Adelia Maxson Stillman, a daughter of Randall and Deborah Kenyon Maxson, was born May 26, 1842, at Petersburg, N. Y., and died at her home in Nortonville, August 22, at the age of eighty-nine years.
When thirteen years old she moved with her parents to West Hallock, Ill., and at nineteen years of age she was married to Anson P. Stillman, March 1, 1861. To this union four children were born - Elmer A. Stillman of Cole, S. D.; and Frank Stillman, Mrs. Dora Hurley, and Walter Stillman of Nortonville. She is also survived by ten grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
For fifty years she has lived in Kansas, coming here in 1881. Mr. Stillman purchased a farm three and one-half miles northwest of town where they made their home until fourteen years ago, when they moved to town. Mr. Stillman died eleven years ago, in March 1920. For nine years she has been a semi-invalid and for seven years she has been confined to her wheel chair. During these nine years her daughter, Mrs. Dora Hurley, has tenderly cared for her mother.
Mrs. Stillman was of a sweet, cheery disposition and was always patient.
On August 16 her daughter asked her if she was feeling as well as usual and she answered in the affirmative and urged her to attend the Sabbath school picnic in Atchison. The family noticed that she did not eat her dinner, but she was not taken ill until later, when Earl Stillman ruches to Atchison, found his aunt, and was back in little over an hour. She lived for almost a week and recognized the family. The doctor said her heart had just worn out.
When a child she united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church at West Hallock, Ill., and later transferred her membership here.
Funeral services, conducted by her pastor, were held at the home Monday afternoon, August 24, and interment was in the Nortonville cemetery. - Nortonville News.
