Last Rites Held Friday Afternoon for Mrs. John F. Bliss at M. E. Church
Sarah Eunice Palmer, daughter of Thomas and Mary Dustin Palmer, was born in Princeville, Illinois, March 1, 1883 and died at Methodist hospital, Peoria, Illinois, on April 13, 1937, at the age of 54 years, one month and 13 days.
She grew to womanhood in Princeville where she attended the public schools, being graduated from Princeville high school with the class of 1901. She then took a course in music at the Knox Conservatory in Galesburg, Illinois.
On Christmas day, December 25, 1913 she was united in marriage with Rev. John F. Bliss, at Princeville by Rev. Stanley Ward, pastor of the M. E. church. To this union three sons and one daughter were born, Franklin Palmer, John Marvin, Earl Spencer and Mary Eloise.
She is survived by her husband and four children, one sister, Miss Eva Palmer and one granddaughter, Margie Lee Bliss, all of Princeville; three stepsons, Fred and Robin Bliss of Peoria and Lewis Bliss of Fairbury, Illinois; one step-daughter, Miss Bertha Bliss of Berkeley, California. These together with five step-grandchildren and a number of more distant family connections and a large circle of friends, remain to mourn her.
Mrs. Bliss spent almost her entire life in Princeville, She united with the M. E. church on September 4, 1892 under the ministry of Rev. Alexander Smith. She was a member of the Missionary Band, Standard Bearers and Epworth League and later of the Home Missionary society, Ladies' Aid society and Women's Christian Temperance Union.
In recent years her Christian service was rendered mostly in connection with the Stark church, where her husband has served as pastor for seven years and her devotion and services were an inspiration to the workers in the community.
Mrs. Bliss was known in this community as a very devout and earnest Christian lady loyal to the church, congenial with her friends, very devoted to her home and family and a true helpmate to her husband in every good work.
Princeville Telephone – Apr. 1937.
Sarah Eunice Palmer, daughter of Thomas and Mary Dustin Palmer, was born in Princeville, Illinois, March 1, 1883 and died at Methodist hospital, Peoria, Illinois, on April 13, 1937, at the age of 54 years, one month and 13 days.
She grew to womanhood in Princeville where she attended the public schools, being graduated from Princeville high school with the class of 1901. She then took a course in music at the Knox Conservatory in Galesburg, Illinois.
On Christmas day, December 25, 1913 she was united in marriage with Rev. John F. Bliss, at Princeville by Rev. Stanley Ward, pastor of the M. E. church. To this union three sons and one daughter were born, Franklin Palmer, John Marvin, Earl Spencer and Mary Eloise.
She is survived by her husband and four children, one sister, Miss Eva Palmer and one granddaughter, Margie Lee Bliss, all of Princeville; three stepsons, Fred and Robin Bliss of Peoria and Lewis Bliss of Fairbury, Illinois; one step-daughter, Miss Bertha Bliss of Berkeley, California. These together with five step-grandchildren and a number of more distant family connections and a large circle of friends, remain to mourn her.
Mrs. Bliss spent almost her entire life in Princeville, She united with the M. E. church on September 4, 1892 under the ministry of Rev. Alexander Smith. She was a member of the Missionary Band, Standard Bearers and Epworth League and later of the Home Missionary society, Ladies' Aid society and Women's Christian Temperance Union.
In recent years her Christian service was rendered mostly in connection with the Stark church, where her husband has served as pastor for seven years and her devotion and services were an inspiration to the workers in the community.
Mrs. Bliss was known in this community as a very devout and earnest Christian lady loyal to the church, congenial with her friends, very devoted to her home and family and a true helpmate to her husband in every good work.
Princeville Telephone – Apr. 1937.
Last Rites Held Friday Afternoon for Mrs. John F. Bliss at M. E. Church
Sarah Eunice Palmer, daughter of Thomas and Mary Dustin Palmer, was born in Princeville, Illinois, March 1, 1883 and died at Methodist hospital, Peoria, Illinois, on April 13, 1937, at the age of 54 years, one month and 13 days.
She grew to womanhood in Princeville where she attended the public schools, being graduated from Princeville high school with the class of 1901. She then took a course in music at the Knox Conservatory in Galesburg, Illinois.
On Christmas day, December 25, 1913 she was united in marriage with Rev. John F. Bliss, at Princeville by Rev. Stanley Ward, pastor of the M. E. church. To this union three sons and one daughter were born, Franklin Palmer, John Marvin, Earl Spencer and Mary Eloise.
She is survived by her husband and four children, one sister, Miss Eva Palmer and one granddaughter, Margie Lee Bliss, all of Princeville; three stepsons, Fred and Robin Bliss of Peoria and Lewis Bliss of Fairbury, Illinois; one step-daughter, Miss Bertha Bliss of Berkeley, California. These together with five step-grandchildren and a number of more distant family connections and a large circle of friends, remain to mourn her.
Mrs. Bliss spent almost her entire life in Princeville, She united with the M. E. church on September 4, 1892 under the ministry of Rev. Alexander Smith. She was a member of the Missionary Band, Standard Bearers and Epworth League and later of the Home Missionary society, Ladies' Aid society and Women's Christian Temperance Union.
In recent years her Christian service was rendered mostly in connection with the Stark church, where her husband has served as pastor for seven years and her devotion and services were an inspiration to the workers in the community.
Mrs. Bliss was known in this community as a very devout and earnest Christian lady loyal to the church, congenial with her friends, very devoted to her home and family and a true helpmate to her husband in every good work.
Princeville Telephone – Apr. 1937.
Sarah Eunice Palmer, daughter of Thomas and Mary Dustin Palmer, was born in Princeville, Illinois, March 1, 1883 and died at Methodist hospital, Peoria, Illinois, on April 13, 1937, at the age of 54 years, one month and 13 days.
She grew to womanhood in Princeville where she attended the public schools, being graduated from Princeville high school with the class of 1901. She then took a course in music at the Knox Conservatory in Galesburg, Illinois.
On Christmas day, December 25, 1913 she was united in marriage with Rev. John F. Bliss, at Princeville by Rev. Stanley Ward, pastor of the M. E. church. To this union three sons and one daughter were born, Franklin Palmer, John Marvin, Earl Spencer and Mary Eloise.
She is survived by her husband and four children, one sister, Miss Eva Palmer and one granddaughter, Margie Lee Bliss, all of Princeville; three stepsons, Fred and Robin Bliss of Peoria and Lewis Bliss of Fairbury, Illinois; one step-daughter, Miss Bertha Bliss of Berkeley, California. These together with five step-grandchildren and a number of more distant family connections and a large circle of friends, remain to mourn her.
Mrs. Bliss spent almost her entire life in Princeville, She united with the M. E. church on September 4, 1892 under the ministry of Rev. Alexander Smith. She was a member of the Missionary Band, Standard Bearers and Epworth League and later of the Home Missionary society, Ladies' Aid society and Women's Christian Temperance Union.
In recent years her Christian service was rendered mostly in connection with the Stark church, where her husband has served as pastor for seven years and her devotion and services were an inspiration to the workers in the community.
Mrs. Bliss was known in this community as a very devout and earnest Christian lady loyal to the church, congenial with her friends, very devoted to her home and family and a true helpmate to her husband in every good work.
Princeville Telephone – Apr. 1937.
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