Died, in LaGro, Wabash County,
Luce, about 75 years of age.
Bro. Luce has lived in LaGro
some eleven years, supplying at
first the churches of LaGro and
Liberty; later our church at Roan.
For three or more years past he has
been an honorably-retired minister,
preaching occasionally in the LaGro
church and assisting in the Sunday-
school. Recently they secured the
services of Rev. C.A. Kanouse as
S. S. for half his time. Yesterday
(Sunday) was a magnificent October
Sabbath, and Father Luce, in more
than usual good spirits, attended
both the morning and the evening
services. At the evening service
he united in the opening hymn,
and as the minister said, "Let us
pray," he arose, brought his hand to his
head and at once fell back. Promptly
caught by two or three brethren, he was
carried out of church into an adjoining
residence, and in a few moments he was dead-
apoplexy. Unconscious, suffering no pain- he
fell asleep, in a manner, at the place, and on the
the day that he would have no doubt have
chosen, had his preferences been consulted. A
fitting ending of a
a long life consecrated to the service of a
Redeemer for whom he has, through a long life,
faithfully worked. He leaves a helpless
wife and one daughter at LaGro, a married daughter
in Kansas, a son in California, several grand-children
here abouts, and a sister in Grant County. He was very much respected by the citizens of LaGro and vicinity.
Funeral Wednesday at 1 p.m.


from a newspaper clipping pasted into a very old bible that my daughter found on her job at the Salvation Army Store in Lytton Springs, Sonoma County, CA.

On the same page it is handwritten:

Andrew Luce
presented by Chandler Bartlet
1841.

(I can not give you anymore information than this. The name of the paper, and date are not available to me.)

Have a good one! Peggy