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- CLINTON COUNTY TIMES, OCTOBER 4, 1912, PAGE 1,
ANOTHER GOOD CITIZEN GONE:
Death Angel Calls E. E. Adams From Bed of Suffering After Long Illness.
After suffering with a wasting illness for several months, the Death Angel called E. E. ADAMS to his eternal house on Tuesday afternoon at 2:40 o'clock and Lock Haven is again impoverished in the loss of one of its best citizens.
Mr. ADAMS had been ailing for many months and finally his disease was diagnosed as cancer. An operation was performed at the Lock Haven Hospital last February and although he recovered so as to resume his business activities the disease slowly but surely sapped his life away. Although he knew of the coming end and that he had but a short time to live he went about his affairs with a degree of courage and fortitude that was inspiring to all who knew him. He stuck to his task with grim determination and only relinquished his hold upon the activities of life when his physique refused to obey his iron will.
Mr. ADAMS was one of the best known men in the city and was universally admired for his integrity, his strength of character and his breadth of intellect, for he was one of the keenest men intellectually in this city. For more than 20 years he had been superintendent of the Sunday school of Trinity Methodist church and the success of the school in the matter of enrollment and efficiency are largely due to his earnest work. He was one of the best teachers in the city and had a surprising knowledge and group of religious truths. He was one of the most influential members of the official board of Trinity church and had been a member of the choir for a great many years, his bass voice having been heard frequently in sets and quartette work. He was a man of varied activities and everything he undertook to perform he did well.
For several years he taught school in this city, after which he became bookkeeper for Charles KREAMER. From here he went with Furst & Whitaker and after the dissolution of the firm he remained with J. B. Furst as manager and salesman. In April he became general manager of the Eagle Brick Co., at Mill Hall, in which he was deeply interested and had effected a number of improvements in the conduct of the business. He was engaged in this work within a short time of his death. He served as a member of the Lock Haven Board of Education and was honored with the presidency. In all things he was faithful to his trust and he was one of the most useful citizens in the community.
Elmer Ellsworth ADAMS was the son of John Q. and Hannah ADAMS, both deceased, was born at Highspire, Dauphin County, December 27, 1861, being almost 52 years old when he died. He came here with his parents in 1878 and was educate in the public school, after graduating from the academy at Berrysburg, Pa. He took a course in the Christine Business College, this city, and afterward taught school at Elmira, N.Y. In 1888 he was elected principal of the Fourth ward schools in this city, and after leaving the schools entered upon his business career with Charles KREAMER as bookkeeper. From May 1, 1901, until March 1, 1906, he was a partner in THE TIMES PRINTING CO. and his ability as a forceful writer was widely recognized. He was very active in the work of the County Babbath school association and had gone all over the county organizing teacher training classes. He was vice president of the organization. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum and P.O.S. of A.
He is survived by his wife and three children; two brothers, William O., of Hollins, Va.; Grant of Rochester Mills, Pa; and three sisters, Mrs. M.C. FARGUS, Miss Lillian and Mrs. E. A. BARTLETT, all of this city.
Brief services were held at the house on West Bald Eagle Street on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and the remains were taken to Trinity Methodist Church where a public service was held. The church was filled with friends of the deceased and many children from the Sunday school were present to pay a mark of respect to their former superintendent. Rev. A. Lawrence MILLER, pastor of the church, conducted the services and the choir sang favorite hymns of the deceased. The pall bearers were J. R. STEVENSON, K.D. BATCHELER, H. E. FOX, E. S. LING, James SNYDER and O.D. BUSH. Interment in Highland Cemetery.
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