Mary Alice St. John, widow of the Rev. Eli F. Loofboro, died at Groton, Conn., May 30, 1972, at the age of eighty-nine.
She was born Jan. 14, 1883, at Leonardsville, N. Y., daughter of DeValois and Alice Crandall St. John, and moved with the family to Plainfield, N. J., at an early age. As a young woman she was secretary to A. H. Lewis, editor of The Sabbath Recorder. She was married Sept. 10, 1907, to Mr. Loofboro, who died in 1960. With him she served actively in the pastorates of the Riverside, Calif., Little Genesee, N. Y., Shiloh, N. J., Lost Creek, W. Va., and Waterford, Conn., Seventh Day Baptist Churches. She was an active member of the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist Church, Westerly, R. I., where she had lived since their retirement. She was president of the Women's Board of the denomination 1935-41.
Survivors include two sisters: the Misses Nellie and Evalois St. John, Plainfield; three sons: Kenneth Loofboro, Lakewood, Ohio; Norman, Westerly, R. I.; and John D., Ft. Pierce, Fla.; four daughters: Mrs. Janette Rogers, Plainfield, Mrs. Marguerite Dawson, Gales Ferry, Conn., Miss Jean Loofboro, Alfred, N. Y., and Mrs. Virginia Drake, Groton, Conn.; as well as grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Funeral services were at Harvey Buckler Funeral Home in Westerly, R. I., and at River Bend Cemetery there. The Revs. Francis D. Saunders and Harold R. Crandall, pastor and pastor emeritus, officiated. A. N. R.
