SAUNDERS. - Loretta was born in the town of Adams, N. Y., May 8, 1841, and died at her home in Adams Center, December 4, 1919. She was the daughter of Horace and Samantha Lee Greene and was the youngest of five children. On September 17, 1859 she was married to Lyman Saunders, with whom she lived for more than sixty years. To them were born four children: Nellie H., Byron D., Myra L., and Horace J. Byron died of diptheira while but a boy. Besides her three children she is survived by her husband, several grandchildren and a host of friends. She with her husband celebrated their fiftieth anniversary on the old home place where they began housekeeping. Mrs. Saunders died of cancer, from which she had suffered for years; but through it all she bore her suffering with patience and never uttered a complaint. At an early age she was baptized by her pastor, Elder Summerbell, and joined the Adams Center Seventh Day Baptist Church, with which she remained a faithful member until her death. She was loved by all and was always ready to do her share and more. When God called her to the better world it could truly be said that he had called one of his own. Funeral services were conducted at her home by her pastor and she was laid to rest in the Union Cemetery.
