Worden, William L., Mrs. (née Swackhamer)

An Old Resident Called Home.
For many weeks Mrs. William L. Worden, Sr., was very near the borderland. Kind hands ministered to her needs, and almost daily for more than a month it was thought her spirit would vacate the tired and worn body. The end came on Sunday evening, and yesterday afternoon the remains were tenderly laid to rest in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery, where her husband was buried seven years ago this month. Mrs. Worden was the daughter of the late Jacob Swackhamer and had reached the good old age of eighty-five. She was united in wedlock to her late husband, on the 23rd August, 1843, with whom she lived most happily, first in Esquesing and later in Acton, for fifty-eight years. Their golden wedding was celebrated in 1893, when the family were all at home to join in the auspicious event. From the time of her marriage Mrs. Worden was a member of the Baptist Church, in which her husband was a deacon for over forty years. She was a consistent Christian, a real Mother in Israel, and nothing delighted her heart more than to see the people converted and the Church grow in numbers and in grace. She was the mother of eleven children of whom the following survive: Jacob at East Aurora, N.Y., Judson at Toronto, Joseph at Battle Creek, Mich., William L. Jr. in Acton; Mrs. Rufus Worden, Mrs. Wm. H. Walker and Mrs. Gordon Hayward, Acton; and Mrs. P. J. Smith, Belleville. Rev. H. C. Priest, B.A., pastor of the deceased, conducted the funeral services.