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Beloved Corona Lady Passes Quietly From this Life Late Saturday Af ternoon: Was a Pioneer of this City CITIZENS KEENLY FEEL LOSS Always Willing to Contribute of Her Time, Talents and Finances Tow ard Worthy Causes Looking to Upbuilding of City ‘Saturday ’afternoon at the Platt sisters’ home on Grand Boulevard Miss Stella J. Platt passed peaceful ly away. In the trees outside her window the birds sang their usual afternoon melodies: on the boule vard children expressed the artless exuberance of youth at play: the warmth of the declining sun gave place to the cooling shadows of ap proaching twilight: sunset glows lingered hesitatingly over western hills, where the evening star drew forth the attention of the minds of men from things of earth to heaven. Only in the hearts of the bereaved was there sorrow; the sharp, keen sorrow of the parting from sister souls long knit in bonds of family ties and affection. For the biblical allotment of life Miss Stella, as she was known to all Corona, has kept the even tenor of her way and now as the waves make toward the pebbled shore from whose hourn no traveler returns, her soul, freed from the exacting conflicts of life, hastened toward her Creator. The end was calm, as beautiful as her life; the departing of one who lies down to pleasant dreams and awakens with life’s imperfections removed. Miss Stella was the eighth daugh ter of Rev. Adam W. Platt and was born in Hector, Tompkins county, N. Y. on the shore of beautiful Sen eca lake. Shortly afterwards the family moved to Trumansburg, N. Y. (Continued on Page Two)
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Corona Independent
Corona, California, US
Mon, Jun 26, 1916
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