Obit: Sweet, Emma E. (1877 - 1927)
 

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Surnames: SWEET CURRIE SPROULE, PHILBROOK, BARRY, BUSS, HILL, DYSART

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 30 Jun 1927

OBITUARY OF MISS EMMA SWEET

Emma Edna Sweet, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. S.E. Sweet, was born May 16, 1877, at Trempeleau, Wis. She passed away at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. J. Currie, June 20, 1927. She was baptized at the age of eleven years at Baraboo, Wis., (by her father). Miss Sweet had been connected since 1910 with the Children's Home Society of Wisconsin, Cedar St., Milwaukee. She served under Dr. Dysart, head of the home and later became case supervisor of the Eau Claire district under Dr. Warren Hill, now in charge of the society. She resigned last fall because of ill health and came to live with her sister in this city. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Eau Claire.

Her twin sister Ella Eva Sweet Colt preceded her in death June, 26, 1920.

Funeral services were held at the home of her sister in Greenwood, Clark County, Wednesday afternoon. Her pastor, Rev. Ralph Barry, conducted the services. She was laid to rest beside her twin sister in the Baraboo Cemetery. Mrs. Philbrook and Miss Mabel Buss of Milwaukee, friends of Miss Sweet, met the burial party in Baraboo. There was also a short service at the grave conducted by Rev. Sproule, pastor of the Baptist Church of Baraboo.

She leaves to mourn her departure, two brothers, Lewis E. Sweet of Green Bay and George E. Sweet of Los Angeles, Cal., and one sister, Mrs. A. J. Currie of Greenwood, Wis., besides a host of friends throughout the state.