At her home in East Portville, N. Y., November 1, 1921, Mrs. Rhoda J. Maxson, in the seventy-third year of her age.
Rhoda J. Maxson was the daughter of Deacon Charles B. and Mrs. Harrietta Green Wilber, and was born in Alfred, N. Y. Her life was spent in Alfred, on Deer Creek and Dodge Creek, N. Y., on Bells Run, Pa., and the last thirty-four years at East Portville. December 29, 1866, she and Orson F. Maxson were united in holy wedlock. To them were born six children, Braton W., and Floyd E., of East Portville; Mrs. R. E. Barber, of Portville, N. Y.; Mrs. Irwin D. Place, of Little Genesee, N. Y..; Mrs. Lena Hamilton, who died seventeen years past, and one child that died in infancy. Besides her husband and children she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Phineas V. Maxson, of Myrtle, Pa., eighteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a host of loving friends.
When a child she made a profession of religion. What church she joined first is not known, but she was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist churches on Dodge Creek and Bells Run and for over thirty years the church of like faith at East Portville. She was deeply religious and the church she loved with great love; for it she toiled bravely, lovingly, courageously, unceasingly, let others do or not do, and her marked ability and devotion made her a tower of strength. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother, a kind neighbor and a devoted friend.
Funeral services, conducted by Pastors W. L. Burdick and George P. Kenyon and attended by a large concourse of people were held in the church Sabbath afternoon, November 5, and interment took place in the cemetery at East Portville, N. Y.
W. L. B.
