Mrs. WilIiam Edgar Greene, daughter of Henry and Mary Sagar Clements, was born August 14, 1855, and died at Berlin, N. Y., May 24, 1917, aged 61 years, 9 months, and 10 days.
Mrs. Greene was born at Fair Haven, Vt. Her parents later moved to Castleton, Vt., where she spent her girlhood. When she was eighteen years old she came to Berlin where she lived until her death. On March 30, 1878, she was married to William Edgar Greene, of Berlin, and to them were born three children: Mrs. Ed Cushine, of Poestenkill, N. Y., Mrs. John Millard, and Miss Matie Greene, of Berlin, N. Y.
She was a woman who possessed a most patient, lovable, and strong Christian character. She was baptized and united with the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Church, October 20, 1876, during the pastorate of Rev. B. F. Rogers, after a series of revival meetings conducted by Rev. John L. Huffman. Although she had been unable for a long time to attend church regularly, she continually showed her love for Christ and the church by doing gladly and faithfully whatever she could for the advancement of the church and God's kingdom. She was a mother as well as a dear, loyal, and unchanging friend to many. Her interest in others was unfailing and sincere; her counsels were wise and loving, tempered by a long Christian experience and the Golden Rule. In the midst of physical infirmities that would have daunted a less brave soul, she never complained. Her life was saying in strongest accents, "Not my will, but Thine be done." She was always the same patient, loving, forgiving, cheerful, sweet-tempered soul, encouraging us onward and upward over life's rough way.
Besides her husband, William Edgar Greene, and her three daughters, already mentioned, two brothers, Mr. Chfford Clements of Pittsfield Mass., and William Clements, of Hartford, Conn., and one sister, Mrs.B. H. Wood, of Pasadena, CaI., together with many friends, remain to mourn her loss.
Though she departed from her loved ones through the close-hanging draperies of earth's night, they may all be reunited in the Better Land, "when the morning breaks and the shadows flee away."
The funeral services, which were conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. L. Cottrell, were held from her late home, Sunday morning, May 27, 19I7, and the burial was made in the Berlin Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery.
H. L. C.
