Electa Saunders Stillman, daughter of Dennis and Margaret Saunders, was born in Little Genesee, New York, August 8, 1933 (sic).
In 1834 the family moved from New York to Farmington, Illinois, where on January 1, 1856 she was married to David M. Stillman of that place, who departed this life February 9, 1901. In 1857, the year after her marriage, she came with her husband to Pardee, Kansas, where they settled; and with the exception of the short time spent in Colorado the last few months, her life since coming west has been spent in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Stillman were blessed with three daughters all of whom survive to mourn the loss of their parents: Mrs. Margaret Hummel and Mrs. Evelyn Bonwell, of Sheridan Lake, Colorado, and Mrs. Myra Maris of Nortonville, Kansas.
Early in life Mrs. Stillman made a public profession of religion, under the labors of Elder Anthony Hakes, and became a member of the South Hampton, afterward the West Hallock, Seventh-day Baptist Church; and after coming to this country, she became a constituent member of the Nortonville (formerly the Pardee) Seventh-day Baptist Church, of which church she remained a faithful member till death. She was a woman of strong convictions and maintained an abiding faith in her Saviour.
A few weeks ago she was taken violently ill and her was despaired of, but it pleased the Lord to spare her a little longer, and it was thought she had recovered, and was expecting to come to Nortonville in the near future. But the end of this life came very suddenly at 6 p.m. on July 2, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bonwell, of Sheridan Lake, Colorado. M. B. K.
