OBIT: Elizabeth (McDONALD) STUART, 1913, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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MRS. ELIZABETH STUART
Passed Away at the Roaring Spring Hospital on Monday

  Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Stuart, wife of Howard Malcolm Stuart, died on 
Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Roaring Spring hospital, after a 
long illness from cancer of the liver. Mrs. Stuart had been a patient 
sufferer from this disease for a year past and in the hope of being 
benefited was taken to the hospital Sunday, August 31. Her case 
however, was beyond aid of medical science and she grew weaker until 
she fell peacefully asleep at the above mentioned time.
  Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Stuart was a daughter of the late Alexander and 
Sarah McDonald, old pioneer settlers of upper Bald Eagle valley. She 
was born at Martha Furnace, August 12, 1859, and resided in that 
community all her life with the exception of the past eight years when 
she moved to Tyrone and has been one of our esteemed residents up until 
she passed away. She was united in marriage thirty-seven years ago to 
Howard Malcolm Stuart.
  Mrs. Stuart was a most excellent woman in every sense of the word. 
She enjoyed the esteem and friendship of all her neighbors in the 
community in which she lived. Having joined the Baptist church at 
Martha when only a girl of seventeen, she lived her life in conformity 
to the teachings of that faith. When in health she enjoyed assisting in 
all the work that was for the upbuilding of Christ's kingdom. After 
coming to Tyrone she had her membership transferred to the local 
church. She was also an active worker in the Ladies Aid society and the 
Merry Workers organization, two branches of the church that do most 
effective work.
  Surviving to mourn her death is her devoted husband and the following 
children: Mrs. J. R. Williams, of Julian; Alda Stuart, of Altoona; Mrs. 
Clair Devine, of Johnstown; Bardens Stuart, of Chester; John Wesley, 
Harry, Gilbert and Edith all at home. One daughter, Alice, preceded her 
to the grave. She also leaves the following brothers and sister: 
Alexander McDonald, of Blairsville; Mary McDonald, of Ohio; Joseph, 
Abner, Sherman, Mrs. George Murray, of Martha, and Mrs. Nora Hall, of 
Alport.
  Short funeral services were held at the home, 1462 Logan avenue, 
Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. in charge of Rev. H. B. Garner, D.D., of the 
Baptist church. On Wednesday morning the body was taken to Martha, 
Centre county, where services were held in the Baptist Church at that 
place, conducted by Rev. H. B. Garner. Interment will be made at 
Martha.

The Tyrone Herald, Thursday, September 11, 1913