Published in the February 12, 1903 Republican, Blair, Nebraska

Sudden Bereavement

Many friends of the family of Engineer Wm. Noyes, formerly of Blair, now of Lincoln, were pained to hear of the sudden death of his son-in-law, Frank W. Maxwell, Jan. 31, by and injury sustained in getting off a street car. Only last June he was married to Miss Eugenia Noyes, and he held a responsible position in the First National Bank of that city, was a devoted husband and church worker and President of the Epworth League. The State Journal says “his death is a great loss to the community and the church.”

~~~Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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Note: The Epworth League is a Methodist young adult association for individuals from 18 to 35. It traces back to the founding of the organization by the United Methodist Church's predecessor denomination, the Methodist Episcopal Church, formed in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, by the combination of five currently existing young people's organizations. At its conception, the purpose of the League was the promotion of intelligent and vital piety among the young people of the Church:

The League takes its name from the village of Epworth in Lincolnshire, England, the birthplace of John Wesley and Charles Wesley. Its members are known as Epworthians.