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- Randolph NY Register - 12/13/1918
The funeral of Miss Adeline Bowen,
whose death occurred at 5 o'clock Friday
morning, at the home of her sister,
Mrs. A. C. Woodmancy, was held
from the Baptist church Sunday at 1
o'clock. Elder E. C. Russell of Rochester,
president of t h e Western New
York Conference of Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, at the request of the deceas-
ed came to Randolph to officiate at
the obsequies. ' He was assisted by
Professor Hottel of the Fernwood
Academy at Tunesassa. The service
at' the church was very impressive
carrying out In detail the arrange-
ments which Miss Bowen had made
some time previous to her death.
The music rendered by Mrs. Wayne.
Cheney and" her daughter, Mrs*
Florence Carr, was very touching, and
although the songs they sang were
selected by her in whose memory the
service was held, no tinge of sadness
prevaded the place but rather a feel-
ing of joy and gladness, made possible
by the thought which was so prominently
brought forth in song and sermon,
that "She is not dead, but
sleepeth." The splendid tribute paid
to the memory of this noble woman by
the minister together with the mes-
sage which she desired him to leave
with her friends was inspiring.
Interment was made in Sample
Hill cemetery.
Sarah Adaline Bowen was the sec-
ond daughter in a family of seven children
bom to the late William and
Harriet Hltchcock Bowen. She was
born Febuary 6th, 1851. and the
greater part of her life was spent on
the old homestead in Bowen- Her
education was received in the district
School and at Chamberlain Institute
She taught in the schools of this
vicinity for several years, but her
heart was not in this form of educational
work, having early In life accepted
the truths taught by the Seventh
Day Adventists she longed to
teach the gospel to others. After per
f e ct i n g herself in the study of the
Bible she offered her services to her
church, and for a time was stationed
at Rome, N. Y as a missonary secretary
of the Tract Society. Her ef-
icient and faithful service was noted
and in 1884' she was sent to Bassle,
Switzerland. by the Mission Board of
the denomination to connect it with
the Central European Mission then
being established.
After three Years spent in touring
on the continent in the Interest of her
church, she returned to her home here
and after a period of rest-went to
Battle Creek where she took a course
in nursing in order to better serve her
fellowmen. Through this knowledge
she ministered to the physical needs
of those whose lives she waa trying to
win to Christ. Her entire life was
spent in trying to emulate the example
of Him who went about doing good.
Her latest fields of labor were in
Bradford and Salamanca and it was
while in the latter city, she was strick-
en with the disease which caused her
death after three months of intense
suffering, during wh!ch|.her strong
Christian faith enabled her to endure
with cheerfulness and patience unto
the end.
Surviving are beside the sister al-
ready mentioned, three brother*: Otis
Bowen of Bowen; Milan Bowen of
Wearteld and Tyler Bowen of Wash-
ington, D.C.
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1851 - 1918 (67 years)