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- Newspaper Obituary - Wednesday, October 23, 1901 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Lucy A. Mellen - Lucy A. Mellen, widow of the late Melvin Mellen, formerly of Richland, departed this life at Salt Lake City, Utah, October 6, 1901, aged 67 years. In early life Mrs. Mellen was an esteemed resident of Richland, where she found many abiding friendships, but for the past 30 years her home has been mostly at Black River, New York, where she was a respected Christian woman, being closely identified with the interests of the Baptist church. While visiting in the West she was stricken with disease several months since which closed her early existence, and thus has ended the life of an affectionate and indulgent mother whose influence of love for those to whom she was closely related cannot pass away. She was the mother of five children, all of whom survive her. Mrs. J. W. Potter, Staples, Minnesota; Mrs. C. E. Nichols, Salt Lake City, Utah; Mrs. H. A. Potter, Anaconda, Montana; Grant C., Berwick, Pennsylvania, and Summer C., who resides at Black River, New York. The funeral occurred at the Church of Christ at Richland on Sunday, October 13th, and was conducted by the Rev. H. J. Aldrich. He remains were laid to rest beside her husband whose death occurred about 14 years since. Her two sons were present to assist in the burial services and tenderly bore the where reform of their loving mother to its silent home.
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