San Diego County CA Archives Obituaries.....Conover, Carrie Phillips March 8, 1898
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San Diego Union, March 9 & 11, 1898
CONOVER-In this city, March 8, 1898. Carrie Phillips, wife of W.F. Conover, 
aged 30 years, a native of Philadelphia.
	Funeral services will be held at the First Congregational church at 11 
o’clock a.m. (Tomorrow) Thursday. Philadelphia papers please copy.

DEATH OF MRS. W. F. CONOVER
Untimely Demise of a Well-Known and Beloved Teacher
	Mrs. W. F. Conover formerly Miss Cattie L. Phillips, one of the most 
popular of San Diego’s public school teachers, died yesterday morning at 10:30 
of pneumonia, after an illness dating from Feb. 22. On that day Mrs. Conover 
contracted a sever cold, resulting in pneumonia. On several days her life was 
despaired of, but she alternately rallied and sank, but on Monday hopes were 
entertained that she might recover.
	Mrs. Conover came here six years ago from Philadelphia, where she 
leaves a brother. Her sister, Mrs. W. S. Laist, of Spring Valley, is the only 
other immediate blood relation. As a teacher in the kindergarten department, 
Mrs. Conover, then Miss Phillips, won scores of friends by her kindly qualities 
and faithfulness to the children’s interests. On Dec. 23 of last year she was 
married to W. F. Conover, principal of the B street school. The union was one 
of great felicity, and its sudden termination is a cause of grief to many 
friends of the couple, as well as proving a crushing blow to Mr. Conover.
	The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock at the 
First Congregational church, of which Mrs. Conover was a member. Rev. Dr. 
Norton will officiate.

FUNERAL OF MRS. CONOVER
Friends Pay the Last Tribute to the One They Loved
	The funeral of Mrs. W. F. Conover was held yesterday morning at the  
First Congregational church, and was attended by a large company of friends of 
the departed teacher and her husband. The Attendance, in fact, was as large as 
the church could comfortably accommodate, indicating the high esteem in which 
the deceased had been held by all who knew her.
	The auditorium was adorned with the choicest flowers, arranged by 
loving hands to signify as much of hope in future life as of present sorrow. 
Violets, roses, smilax, palms and ivy were used. Floral offerings were numerous 
and of varied design, conveying individual tributes of esteem. Prominent among 
these was a wreath of roses and ivy, and a pillow of pure white roses, offered 
by the teachers of the public schools.
	The service, brief but impressive, was conducted by the Rev. Dr. 
Norton. He spoke from Revelations, 21. The Choir, led by Mrs. Annie B. Slone, 
rendered appropriate music, including a solo by Mrs. Slone, “Jesus, Lover of My 
Soul.” The Casket containing the body of Mrs. Conover was white, and was heaped 
with flowers. The pallbearers were: Prof. Ellwood P. Cubberley, city 
superintendent of schools; Prof. F. P. Davidson, principal of the high school; 
Principal J. H. Freeman of Sherman Heights; Harry Halliday professor of 
mathematics; R. B Bowles and Mr. Phillips. The services at Mt. Hope were 
simple, but profoundly impressive.


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