Mrs. Emergene Wilcox Stillman, of Edgerton. widow of the late Dr. H. W. Stillman, died in that city, March 23, 1908, after only a few hours of acute illness, in the 83d year of her age. For many years the Stillman home in Edgerton was made up of four persons, Dr. Henry W. Stillman and wife and Mr. Thomas L. Stillman and wife, the men being brothers and the women sisters.
On April 1, 1907, Dr. Stillman died; on July 13, the younger Mrs. Stillman, the wife of Thomas, was carried out to her final resting place, and now the elder sister has exchanged her place in the earthly home for a heavenly mansion, leaving the younger brother in loneliness and sorrow, in the space of one short year.
The readers of the Journal will be interested to know that Mrs. Stillman was a sister [of the wife] of the late Charles Potter, of Plainfield, N. J., and also of the wife of the Rev. L. C. Rogers, at one time pastor of the S. D. B. Church in Milton, and at Milton Junction.
The funeral service was held on Friday, March 27th, conducted by Rev. Dr. Platts of Milton, assisted by the Rev. T. J. Van Horn of Albion.
Friends from abroad were Mrs. D. E. Titsworth of Plainfield, N. J., niece of Mrs. Stillman; another niece, Mrs. Florence Potter Sheppard, husband and son, of Chicago; and Mr. Fred Stillman of Daytona, Florida, a nephew of Mr. Stillman. Neighbors and friends in Edgerton and vicinity paid eloquent tribute to the high esteem in which Mrs. Stillman was held, by their attendance, gifts of flowers, and other tokens of friendship and love.
