Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Mary CHASE ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, July 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Daily Northwestern July 24, 1891 Death of Miss Chase Miss Mary Chase died at four o'clock yesterday afternoon at her home on Oregon and Ninth streets. Miss Chase has been ill for some time, though her death was not expected. She was a daughter of Mrs. Lucinda Chase. Daily Northwestern, July 27, 1891 Funeral of Miss Chase It Was Held From the Home of Her Mother this Afternoon The funeral of Miss Mary Chase was held this afternoon from the family residence, at Oregon and Ninth streets. Her decease is to her widowed mother, sisters and brothers an affliction of especial severity because of her thoroughly tender helpfulness. Possessing a mind of quick and clear activity and a heart overflowing with kindness, she contributed largely to the happiness of her home circle. Her departure seems to them an unspeakably great affliction. This calamity falls with especially severe force on one outside the family whose relations with the deceased were of a nature to make his grief and lonliness [sic] extremely hard to bear. This one is Mr. E.S. Josslyn, of Milwaukee, whose marriage with Miss Chase was all arranged and only delayed by her feebleness. She was a friend of the utmost reliability. The bounds of her circle of friends were not determined by the dictates of pride, wealth nor mere social influence. She was born in Algoma township, in this county on January 12th, 1859. She had lived altogether in this vicinity, and because of her gentle and helpful disposition, she had an unusually large number of firmly attached friends. For several years she has shown a noble courage in battling against disease. Three winters she spent at Hot Springs, Ark., also several months in the sanitarium of Dr. Wier Mitchell at Philadelphia; the best medical practitioners of this city and of Chicago did their utmost, but all was unavailing, her heart became affected, and with a remarkable resignation she accepted the conclusion of her physician that the time had come for her to die. When it is remembered that within five years she has been parted by death from her father, three sisters and a brother, it will be readily believed that these crushing afflictions so burdened her frail life that all her efforts and those of her mother and dear ones could not alleviate the strain. Rev. George A. Cressey conducted the funeral, assisted by Rev. J.H. Sampson, at the Second Baptist church. The discourse was an appropriate scriptural elucidation of the blessedness of the death of the righteous. The choir were Mrs. Kellogg, Miss Bessie Dagget, Dr. C.E. Edwards and Mr. Benjamin Soper. Their rendition of "Asleep in Jesus", "Come Ye Disconsolate" and "Some Sweet Day, Bye and Bye" was with exceedingly good taste and effect. The offerings of floral tributes were numerous and of great richness and suggestiveness. There was a large attendance of friends. The pall bearers were A.M. Von Kass, Porter Crowell, F.H. Josslyn, William Rogge, Dr. Richardson and Ben Read.