which she had seemed better on
reaching Chicago, but on arriving home it increased, and though she
tried to ignore it for a day or two, she was obliged to call her
physician. It soon proved very serious; double pneumonia developed
rapidly, and on the 18th, with her husband and all her children around
her, she passed peacefully and without pain into the fuller life.

A brief service was held in the First Congregational Church of Colorado
Springs on the afternoon of the following day, and in the evening Mr.
Bemis and all his family left for the east with the body which, on
October 23, was laid in the Newton Cemetery beside those of her two
children. The funeral was held at two o'clock on the afternoon of that
day in the chapel of the Newton Cemetery. Friends and relatives from
many directions were gathered there, and the chancel was filled with
flowers sent from far and near.

It was one of New England's most glorious autumn days. Though there was
no wind, the bright leaves fell in abundance quietly and steadily in the
warm sunshine.

The service was conducted by the Rev. James B. Gregg, D.D., for over
thirty years a personal friend of the family, and bound to Mr. and Mrs.
Bemis by a very close and tender tie in the marriage of their son to his
daughter Faith. He was also their pastor in Colorado Springs for
twenty-seven years. The service was very simple, consisting only of
wisely chosen selections from the Bible, full of tenderness and of joy
and faith in the eternal, followed by an uplifting and strengthening
prayer that Dr. Gregg had written for that special service.

* * * * *

This brief sketch of one into whose life came far more than the
ordinary measure of happiness, and who had the heart and the will to
bring all the happiness she could to others, is all too inadequate; the
only justification for its existence lies in the hope that it may, in
some degree, suggest to her children's children and to those who come
after them, the personality that was so dear and so human to those who
knew her, so unselfish and so thoughtful for others, so mindful of the
fact that this life of ours is only a stewardship.

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