MALINDA MAXWELL LOOMIS JOINS THE SILENT MAJORITY

At 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, August 31st, the dark-winged angel of death snipped the brittle thread of life that bound the immortal spirit of Mrs. Malinda Maxwell Loomis to its tenement of clay and bore its precious burden to the realms of the blest. Mrs. Loomis had fulfilled her mission on earth, had run the Christian race, had fought the good fight and had won the victory and was therefore ready to join loved ones on the other side. The parting of soul and body came quietly and peacefully without the twitching of a muscle or the suggestion of pain, just as one falls asleep at the close of the day, while her loved ones, bathed in tears, stood about her bedside. Thus ended the long, well spent years of a woman whose pathway through life had been strewn with good deeds and of whom it can well be said the world is better because of her having lived in it.

Mrs. Loomis was a true and loyal Christian woman, an affectionate wife and mother and a devoted friend, and though she had passed athe allotted three score and ten years, she will be greatly missed in the family circle, in the church to which she was devotedly attached, and in the community at large of which she had been cherished member for nearly a third of a century.

Mrs. Loomis was a woman of domestic tastes and gave but little attention to affairs of a social nature. She loved her home and found her greatest pleasure in providing for the comfort and contributing to the happiness of her family and loved ones. Before the burden of years had weakened her body and lessened her activities she went about doing good in quiet, unostentatious manner, not letting her right hand know what her left hand was doing. She was truly a Mother in Israel, an encourager of the weak and faltering, and example of Christian fortitude and loyal servant of the Most High.

Malinda Kelly was born September 39, 1838, at Independence, Missouri. At the time of her birth Independence was on the frontier and opportunities for acquiring an education and for social advancement were limited but such as they were she wisely imporoved. On December 12, 1859, she was joined in marriage with Thomas A. Maxwell at Independence. Two daughters were born of this union, Anna B. and Lula M., the first named being now Mrs. A.W. Scott, and last named Mrs. F.D. Abbott.

Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell came to Colorado in 1872 and after remaining a year in Denver, moved to Chugwater, Wyo. Mrs. Maxwell died November 13, 1878, in Cheyenne, Wyo., and in 1882, Mrs. Maxwell and her daughters came to Fort Collins, which had since been her home. On December 21, 1896, Mrs. Maxwell was united in marriage with Abner Loomis, a Fort Collins pioneer and president of the Poudre National Bank. Mrs. Loomis died August 23, 1904.
Mrs. Loomis was a stanch and loyal member of the First Christian church of Fort Collins and led a true, consistent Christian life. She was one of the leaders in the movement started to build the present house of worship for the Christian denomination, devoting her means, time and energies to the accomplishment of that object, her efforts being crowned with success.

The two daughters mentioned, Mrs. A.W. Scott and Mrs. F.D. Abbott, a brother Mr. H.D. Kelly and a sister, Mrs. Tlitha Hoover, both of Denver, and a sister Mrs. Polly Ann Shortridge of Fort Collins, of her immediate relatives survive an affectionate mother and a loving sister. Her surviving step children are Mrs. T.H. Robertson, Mrs. Chas. Golding-Dwyre, Jr., Mr. Leonidas Loomis, Mrs. Jasper Loomis, all of this city, and Mr. Guy E. Loomis of Berthoud.
Funeral services for Mrs. Loomis will be held at 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, September 3rd, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.D. Abbott, 230 Remington Street, and burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. Rev. J.D. Garrison, pastor of the First Christian church, will preach the funeral discourse.

Fort Collins Weekly Courier – September 5, 1913