Cora M. Coon Craft, was born April 5, 1885, in DeRuyter, N. Y., and died June 30, 1919, in Nortonville, Kan.
She was the daughter of DeWitt B. and Ida Greenman Coon. Her girlhood was passed on the home farm near the village of DeRuyter where she attended High School and took great interest in the study of music. She was baptized in May, 1903, by Rev. L. R. Swinney, after the series of meetings conducted by Rev. J. G. Burdick, and became a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. She was married February 5, 1908, to Julian M. Craft, also of DeRuyter.
Mr. and Mrs. Craft in company with friends from DeRuyter were going to Boulder, Colo., making the trip by auto and stopped to pass the Sabbath in Nortonville, Kan., where Mrs. Craft was stricken with paralysis on Sabbath, June 21, at the home of Mr. G. F. Randolph. She lingered till June 30, when she quietly passed away.
The kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph and their daughter, Mrs. Jeffrey, also Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Polan and others who did so much to add to the pleasure of the party, and the loving care they gave the sick one will never be forgotten by the bereaved ones. The funeral was held at DeRuyter, July 6. Prayer by Rev. C. C. Hobson, and sermon by Rev. L. J. Howland, who had been serving church as supply ministers.
The profusion of beautifully arranged flowers in the church and the fine floral pieces, and the crowded house expressed the love for the deceased and sympathy for the sorrowing ones. E. C. B.
