Lucretia Randolph Persels, daughter of Asa and Almeda Randolph, was born at Plainfield, N. J., April 16, 1845, and died at Farina, Ill., December 12, 1902, in the 57th year of her age. In 1857 she removed with her parents to Milton, Wis., where she was baptized by Eld. O. P. Hull, and united with the church. Dec. 2, 1862, she was married to A. H. Persels. They removed to Farina, Ill., in 1866, uniting with the church there. A large circle of friends unite with the mother, husband, three sons and a daughter in mourning their loss. Her life was full of enterprise and activity, ending with months of intense suffering, yet her Savior was not forgotten.