THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, April 3, 1919

 

The following clipped from a Kansas exchange will be read with regret by many people of this city who will remember Miss Vasey as a resident here, having for some time been a teacher in the graded school:

Miss Mary Vasey was born March 15, 1861 at Elgin, Illinois. When just a young girl she moved out to a farm north of Caldwell. Later on the family moved to town. Miss Vasey was naturally gifted as a teacher. She accepted her first work as a teacher in the Indian school at Anadarko. Later she was called to teach in Caldwell High School where she served for almost twenty-five years, fifteen of which time she was principal.

When the Carnegie Library was completed she became its first librarian. About six years ago she moved to Florida where she resided for five years. A year ago Christmas she came back to make her home with her sister in Caldwell. She had been rapidly failing in health, and last Thursday, March 14, 1919, she quietly passed into the sleep which knows no waking on earth.

When he light went out our community lost a precious body whose influence had extended in many homes of our city and county round about. Her pupils who are now grown and have children in school call her blessed. They loved her in school and out.

Miss Vasey had a cheerful optimism and sweet humor of life, which made her forget her own pains and sorrows and enable her to be concerned about others. Her devotion to children and young people never failed in her long years of useful service,

In her infancy she was baptized in the Protestant Episcopal church. While in Caldwell she was a regular attendant and worker in the Presbyterian church. When she moved to Florida she united with the Southern Methodist Church, of which she was a member at the time of her death. She was a member of the Knights and Ladies of Security, Sons and Daughters of Justice and a Royal Neighbor.

There remains to mourn her loss a sister, Miss Lou Vasey, of Caldwell; two brothers, Henry B. Vasey, of ElTeno, and John Vasey, of Pittsburgh, Penn. There also remains a group of nephews and nieces who will never forget her tender services. It can be fittingly said of her that she lived for others and served as Christ would have her serve.

Funeral services were held from the home Sunday afternoon attended by a large concourse of sympathizing friends, and the body was laid to rest in Caldwell Cemetery.