Mrs Arthur E. Harms, 42 year old well known and beloved resident of this city, passed away quite unexpectedly at 3:55 o'clock last Saturday morning in the Mennonite hospital in Bloomington, death being due to pulmonary embolism.
She had entered the hospital Tuesday of last week, undergoing a major operation on last Wednesday. She was apparently recovering satisfactorily from the operation and was thought to have been on the road to recovery. Early Saturday morning, however, she grew worse and her passing came but a short time later.
As Lena Adams, she was born September 15, 1897, near Marshfield, Pa., a daughter of Albert C. and Edna Stephens Adams. Her childhood was spent in Pennsylvania and New York, the family later coming to Illinois.
She was united in marriage with Arthur E. Harms, of Minonk, December 6, 1916, in this city. They lived on a farm near Panola for four years and then went to Aurora to live. Mr Harms was stricken with infantile paralysis in August, 1921, and from then on she devoted herself unstintedly to caring for him with the utmost love and tenderness, always solicitous first of all for his comfort and well-being both day and night. In 1922, they moved to Chicago, returning to Minonk in 1930, where they have since resided with his parents, Mr and Mrs H. M. Harms, on West Fifth street.
The deceased was an accomplished musician and she and her husband were called upon to sing at evangelistic meetings throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. They were also in constant demand in this community, where her beautiful soprano voice was prasied by all who heard her sing.
She was a member of the Baptist church, and was quite active in the work of that congregation, being a member of the Missionary cosiety and teacher of the Fellowship Sunday school class. She possessed the very highest ideals and held to the highest standards of Christian living and never failed to use her influence toward their promotion, whenever the opportunity afforded.
Everywhere she went she won the love and admiration of all who knew her, by her beautiful Christian character and her sunny disposition. Her unfailing cheerfulness and radiant smile were an inspiration, bringing cheer into the lives of many, and it was with deep regret that her many friends throughout this community learned of her sudden passing.
Surviving are her grief-striken husband, Arthur E. Harms; her father, Albert C. Adams, Sr., of Phoenix, Ariz,; a sister, Mrs G. A. Youngstrom of Binghampton, N.Y.; a brother, C. Edward Adams of Binghampton, N.Y.; a half sister, Mrs Robert McLaughlin of Mont Rose, Pa.; and a half brother, Albert C. Adams, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.
She had entered the hospital Tuesday of last week, undergoing a major operation on last Wednesday. She was apparently recovering satisfactorily from the operation and was thought to have been on the road to recovery. Early Saturday morning, however, she grew worse and her passing came but a short time later.
As Lena Adams, she was born September 15, 1897, near Marshfield, Pa., a daughter of Albert C. and Edna Stephens Adams. Her childhood was spent in Pennsylvania and New York, the family later coming to Illinois.
She was united in marriage with Arthur E. Harms, of Minonk, December 6, 1916, in this city. They lived on a farm near Panola for four years and then went to Aurora to live. Mr Harms was stricken with infantile paralysis in August, 1921, and from then on she devoted herself unstintedly to caring for him with the utmost love and tenderness, always solicitous first of all for his comfort and well-being both day and night. In 1922, they moved to Chicago, returning to Minonk in 1930, where they have since resided with his parents, Mr and Mrs H. M. Harms, on West Fifth street.
The deceased was an accomplished musician and she and her husband were called upon to sing at evangelistic meetings throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. They were also in constant demand in this community, where her beautiful soprano voice was prasied by all who heard her sing.
She was a member of the Baptist church, and was quite active in the work of that congregation, being a member of the Missionary cosiety and teacher of the Fellowship Sunday school class. She possessed the very highest ideals and held to the highest standards of Christian living and never failed to use her influence toward their promotion, whenever the opportunity afforded.
Everywhere she went she won the love and admiration of all who knew her, by her beautiful Christian character and her sunny disposition. Her unfailing cheerfulness and radiant smile were an inspiration, bringing cheer into the lives of many, and it was with deep regret that her many friends throughout this community learned of her sudden passing.
Surviving are her grief-striken husband, Arthur E. Harms; her father, Albert C. Adams, Sr., of Phoenix, Ariz,; a sister, Mrs G. A. Youngstrom of Binghampton, N.Y.; a brother, C. Edward Adams of Binghampton, N.Y.; a half sister, Mrs Robert McLaughlin of Mont Rose, Pa.; and a half brother, Albert C. Adams, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mrs Arthur E. Harms, 42 year old well known and beloved resident of this city, passed away quite unexpectedly at 3:55 o'clock last Saturday morning in the Mennonite hospital in Bloomington, death being due to pulmonary embolism.
She had entered the hospital Tuesday of last week, undergoing a major operation on last Wednesday. She was apparently recovering satisfactorily from the operation and was thought to have been on the road to recovery. Early Saturday morning, however, she grew worse and her passing came but a short time later.
As Lena Adams, she was born September 15, 1897, near Marshfield, Pa., a daughter of Albert C. and Edna Stephens Adams. Her childhood was spent in Pennsylvania and New York, the family later coming to Illinois.
She was united in marriage with Arthur E. Harms, of Minonk, December 6, 1916, in this city. They lived on a farm near Panola for four years and then went to Aurora to live. Mr Harms was stricken with infantile paralysis in August, 1921, and from then on she devoted herself unstintedly to caring for him with the utmost love and tenderness, always solicitous first of all for his comfort and well-being both day and night. In 1922, they moved to Chicago, returning to Minonk in 1930, where they have since resided with his parents, Mr and Mrs H. M. Harms, on West Fifth street.
The deceased was an accomplished musician and she and her husband were called upon to sing at evangelistic meetings throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. They were also in constant demand in this community, where her beautiful soprano voice was prasied by all who heard her sing.
She was a member of the Baptist church, and was quite active in the work of that congregation, being a member of the Missionary cosiety and teacher of the Fellowship Sunday school class. She possessed the very highest ideals and held to the highest standards of Christian living and never failed to use her influence toward their promotion, whenever the opportunity afforded.
Everywhere she went she won the love and admiration of all who knew her, by her beautiful Christian character and her sunny disposition. Her unfailing cheerfulness and radiant smile were an inspiration, bringing cheer into the lives of many, and it was with deep regret that her many friends throughout this community learned of her sudden passing.
Surviving are her grief-striken husband, Arthur E. Harms; her father, Albert C. Adams, Sr., of Phoenix, Ariz,; a sister, Mrs G. A. Youngstrom of Binghampton, N.Y.; a brother, C. Edward Adams of Binghampton, N.Y.; a half sister, Mrs Robert McLaughlin of Mont Rose, Pa.; and a half brother, Albert C. Adams, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.
She had entered the hospital Tuesday of last week, undergoing a major operation on last Wednesday. She was apparently recovering satisfactorily from the operation and was thought to have been on the road to recovery. Early Saturday morning, however, she grew worse and her passing came but a short time later.
As Lena Adams, she was born September 15, 1897, near Marshfield, Pa., a daughter of Albert C. and Edna Stephens Adams. Her childhood was spent in Pennsylvania and New York, the family later coming to Illinois.
She was united in marriage with Arthur E. Harms, of Minonk, December 6, 1916, in this city. They lived on a farm near Panola for four years and then went to Aurora to live. Mr Harms was stricken with infantile paralysis in August, 1921, and from then on she devoted herself unstintedly to caring for him with the utmost love and tenderness, always solicitous first of all for his comfort and well-being both day and night. In 1922, they moved to Chicago, returning to Minonk in 1930, where they have since resided with his parents, Mr and Mrs H. M. Harms, on West Fifth street.
The deceased was an accomplished musician and she and her husband were called upon to sing at evangelistic meetings throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. They were also in constant demand in this community, where her beautiful soprano voice was prasied by all who heard her sing.
She was a member of the Baptist church, and was quite active in the work of that congregation, being a member of the Missionary cosiety and teacher of the Fellowship Sunday school class. She possessed the very highest ideals and held to the highest standards of Christian living and never failed to use her influence toward their promotion, whenever the opportunity afforded.
Everywhere she went she won the love and admiration of all who knew her, by her beautiful Christian character and her sunny disposition. Her unfailing cheerfulness and radiant smile were an inspiration, bringing cheer into the lives of many, and it was with deep regret that her many friends throughout this community learned of her sudden passing.
Surviving are her grief-striken husband, Arthur E. Harms; her father, Albert C. Adams, Sr., of Phoenix, Ariz,; a sister, Mrs G. A. Youngstrom of Binghampton, N.Y.; a brother, C. Edward Adams of Binghampton, N.Y.; a half sister, Mrs Robert McLaughlin of Mont Rose, Pa.; and a half brother, Albert C. Adams, Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.
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