Elvira Smith's Obituary

So it's not really an obituary, but I couldn't think of what to call it. It reads at left:

"O GOD of infinite compassion, who are the comforter of thy children; look down in thy tender love and pity, we beseech thee, upon thy servants. In the stillness of our hearts we entreat for them thy sustaining grace. Be thou their stay, their strength, and their shield, that trusting in thee they may know thy presence near, and in the assurance of thy love be delivered out of their distresses; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."

The right reads:

Born
December 16th, 1907
MacDougall, New York

Died
September 29th, 1973
Waterloo, New York

Services
Two O'clock, Wednesday
October 3rd, 1973
Sanderson Funeral Home

Officiating
The Rev. Charles E. Bollinger
Trinity Episcopal Church
Seneca Falls, New York

Organist
Mrs. Wanda Marsh Williams

Place of Internment
Spring Brook Cemetery
Seneca Falls, New York



The additional card reads:

In Loving Memory of
ELVIRA M. SMITH
1907-1973

The Lord is my shepherd! I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table for me in the presence of mine enemies; thou annointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Sanderson
FUNERAL SERVICE
Seneca Falls, New York