At Milton, Wis., Jan 31, 1883, of lingering consumption, Mrs. Aurilla F. Boss, aged 57 years, 2 months, and 13 days. Although not confined to her bed, and able to perform slight work almost to the last, she gradually sank under the disease until her life forces were exhausted, and she passed away without a struggle.
During all her protracted illness, she received the most tender and unremitting care of her daughter and son living with her, and the sympathy and consolation of neighbors whose society she highly prized. Nearly three years since, she moved into the village of Milton where she has since resided, to give her children an opportunity to attend the college. She was a half-sister to Ezekiel B. Rogers and Rev. James C. Rogers, of Milton, Wis., to Thomas S. Rogers, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and an own sister to Rev. Benjamin F. Rogers, of Berlin, in the later state. In 1858, while making her home in Milton, she married Mr. Joseph Boss, of Little Genesee, N. Y., to which place she at once removed, and there remained until her late return to Milton. Her husband died nearly eleven years ago, and the oversight of the family, consisting of an aged mother and five children, fell to her hands. While always having a somewhat frail body, her work at this period was severe and contributed to break down her health. She was born in Waterford, Conn., in a beautiful locality near the seashore, where she resided usually until she reached thirty years of age. Endowed with a very active mind, she early became proficient in her studies at school, and acquired the habits of a close reader. Exhibiting marked correctness of judgment and the refined tastes of a noble womanhood she filled for a time the responsible position of preceptress of DeRuyter Institute, where she had previously been taught some of the higher branches of learning. She possessed a remarkable power to attract to herself the esteem and affection of the pure minded and those aspiring to useful lives; and she had an unerring insight into the character of her acquaintances, and an excellent tact in assisting them in difficulties. From girlhood she was occupied in constant acts of self-denial in benefiting others, generally the sick, the infirm, and those seeking after knowledge. An ardent and true love for Christ and his revealed truth was experienced very early in life, and through all her days, she exercised an all-controlling trust in his power and mercies. In her last hours she was specially grateful for his precious favors to herself and her children.
Her funeral services were conducted by the pastor of the Milton Seventh-day Baptist Church, Rev. E. M. Dunn, by Rev. James Bailey, and by the writer, who preached the sermon. W. C. W.
