St. Clair County Obits

MRS. S.G. FOOTE

Appleton City Journal
27 February 1908

Mrs. S.G. Foote died at her home in Johnson City Feb. 21, 1908, aged 72, was buried Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. at Harmony graveyard. Thus again it becomes our painful duty to chronologize the departure of one of our number to the land from whence none return. Mrs. S.G. Foote was promoted from earth's turmoils to join her husband who passed on before only a few days previous, seemingly with the expression that the devoted companion of his old age would soon follow, he left the pearly gates ajar. Many we are who will long for the touch of those vanished hands, the sound of those voices now still.
Funeral service was conducted by Rev. Newlen of Nevada , who paid a loving tribute to the departed ones who had taken such an interest in his life's work.
A sister from Lincoln, Neb., reached the bedside of Mrs. Foote in time to be recognized and receive the welcome (Sister Libbie I am so glad you have come to see me.)
Sixteen years ago a society was organized at Johnson City which was the ladies aid society of then is to this day the avowed object of the order was to erect a temple for God's people to worship in.
At the organization of this society, Mrs. Foote was elected president and has been herself successor by choice of its members all these years; the only surviving member of sixteen years ago is Mrs. Florince Walker who is one of the true and tried and has buckled on the shield of righteous and with the aid of the present membership and with an eye single to the glory of God the good work will continue to go on unto the perfect day.
Mrs. Foote was a woman of thorough order in life. She loved her Master's work with all its links of love; The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was so dear to her that a constant prayer passed from her very soul to the throne of God, claiming the promise of full deliverance for those in bondage and may it be so. In God we trust.