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- Newspaper Article - Wednesday, September 6, 1905 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Local Notes - News reached us yesterday of the death of Mrs. Elvin G. Potter, of Orwell, who has been an invalid for several years. The funeral will be held from the home in Orwell Village, Thursday, at two o'clock. Memorial sketch next week.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, September 13, 1905 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Monday evening, September 4th, in the village of Orwell, occurred the death of Mrs. Elvin G. Potter at the age of - years. Mrs. Potter was a native of Pulaski, daughter of George and Antoinette Dale. She was a student of Pulaski Academy and her young womanhood days were spent in teaching. She married Elvin G. Potter and the result of the union was two daughters, Mrs. E. E. Greenland, Richland, and Miss Helen Potter, who resides at home with her father. Mrs. Potter was one of the most admirable women we have ever known. She had a love for the highest ideals of life and did much to inspire all who knew her to seek the best in the world. Her home was a place all loved to visit and her relations to society and the church were in a marked degree helpful to all with whom she associated. About five years ago she was taken ill and at that time she was thought to be contending with her last sickness, but her life has been spared it seems through special Providence, and in these years she has exhibited a patience and trust that is made a deep and lasting impression on her friends and family. It seems, as has been said, she was spared to teach a great lesson, "patience and submission." In the writer's last conversation with her she smilingly said "it is all right either way, whether I am spared longer or am called home today." Her funeral was attended on Tuesday at two o'clock and the demonstration of love was pronounced in the presence of a great gathering of fiends and relatives. The floral tributes were so abundant that one could read their silent message in a story of affection, emphasized in the beauty of God's most blessed gifts to adorn the earth. The funeral address was given by Rev. T. T. Davies, the beloved pastor of her church, and his words were most fitting and tender. She was laid to rest in the beautiful Greenwood, near Orwell village.
Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, October 18, 1905 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Frances Dale Potter - When Mrs. Frances Dale Potter, of Orwell, "fell asleep in Jesus," September 4, 1905, the whole community felt that one of the elect of humanity had gone from her earthly labor to her heavenly reward. She was greatly beloved by all who knew her and her influence for good was wide and far reaching. She possessed those qualities of mind and heart that made life noble, beautiful and good. Her character was in complete harmony with that of the virtuous woman in the book of Proverbs. Truly "her price was far above rubies. The heart of her husband did safely trust in her. She did him good and not evil. She opened her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue was the law of kindness. Her children arose up, and called her blessed. Many daughters had done virtuously, but she excelled them all." The departed was born at Vernon, Oneida County, February 13, 1839. She was married at Albion, June 30, 1867, to E. G. Potter, whom we have two daughters, Mrs. E. E. Greenland, of Richland, and Helen D. Potter, of Orwell, survivor. For nearly forty years she was a member of the Congregational church and during these years her profession was beautifully adorned with a consistent active Christian living. Her interests were deep and abiding in all Christian activities, always giving her unqualified support to every movement that ennobled character and beautiful life. "She did what she could" - and like many of the old, there was no sacrifice too great for her to make, to express her love for her Divine Savior. Her home life was one of unsurpassed beauty. Calm in disposition, relined in taste and Christ-like in spirit. She was a great lover of books and culture. Her mind was stored with knowledge and wisdom and it was her delight to impart her knowledge to others. Her intellectual training had been received in the Mexico Academy and the Cazenovia Seminary, graduating from both of these institutions. Later she took the full course prepared by the Chautauqua Literary Circle, completing it in 1892. She was truly a woman of great faith, lofty aspirations and beautiful Christian character. "God calls our loved ones, but we lose not wholly what He hath given. They live on earth, in thought and deed, as truly As in His Heaven." T.T.D.
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1839 - 1905 (66 years)
d. 11 Dec 1921, Orwell Township, Oswego, New York