St Joseph High School - Crescent Yearbook (St Joseph, MI)

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fiyl. 5 .f , ,Z MESS CQNANT . DEES AFTER . l.0NQll.l..l5lE s iron DIANY YEARS: TAUGHT IN Q HIGH SCHOOL-WAS PR-OMfV-' l NENT IN CIVIL LIFE. : i Following a. long illness, Miss El- llefl W'11ilt1GSeY Conant, for many iyears a teacher in the St. Joseph high! lschool and one of the best loved Women of the city, died last evening at her home, 845 Wisconsin avenue. - For two Years Miss Conant has been in ill health, but for the past two months she has been failing rap- idly and her death has been expect- ed at any time. Her sister, Mrs. George Pfifer, of Cleveland, and brother, Dr. Phila Conant, of Rose- ville, Ill., have been hereduring the last days of her illness. In the death of Miss Conant 3 beautiful life is terminated. She was born in Ravenna, Ohio, October CConfinue4i ou page 51 'E Miss CONANTDlllS . AFTER LONG 1u.N1:s CConcluded from page 1.1 24 1866, and moved to St. Joseph in 1892. She was the daughter of Jud-ge Phila. -B. Conant and her mother 'was' Alice Whittlesey, daugh- ter of Johin. Whittlesey, ione of the pioneer residents' of ,this city. ' Miss Conant-Was. graduated froml -Oberlin unlversiity in '1887 randi taught in a- missinnaryf'school in At-' lanta., Ga., for twof years.. She be- cameda teacher in tfhe- St. 'Jesephi schools in 1892 and taught contin-l uouslyiuntil' thespring of 1916 when she was obliged toiresign because of ill health, 'although she! substitutedl occasionally! and for four Weeks- dur- ing the past winter taughtfin thef high school. Miss Conant during her years as a teacher in the public schools proba- bly cameclosertto the young people than any member of the faculty. It was to her they took their troubles., and their joys-hand from her' receivedl the much needefladviceland sympa.-l thy. . 2 For' years she was known as Ther Freshn1an's Guardian Angell, and no greater monument can 'be erect- ed to her memory thanithe love held: for her by hundreds of students whol came under her induence and 'are better men and women- todapyljfor having known her. A 1 Miss Conant's work in the city was not conhned to 'the school room. She was active in, the Work of the Con-' gregational church, served -as vice: president of the board oi5Q:,,directors of the Y. W. C. A., was afmember of the' Michigan CniIdien's'Hi5'me auxil- iary which does much 'to care for the' chilgdren and for a number of yearsl was secretary of the library boardvofj trustees. ' A ' f 'Miss Conant is survived byfher! sister, Miss Alice, with Whom she has resided and who has been her'fcon- stant companion, 'her sister, Mrs. Pflfer, of Cleveland, and two broth-A lers, Paul Conant of California, and lDr. Conant of Roseville. f lmorrow morning at 9 o'clock fromg the residence With Dr. H. A. Bush-i nell, pastor of the First Congrega- tional church, and Rev. A. H. Stone- man, former pastor of the church, ofliciating. The burial will be made in the family' lot in Ravenna! the relatives leaving this city tomorrow afternoon. 3 I

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