenets of Christian Science to which she had subscribed. Miss Belle Packard sang " In Thee, O Spirit, True and Tender." Silent prayer was offered and those present united in the Lord's prayer. Lilies of the valley, violets and maiden hair ferns served as outline of the casket and banding near were palms in tropical luxuriance with upraised Easter lilies and pink roses. Friends arranged those buds and blossoms. The flowers were many and among the number were these from friends In Chicago, Detroit, and Grand Rapids. A beautiful tribute, a wreath of pink roses, was the expression from the judges of the United State court of appeals including Judge William H. Taft, president of the Philippine commission, formerly judge of the United States circuit court, appointment to whose position has been conferred upon Judge Severens: Judge Horace H. Luton of Nashville, and Judge William L. Day of Canton, O.. formerly secretary of state. These last three gentlemen, with Judge Severens. constitute the court of appeals of the sixth circuit; C. S. Clark of Chattanooga, United States district judge, was another who joined in the offering. The bar of Kalamazoo county also gave flowers. David Fisher was in charge at the house. At the close of the service the remains were placed in the receiving vault at Mountain Home, where there was scriptural reading Including the passage, " I am the resurrection and the life; " also the scientific statement of being, "There is no life, truth, substance, or intelligence in matter; all is infinite Mind and infinite manifestation. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God and man is His image and likeness; hence, man is spiritual and not material.”
The bearers were Messrs. Harry Potter Edwin Martin, Dallas Boudeman, J. K. Wagner, J. D. Burns and F. M. Clark. Among those present were the daughter, Mrs. J. Ruggles Weld, jr., and her husband of Buffalo, N. Y., who arrived Sunday morning; Mrs. John A. Severens of Detroit, who came Saturday. The president of the G. R. & I. tendered a special car to convey friends from Grand Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fitch, clerk of the United States court, Mrs. C. M. Pierce, Mrs. Joseph Penny, Mrs. F. A. Maynard, Mrs. J. H. Wonderly, Mrs. J. H. Campbell, Mrs. C. H. Perkins, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Brien, A. O. Wheeler, John McQuwan, Mrs. C. H. Bender, Mrs. Wilder D. Stevens, Mrs. Florence Milner. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Balch of Plainwell were also present. Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph March 5, 1900 page 1
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