At her home in the village of Brookfield, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1901, Mrs. Lodeska Covey Crandall, in the 85th year of her age.
She was born in Berlin, Conn., April 3, 1816. When six years old, she came with her parents to Plainfield, Otsego County, N. Y. In 1848 she was married to Jared B. Crandall, who died in 1893. Two daughters were the result of this union - Mrs. E. D. Comstock, who died in Leonardsville in 1895, and Miss Cornie, who has exercised loving care over her invalid mother since her father's death. Dr. Calvin B. Crandall, of Nortonville, Kan., and the Rev. Geo. J. Crandall, pastor of the Milton Junction church, received from her a mother's devotion. The last seven years of her life were years of weakness and suffering from nervous prostration, yet she bore her affliction with the meekness, patience and cheerfulness worthy of a Christian. Those who had the privilege of visiting her in these days of suffering were always greeted with a smile and a cordial hand-grasp. Brief funeral services were conducted at the home by the writer, assisted by the Rev. J. M. Todd, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
T. J. V.
