Is so rarely that any one attains such perfec- 

 tion in this world. I cannot believe that she 

 lived in vain. She left such a shining exam- 

 ple behind and took such a rich endowment to 

 the "Great Beyond." 



But the greater her fitness for the other 

 world, the greater the loss to those who loved 

 her here. I cannot say one word of comfort. 

 I can only voice the deep sympathy of myself 

 and daughter. 



Sincerely your friend, 



HORTENSE A. BaTRE. 



Lynchburg, Va._, February — , 1916. 



From afar I admired her for her manv 

 kind and charitable deeds, her efforts to 

 lighten and to make happy hearts bowed 

 down with loads of grief and care, whose hand 

 was ever ready to help and her ear to heed 

 the cry of the needy and the distressed. 



Lily Van B. Wiggins. 



Warrenton, Va., March 27, 191 6. 



The beautiful life of her whom numberless 



friends mourn, and whose acts of charity and 



benevolence, like milestones on the road of 



life, stand out as monuments to her memory, 



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