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Resolutions.Whereas: By the death of Mrs. Ellen O'Connell Leighton* who passed from this life to her final home on the 12th day of February, 1889, the Class of ’77 is, for the first time, called upon to mourn the loss of a classmate and a dear friend, and Whereas: By her death the kind wife, the loving mother, the dutiful daughter, the gentle sister has been taken away, therefore, be it Resolved, That we, the Class of ’77, Bedford High School, extend our wannest sympathy to the bereaved family of our friend.Resolved, That we cherish her memory in our Class history, and, as a token of respect for our elass-mate we wear a badge of mourning for thirty days.Resolved, That copy of these resolutions be sent to the husband and parents of the deceased, and be published in the Bedford papers.“The circle is broken,—one seat is forsaken,—One bud from the tree of our friendship is shaken,—One heart from among us no longer shall thrillWith joy in onr gladness, or grief in our ill.“As a cloud of the sunset, slow melting in Heaven,As a star that is lost when the daylight isgiven,As a glad dream of slumber, which wakens in bliss,She hath passed to the world of the Holy from this.”EmiIa Davis, Lillis Parks, Mart Gloves, Committee.
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Bedford Lawrence Mail
Bedford, Indiana, US
Fri, Feb 22, 1889
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