A sad providence removed from our village on March 1st, one who will be greatly missed in the vicinity of Delevan, in the person of MRS. KETURAH HOWELL BISHOP. The funeral was held at the home of her son, DR. L. L. BISHOP. A large concourse of friends and relatives were present to render the last earthly honors to one who has been a power for good all through the years since AMASA BISHOP brought her here with her infant son 46 years ago. It was no small task to be housewife and housemaker on a farm in those days before modern labor saving machines, when several men were needed to carry on the farm work; but MRS. BISHOP found time for that, and to care for two relatives who have been deaf from childhood, and to make a place for herself in the social and church life of this entire section. For 36 years this devoted couple were the mainstay of the M. E. church here, only dropping out of active work with the failure of MRS. BISHOP'S health. Baptized in infancy and matured in the church from childhood she had never experienced sin, nor the exaltation of rescue from its depths, but she had that spotless innocence that so far surpasses in worth even the sincerest penitence. Her religion was of the every-day sort, and every morning for over 47 years the Bishop home gathered about the family altar to begin the day. Tolerant as to the convictions of others she was unwavering in her own and her unswerving loyalty to the church of her choice was a marked feature of a most impressive life. Her whole life was one labor of love, pouring itself freely out in the unstinting service to others.

The REV. H. M. WILSON, pastor of the M. E. Church preached….She is survived by the aged husband A. H. BISHOP, a son of L. L. BISHOP and a sister, REBECCA HOWELL of Delevan, and another sister, MRS. DAVID LUCE, of Howard Lake, Minn., and she is mourned by the entire community.