Salome Emergene (Frink) Stone 1849-1927
Categories: Albion, Wisconsin, First Generation Milton, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 103, No 24, p 765, Dec. 12, 1927.
Salome Emergene Frink Stone, youngest daughter of Ezekiel and Salome Babcock Frink, was born in Milton township, Wis., on February 22, 1849, and passed from this life at the home of her son Herbert, in Riverside, Calif., October 27, 1927.
At the age of six years her mother died and the four children were taken into the homes of relatives until the father married again. Her education was obtained in the public schools and Milton Academy. After finishing her education, she taught several terms in various parts of the state of Wisconsin.
On October 23, 1872, she was married, by Rev. James Rodgers, to Theron M. Stone. Three sons were born to this union: Herbert E., of Riverside, Calif.; Theron E. and Arlon L., both of Yakima, Wash. The first five years of her married life were spent in Wisconsin. In the fall of 1877, she with her family moved to Orleans, Neb., where they were engaged in the hotel business. In this community she was ever ready to go into the homes where there was sickness or affliction, and by her kindly help and pleasant way won many lasting friends, and was called "Mother Stone" by old and young.
On November 23, 1896, her husband passed away. She and her sons remained in Nebraska until 1900, at which time they moved back to Wisconsin. Here she made a home for her sons until the two eldest were married. Since then she has made her home with her son Herbert and wife.
In the fall of 1902, during a revival in the church at Albion, Wis., she and her three sons gave their hearts to Christ and were baptized by Rev. Simeon Babcock, uniting with the Albion Seventh Day Baptist Church, of which church she remained a faithful member until her death.
The death of her sister, Mrs. Charles Williams, which occurred last March, was a great shock. They were very much attached to each other, and she felt the separation keenly. She often spoke of how she missed the weekly letters from her sister, which were such a comfort to her since she moved to California. But while the ties of earth are broken in death, there are also the reunions of life eternal.
Mrs. Stone since coming to California has had a vital interest in the work of the church, attending as often as her health would permit. About her as always that radiant joy the Christian finds in the service of the Master. Her stimulus the life of the church here will be long remembered. She endeared herself to all who knew her by her kindly face, her happy disposition, and her constant concern for the welfare of others. A bright face is gone but the light of her smile remains.
She is survived by her sons and one brother, L. H. Frink, of Rock Island, Ill.
Farewell services were held in Preston Funeral Home, Riverside, Calif., on November 2, 1927, in charge of Pastor G. D. Hargis. Interment was in Olivewood Cemetery. E. D. H.