. Gospel Messenger, The (1921). uinter, Kans., gave us a short and much appreciated SISTER LEVI B. SHIRK After a brief illness, resulting from a stroke, sustained on April 16,Sister Levi B. Shirk passed away at her home in Mount Morris on Friday, May 6, funeral serv-ices were held onMonday afternoon,at 2:30, from theCollege Chapel a tMount Morris, andwere conducted byEld. F. E. was madeat Oakwood ceme-tery at Mount Mor- Barbara Shelly,daughter of Abramand Elizabeth Shelly,was born near Wil-liamsburg, in BlairCounty, Pennsylva-nia, Nov. 30, 1842,and at the time ofher d
. Gospel Messenger, The (1921). uinter, Kans., gave us a short and much appreciated SISTER LEVI B. SHIRK After a brief illness, resulting from a stroke, sustained on April 16,Sister Levi B. Shirk passed away at her home in Mount Morris on Friday, May 6, funeral serv-ices were held onMonday afternoon,at 2:30, from theCollege Chapel a tMount Morris, andwere conducted byEld. F. E. was madeat Oakwood ceme-tery at Mount Mor- Barbara Shelly,daughter of Abramand Elizabeth Shelly,was born near Wil-liamsburg, in BlairCounty, Pennsylva-nia, Nov. 30, 1842,and at the time ofher death was 78years, 6 months and6 days of age. Jan. 21, 1864, shewas married to LeviB. Shirk. The fotflowing spring sheaccompanied herhusband to Illinois,where they startedtheir home on a se-lection . of prairieland, near Shannon,: they resided until their removal to MountThree children came to bless their Rome, Lizzie, Nelson Emery and Etta May, the last named being married toof these lines. All of their children united with the. Mrs. Levi B. Shirk»V. 30, 1S42; May 6, 1921 in Carroll County, l being a minister,r Shirk, with her husband,in which, with earnest de- Brethren church at an early age, Shortly after settling in Illinois,united with the Church of the Bretvotion, she lived her Christian life. Her untiring devotion to her family and her zeal for the thingsof the Lord, as well as her patience and motherly concern, will beever fresh in the minds of those who knew her best. Sister Shirk, inher younger days, did a great deal of writing of sympathetic nature,being much moved by the affliction of others, and ever ready to lenda word of consolation by word of mouth or pen. In the earlier years,of the Brethren at Work, when published at Lanark, her corre-spondence found a place in the columns of that paper. Of late yearsshe found it impossible to do much in this line beyond the confines ofher home. She was always of retiring disposition, and bore her ills with cheer-ful resignati
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