Susan Jane (Swift ) Steele was the daughter of Captain John and Lydia Snow Swift. She was the wife of Rev. Dr. George McKendree Steele. They were married in 1852 - 43 years. Rev. Steele was a minister in the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died January 14, 1902.
Obituary
Unidentified Newsclipping - 1895
STEELE.--Susan Jane, wife of George McKendree Steele, D.D., died at her home in Auburndale, Massachusetts, September 5, 1895, aged seventy-two. Two of her children died in childhood. The husband, one son, and four grandchildren survive. With the exception of slight symptoms of heart disease she had been in usual health. On the evening of her death she retired for the night to sleep and wake with God, and not see death. The funeral, which was private, was in charge of the pastor, Thomas W. Bishop, assisted by Daniel Steele, D.D., Alfred A. Wright, D.D., and the writer. She was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, November 25, 1822, and was the daughter of Captain John and Lydia snow Swift. By the death of her father, who was lost at sea, she was in early life thrown upon her own resources. At the age of eighteen she was converted and received into the Methodist episcopal church in her native village. A high resolve to make the most of herself for Christ and His cause now took definite form, and a few years later she entered the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts., where she was graduated in the year 1850. Here something of Puritan positiveness in her religious character marked her as an earnest disciple of Christ. Her grace of person and fine conversational powers made her the charm of the social circle, while she ranked high in her classes. After her graduation she taught at her alma mater and elsewhere for two years, after which she was married and lived with her husband for forty-three years. For the twelve following years Dr. Steele was in the itinerancy of New England Conference, where she entered into his labors with a grasp, discreet bearing, and kindliness which won universal respect and love.She became one of the founders of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the president of its State organization for Wisconsin, and Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for that State. At the time of her death she was on the executive board of that society and President of the Wesleyan Home for the Children of Missionaries. Her home was her joy and crown. To learn and do what would most elevate and bless it challenged her richest endowments of mind and heart. Her mind, enriched by literature and foreign travel, rendered her brilliant and resourceful in conversation, and she was at ease in all circles because instinctively true to a nature ever sincere, kind, and simple. She will be most lovingly remembered for her sustained enthusiasm in doing good. Her piety found outflow and stimulation in works of faith and love. None could be near her without feeling how submissively and closely she walked with God. Her life's problem had been solved. It was time for the victor to take her coronal and know the meaning of her Master's words: "They shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy."
Written by Rev. Wm. R. Clark
Obituary
Unidentified Newsclipping - 1895
STEELE.--Susan Jane, wife of George McKendree Steele, D.D., died at her home in Auburndale, Massachusetts, September 5, 1895, aged seventy-two. Two of her children died in childhood. The husband, one son, and four grandchildren survive. With the exception of slight symptoms of heart disease she had been in usual health. On the evening of her death she retired for the night to sleep and wake with God, and not see death. The funeral, which was private, was in charge of the pastor, Thomas W. Bishop, assisted by Daniel Steele, D.D., Alfred A. Wright, D.D., and the writer. She was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, November 25, 1822, and was the daughter of Captain John and Lydia snow Swift. By the death of her father, who was lost at sea, she was in early life thrown upon her own resources. At the age of eighteen she was converted and received into the Methodist episcopal church in her native village. A high resolve to make the most of herself for Christ and His cause now took definite form, and a few years later she entered the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts., where she was graduated in the year 1850. Here something of Puritan positiveness in her religious character marked her as an earnest disciple of Christ. Her grace of person and fine conversational powers made her the charm of the social circle, while she ranked high in her classes. After her graduation she taught at her alma mater and elsewhere for two years, after which she was married and lived with her husband for forty-three years. For the twelve following years Dr. Steele was in the itinerancy of New England Conference, where she entered into his labors with a grasp, discreet bearing, and kindliness which won universal respect and love.She became one of the founders of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the president of its State organization for Wisconsin, and Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for that State. At the time of her death she was on the executive board of that society and President of the Wesleyan Home for the Children of Missionaries. Her home was her joy and crown. To learn and do what would most elevate and bless it challenged her richest endowments of mind and heart. Her mind, enriched by literature and foreign travel, rendered her brilliant and resourceful in conversation, and she was at ease in all circles because instinctively true to a nature ever sincere, kind, and simple. She will be most lovingly remembered for her sustained enthusiasm in doing good. Her piety found outflow and stimulation in works of faith and love. None could be near her without feeling how submissively and closely she walked with God. Her life's problem had been solved. It was time for the victor to take her coronal and know the meaning of her Master's words: "They shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy."
Written by Rev. Wm. R. Clark
Susan Jane (Swift ) Steele was the daughter of Captain John and Lydia Snow Swift. She was the wife of Rev. Dr. George McKendree Steele. They were married in 1852 - 43 years. Rev. Steele was a minister in the New England Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died January 14, 1902.
Obituary
Unidentified Newsclipping - 1895
STEELE.--Susan Jane, wife of George McKendree Steele, D.D., died at her home in Auburndale, Massachusetts, September 5, 1895, aged seventy-two. Two of her children died in childhood. The husband, one son, and four grandchildren survive. With the exception of slight symptoms of heart disease she had been in usual health. On the evening of her death she retired for the night to sleep and wake with God, and not see death. The funeral, which was private, was in charge of the pastor, Thomas W. Bishop, assisted by Daniel Steele, D.D., Alfred A. Wright, D.D., and the writer. She was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, November 25, 1822, and was the daughter of Captain John and Lydia snow Swift. By the death of her father, who was lost at sea, she was in early life thrown upon her own resources. At the age of eighteen she was converted and received into the Methodist episcopal church in her native village. A high resolve to make the most of herself for Christ and His cause now took definite form, and a few years later she entered the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts., where she was graduated in the year 1850. Here something of Puritan positiveness in her religious character marked her as an earnest disciple of Christ. Her grace of person and fine conversational powers made her the charm of the social circle, while she ranked high in her classes. After her graduation she taught at her alma mater and elsewhere for two years, after which she was married and lived with her husband for forty-three years. For the twelve following years Dr. Steele was in the itinerancy of New England Conference, where she entered into his labors with a grasp, discreet bearing, and kindliness which won universal respect and love.She became one of the founders of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the president of its State organization for Wisconsin, and Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for that State. At the time of her death she was on the executive board of that society and President of the Wesleyan Home for the Children of Missionaries. Her home was her joy and crown. To learn and do what would most elevate and bless it challenged her richest endowments of mind and heart. Her mind, enriched by literature and foreign travel, rendered her brilliant and resourceful in conversation, and she was at ease in all circles because instinctively true to a nature ever sincere, kind, and simple. She will be most lovingly remembered for her sustained enthusiasm in doing good. Her piety found outflow and stimulation in works of faith and love. None could be near her without feeling how submissively and closely she walked with God. Her life's problem had been solved. It was time for the victor to take her coronal and know the meaning of her Master's words: "They shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy."
Written by Rev. Wm. R. Clark
Obituary
Unidentified Newsclipping - 1895
STEELE.--Susan Jane, wife of George McKendree Steele, D.D., died at her home in Auburndale, Massachusetts, September 5, 1895, aged seventy-two. Two of her children died in childhood. The husband, one son, and four grandchildren survive. With the exception of slight symptoms of heart disease she had been in usual health. On the evening of her death she retired for the night to sleep and wake with God, and not see death. The funeral, which was private, was in charge of the pastor, Thomas W. Bishop, assisted by Daniel Steele, D.D., Alfred A. Wright, D.D., and the writer. She was born in Provincetown, Massachusetts, November 25, 1822, and was the daughter of Captain John and Lydia snow Swift. By the death of her father, who was lost at sea, she was in early life thrown upon her own resources. At the age of eighteen she was converted and received into the Methodist episcopal church in her native village. A high resolve to make the most of herself for Christ and His cause now took definite form, and a few years later she entered the Wesleyan Academy at Wilbraham, Massachusetts., where she was graduated in the year 1850. Here something of Puritan positiveness in her religious character marked her as an earnest disciple of Christ. Her grace of person and fine conversational powers made her the charm of the social circle, while she ranked high in her classes. After her graduation she taught at her alma mater and elsewhere for two years, after which she was married and lived with her husband for forty-three years. For the twelve following years Dr. Steele was in the itinerancy of New England Conference, where she entered into his labors with a grasp, discreet bearing, and kindliness which won universal respect and love.She became one of the founders of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the president of its State organization for Wisconsin, and Secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society for that State. At the time of her death she was on the executive board of that society and President of the Wesleyan Home for the Children of Missionaries. Her home was her joy and crown. To learn and do what would most elevate and bless it challenged her richest endowments of mind and heart. Her mind, enriched by literature and foreign travel, rendered her brilliant and resourceful in conversation, and she was at ease in all circles because instinctively true to a nature ever sincere, kind, and simple. She will be most lovingly remembered for her sustained enthusiasm in doing good. Her piety found outflow and stimulation in works of faith and love. None could be near her without feeling how submissively and closely she walked with God. Her life's problem had been solved. It was time for the victor to take her coronal and know the meaning of her Master's words: "They shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy."
Written by Rev. Wm. R. Clark
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"Susan J. Steele
Dec 25, 1822
Sept 5, 1895"
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