In the town of Bolivar, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1885, Mrs. Huldah Crandall, widow of the late Dea. Joel Crandall, in the 80th year of her age. She was born in Rockville, R. I., and was the daughter of Benjamin Maxson. In the nineteenth year of her age she was married to Joel Crandall, with whom, in company with her father's family, in 1827 she removed to Genesee, where she has since resided. She professed religion in early life and united with what is now the Rockville Church, removing her membership to the First Genesee Church, where she remained a worthy member until removed by death. Eleven years ago, she and her husband, with their friends, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their married life, the husband surviving that event but a few months.
Since her husband's death she has made her home with her son, Dea. Joel B. Crandall, but occasionally making extended visits in the homes of her other children. She had been staying for several weeks with her son, Albert W. Crandall, and was there during her last sickness and death. Frequently, in her last sickness, she would talk to her friends of going home, and would sing parts of a song she and her husband sang together at their golden wedding, of which the following is the chorus:
"O, beautiful home! O, beautiful home!
Where beautiful saints surround the white throne;
How I long to be there, and forever to stand
Mid the shining ones of the better land."
In her sickness she was lovingly cared for by her children and others, and after death she was tenderly borne to her last resting place by the hands of six of her grandsons. Funeral services were held at the church at Little Genesee, on Sabbath, Dec. 12th. Sermon by the pastor, from 1 Cor. 2: 9. G. W. B.
