Payette Enterprise
Thursday, January 05, 1922
A SAD MESSAGE RECEIVED
It is with the deepest sorrow we announce to the people of this community the death of Mrs. E. A. Blair which occured at the Hot Lake Sanitorium Wednesday, January 4th, at 12:45 P.M., after patiently suffering from the effects of an operation three weeks before. The sad news was received at this office by telephone and soon spread to inquiring friends who for the past few days have constantly waited with hopes that word might be received giving some hope of her recovery, but when the final message came that she had passed to the great beyond, it can be truly said, many homes in this community were saddened as never before. The message that conveyed the sad news also gave the information, that the family including the two daughters and their husbands who live at LaGrande, and also T. J. Brown, a nephew, of Sela, Washington, would accompany the body to Payette this (Thursday) afternoon, where the funeral would be held from the Christian Church, Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. a more complete and appropriate obituary will be published next week.
Payette Enterprise (Thursday, January 12, 1922)
LULA MYRTLE BLAIR
Lula Myrtle Grove was born at Epworth, Iowa, February 7th, 1865. She was united in marriage to E. A. Blair at Panora, Iowa September 19, 1882, where they continued to live for many years and where four children were born to bless their home, one a sweet little girl of four years after being tenderly nursed during a long period of sickness by the vigilant hand of that dear mother was surrendered back to her creator.
In February 1904, Mr. and Mrs. Blair together with their three children moved to Colorado where they purchased and lived on a small fruit farm near the city of Grand Junction until November 1906 when they came to Payette living on a fruit farm near Fruitland until the fall of 1910 moving at that time to Payette where they have since made their home.
One of the most consoling things we can say, Mrs. Blair has lived a true christian life from childhood and her departure from this life is not death, it is only a promotion from a world of sin and suffering into a place of peace and happiness where sorrowing and suffering is unknown and to be with her sweet little flaxen haired daughter who preceded her to the better world many years ago.
On coming to Payette Mrs. Blair united with the Christian Church at this place and took an active part at all services many times attending when ill health would early permit. For several years she faithfully and satisfactorily held the place as leader of the choir, her life has principally been a life of devotion to others, thinking least of her own suffering. During her last illness and the three long weeks of suffering at the Hot Lake Sanitorium she was patient to the last, her only hope was that she might be spared a few years more to assist in the care of her home and family and others whom she dearly loved, her life has been an exemplified life to follow. Besides a husband who has for nearly forty years born with her the trials and enjoyed the pleasures of life and who will more keenly feel the loss, she is survived by one son and two daughters, Mrs. T. O. Mead and Mrs. Grover Stewart, of LaGrande, and Vere, the youngest of the family now 21 years of age, who is home with his father.
The funeral was held from the Christian Church last Friday afternoon conducted by Rev. Mowe, who spoke principally of the Christian life of the departed and the assurance of her reward. Interment took place in Riverside cemetery where she was laid peacefully to rest.
