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Much Revered Lady Passes Away at her Home Saturday Evening ‘After but one Day’s Sickness. THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN HER AGE. Rev. E. A. Roys and Former Ministers Have Charge of Funeral; Burial in Sunny Slope Cemetery.. You may break—you may shat ter the vase if you will. ‘But the scent of the roses will cling to it still. Miss Stella J. Platt died last Sat urday afternoon, after a one-day ill ness and one Monday her body was laid away in Sunyslope Cemetery. But the earth is still sweet with the everlasting fragrance of her strong and beautiful life. Seventy years young was Miss Stella; no one who knew her ever thought of her as old. Hers was the spirit of youth, daring, adventurous brave, yet gentle and willing to learn, loving and cheery and bright, with an unquestioning faith in the fun damental goodness of everybody; in tune with the birds and the flowers and the beauties of life, warm with quick sympathy for those in trouble and instant and efficient with her aid. She was the daughter of y Rev. and Mrs. Adams W. Platt and the young est of eight sisters. Her father and mother died while she was yet a girl and she made her home with her sisters,with the married ones at first and later she and the single ones lived together. These shifting thhemes gave her a varied residence, from East to West, with all the broadening influence which many friends in many places exercises. Keenly alert, vitally interested in the history which was making all about her, she took an active, constructive part in the day’s work. For Miss Stella was heroic. Her gentleness made is forget that some times. Hers was the courage that “dares to be in the right with two or three.” She was a pioneer in many lines of endeavor. She made a spec jialty of wood-engraving in her art studies at Cooper Institute, when few men and fewer women were particularly interested in that line of work. Her work in art was con tinued in oil and water colors and she afterwards opened a studio in Chicago, where she was a member of the ‘Bohemian Club, a society of artists, all of which brought her in touch with the art life of Chicago and with many famous artists. A member of Henry Ward Beech er’s church in Brooklyn, she was his staunch supporter during his famous trial. A member of David Swing’s church in Chicago, she sup ported him and went with him as a charter member of the mewiberal church which he founded. She was a California pioneer. ~twenty-two years ago she and three sisters, Mrs. Lewis, Miss Helen Platt and Miss ‘Anna Platt, came to South Riverside, as it was then called, and establish ed a new home in a new land; a part of the desert, one of the waste places which they made to blossom like the rose. Her touch on the life of the new town was sure and effective; she was active in changing its name to the more individual and musical Coro na; she was a charter member of the Corona Woman’s Improvement Club and served as president for one year; she was a charter member of the Associated Charities, secretary of it for many years, and always ready to answer calls from those in distress; she was a Deaconess in the Congregational church, actively interested in its Missionary Society, its Sunday school, and all its aven ues of service; she was a member of the Park Board for several years and helped to select the site. Every good work was assured her hearty, sym pathy and generous support. She had one quality which is apt to be missing in a pioneer. She had always a warm welcome for the stranger,the new pilgrim who had just arrived. There are many in Co rona who remember gratefully that “the Platt Sisters were the first ones to call on us when we moved to Co rona”. There was no fear on Miss Stella’s part of anything or anybody because they were new or untried. Hers was the gracious gift of being friendly; her own, immediate family circle had narrowed these last few years but the outer circle was wide, an endless chain linked by her thoughtful kindness. Besides several nieces and nephews in the East, she is survived by her sisters, Miss Anna Platt, her niece, Miss Lillian J. Lewis another niece, Mrs. C. C. Harrington of Corona, a grand niece, Mrs. Fred J Henderson, of Los Angeles and a grand nephew, Charlie Harrington, of Corona. The funeral services on Monday afternoon were held at her home and were conducted by Rev. Edville A. Roys, pastor of the Congregational church assisted by two former pas tors, Rev. W. N. Burr, of Hemet, and Rev. Chester Ferris, of Los An geles. Several out-of-town relatives and friends were in attendance, among them being Mr. Fred Preston, a cousin, of Los Angeles, and his sister, Mrs. J. Bennett, of Pasadena, Mrs. R. A. Street, an aunt, Mrs. J. P. Mathes, and Mrs. E. P. Newton, all of Los Angeles. The pall bearers were: [W. J. Pen telow, J. W. Waterbury, George E. Snidecor, W. N.Nichols, F. H. Rob erts and G. R. Freeman. The fun eral was in charge of J.H. Flinn who handled every detail in a masterly way. Nothing was left undone.
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Corona Courier
Corona, California, US
Fri, Jun 30, 1916
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