Jane Coon Maxson, widow of David Maxson, of Richburg, N. Y., died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edward Gilbert, in Almond, N. Y., June 6, 1886, age 68 years. Sister Maxson had been a widow about ten years. When I came to Richburg, about twelve years ago, she was living with her husband in their pleasant home, and they were constant attendants at church; they rarely failed to fill their places in the Sabbath service. After the death of her husband, she continued to occupy her old place until the great change came over Richburg, making it temporarily an oil town. Since that time she had made her home as equally as she could among her children.
One of the constituent members of the Richburg Church, she continued her membership, losing none of her interests in its prosperity to the last. Only two members are now left who constituted the church at its organization.
Six children are left to mourn a mother's loss and bless God for such a mother. Apprised of her approaching death, she felt neither fear nor dread, selected Matt. 24: 44, as the text for her funeral, and waited her departure with Christian resignation and hope. A Christian friend, in her final farewell, asked where shall we meet again, and received for reply, "In heaven."
Her remains were carried to Richburg for interment, where funeral services were held by the writer, assisted by Revs. L. C. Sands and Byron E. Fisk, June 8, 1886.
J. S.
