Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Lewis, Ella M. 1918
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Payette Enterprise 1-24-1918
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, January 24, 1918

DEATH OF ELLA M. LEWIS

There is an old Scripture passage "they were lovely in their lives and in 
death they were not divided." It was spoken of Saul and Jonathan, but there 
are many modern cases where the statement applies better than it does to the 
originals. For just three months we have been saying Miss Lewis without adding 
the other name Miss Beardsley. Now the two names are inseparable again and 
inseparable forever. Brief mention was made last week of the death of Miss 
Lewis. She died as did Miss Beardsley in a hospital after a surgical 
operation. It is one of the paradoxes of being that both of these who were 
such home folks should have died away from home. But the day of the hospital 
is now and it is a privilege that most people avail themselves of to seek 
medical help there when the need comes.

Miss Lewis has not known good health for several years, tho not at any time a 
shut in, or unable to take the live interest in every thing of high concern to 
the community. Disease however had so gotten hold of her that she could not 
withstand the shock of the operation. She died Tuesday evening January 15th, 
and was buried on Saturday. The funeral services were in her beloved church, 
the Presbyterian, and the body was taken to the New Plymouth cemetery for 
burial. Each place found a large assembly of sympathizing friends anxious to 
show the esteem in which they held the departed. But there was no sense of 
overwhelming grief. Rather there was a disposition to rejoice in the memory of 
a life so well lived that death seemed mere promotion.

The Lewis family are of New England stock but came to Iowa in time to help 
bring that territory into statehood. 1843 was the year of their westward 
migration, and they who know the history of that state know that it was a year 
of great history making, and that the part of the then territory into which 
the Father Lewis brot his family was peculiarly favored in the coming of a 
band of men trained in the Universities of the east and inspired with a zeal 
for the west. There were 11 in the Yale band and they brought; the motto "Each 
man to found a Church and all together to found a College." And they made 
good. Grinnell is the college and the churches, more than the high resolve 
called for, are scattered over the southeast part of that state. One of them 
is at Danville and in that Miss Lewis first made profession of faith in Christ 
and enlisted for life in his service. She has answered "here" at every roll-
call of the Master for more than 50 years, and it was so startling voice that 
spoke the words "come up higher." Owing to cancerous condition she never 
married. But she never found it necessary to lavish her love on cats and 
poodles. She, together with Miss Beardsley who shared every good impulse with 
her, Mothered the two nephews Frank and Paul when death took away their own 
mother. And that was typical of what they together always did. A boy in their 
home to go to school and do a few chores that nowhere near paid the cost of 
keeping, was a fixed part of their program ever since the nephews went out 
into the world for themselves. Then every good work Church Sabbath School, 
Missionary support, Temperance, Y. M. C. A., and every call of money found 
these sisters (in every sense except the mere, matter of parentage), always 
ready and always glad to bear a part. 

But there is not space to print a biography. All that is intended in this 
article is to mention a few typical things in order that they who had not the 
privilege of knowing her may understand why we loved her as well, and why we 
so confidently declare.

"I will not say, for I dare not say that she is dead. She is just away." 

Additional Comments:
Note:  Burial at Parkview Cemetery.  ch

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