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OBITUARY-MAINLAND
Died,at his residence,1024 Pearl street,after a short and painful illness of spinal meningitis,Sinclair Mainland,in the 79th year of his age.
The deceased was born in the Orkneys. He emigrated to Canada in 1857,and came to Racine in 1858.He is survived by his wife,three daughters and two sons and a large circle of relatives and friends who mourn the loss of a kind and geniel husband,father and friend. Funeral from the house Thursday at 2 o'clock p.m.
Newspaper Clipping-OBITUARY-MAINLAND
Sinclair Mainland,an old resident of the city,died Tuesday morning at his home,1024 Pearl street at the age of 79 years. The immediate cause of his death was spinal meningitis,with which he had suffered severely for several days. Mr Mainland was born in the Orkney islands and in 1857 moved to Canada, where he spent several years,coming direct to Racine from that place and has made his home in this city ever since. He is survived by a wife, three daughters and two sons, besides a large number of friends who morn the loss of a kind and generous husband, father and friend. Funeral at 2 p.m.Thursday from the house.
Contributed by Diane Kaye
October 27,1922
OBITUARY-MEVIS
Mrs. Julia Mevis, 77 years old died yesterday at her home, 1017 Marquette street after a short illness. She was born in New Berlin, Wis., and lived in Waukesha up to 17 years ago when she came to Racine to make her home. She was a kind and lovable woman and was always ready to help those in need or trouble. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs.Florence Grant 1017 Marquette street, with whom she made her home and a son Thomas Rockwell of this city, a brother residing in Waukesha and a sister Mrs. Mary James Spencer, of Racine. The body was taken to the Beffel funeral parlors, 610 Sixth street, where the funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. with the burial in Graceland cemetery.
Contributed by Diane Kaye
OBITUARY
Mrs.Sara Naylor, passed away Friday, Aug. 18, 1922, at the home of her daughter, Mrs Emma Naylor Levi, Racine, Wis. Mrs. Naylor was born in Drogheda, near Dublin, Ireland, of Scotch parentage in 1837. At the age of eleven years she was taken by her parents to Canada and two years later was brought to Racine county, where she has resided ever since. In 1860 she was united in marriage to Joseph Naylor and shortly afterward they took up their residence on a farm near Union Grove. Seven children were born to them, four of whom now survive. They are Mrs. Esther Neff, Mrs. Emma Naylor Levi, of Racine;William Naylor of Bloomington, Ill., and Joseph Naylor of California. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
In the death of Grandma Naylor, (as her hosts of friends so loved to call her) Racine county loses one of its oldest pioneers. When she first came to Racine, it was but a cluster of small cabins and Milwaukee a country village of less than a thousand people. The indians were more numerous than the whites and their wigwams and villages were scattered through the forests where now our fertile farms are being tilled, and the sky-lines of our populous towns and cities show against the horizon then marked by the tops of giant trees. The world was young, it seems to us 86 years ago, and for 86 years Grandma Naylor watched and saw the working out of wonderful changes in men and things. Much of her own time was spent in unselfish service to others. For 40 years in the community where she lived, it seemed to us, that no one was properly nursed in sickness, no eyes were properly closed in death, if Grandma Naylor did not do it, and no child was properly born into the world if Grandma Naylor was not there to supervise its coming. Her long life was lived very simply, as life is generally viewed. Her thoughts and hopes were simple. But in as much as her life was lived in absolute self-less service for others-- in as much as she felt her happiness was in the happiness of others-- in as much as she felt that her own pathway through life to the things worth while lay along the pathway of others, she had caught the divine principle in right living little known and little used these days. It made her life far more than simple. It made it truly sublime.
Contributed by Diane Kaye
