The death of Mrs. Louis DeLamarter, takes a very lovely life from the ranks of the Michigan Conference and from the Methodism of Michigan.

As the wife of a minister, Mrs. DeLamarter lived in many places in Michigan, but they have always considered Lansing as their home. Since 1919, when they returned to Lansing, they have been devoted members of the Central Methodist Church. On August 21 of this year, Dr. DeLamarter preached from the pulpit of the Central Church and Mrs. DeLamarter attended the service. She had a keen and intellectual mind, poetically inclined and during her busy life wrote hundreds of poems. When the Inter-Ocean of Chicago was a leading newspaper, Mrs. DeLamarter often contributed to the Poets' Corner, poems of smiles and philosophy. She held a membership in the Michigan Authors' Association.

Services were held Wednesday afternoon, December 7th, at the Estes Leadley Funeral Home, with Dr. D. Stanley Coors in charge. Interment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Known to all as a most devoted couple, it is singularly appropriate that the words that follow have come from Dr. DeLamarter's own heart and pen.

Mary Elizabeth Baker, daughter of Lorenzo and Elanor Throckmorton Baker, was born in Seneca, New York, October 2nd, 1849. Her father enlisted in the Union Army in the War of 1861-65, and his child daughter assumed her share in "Keeping the home fires burning." From her earliest teens to the end of her life she lived and worked for others. After the death of her father she assumed the main support of the family. She walked the road of this life in courage, self-sacrifice and service; she mastered life in truth, goodness and nobility.

She began teaching at the age of 16. When the family moved to Michigan, she attended the State Normal School at Ypsilanti and taught in rural schools. In 1869 she came to Lansing as a teacher in Central High School. After several years of successful teaching she secured the responsible position of mailing clerk in the Auditor General's office during the administration of William Humphrey. She resigned that position in 1879, and on June 4th of that year, was united in marriage with Louis DeLamarter. In 1880 they entered upon the life of the Christian ministry in the Methodist Church, from which they retired in 1926. In childhood she joined the Methodist Church.

According to the habit of her whole life she gave herself unsparingly to the service eof others. She never tried to be in the lime-light - she never desired to be - rather, she modestly lived in the sunlight of God. On December 5th, in her ninetieth year, after several years of invalidism ending in several weeks of constant suffering, she passed away. At the close of her ling and fruitful life she had nothing to make right with any one. Each day closed with the abiding peace of a clear record.

Four children were born of this union - Eric, Elsie, Donald and Luella. Two of them - Elsie and Donald - preceded their mother to the Life out There. She leaves to mourn their loss, her husband and two children, Eric and Luella, both of New York City."
 
 

Some of Mary B. Delamarter's poems . . . (page 1)
 
 

Who may have influenced her as a poet: other literary ladies of the time . . . (pg. 2)
 
 

What was the social culture of for Michigan women in the mid -late 1800's and how may this have influenced DeLamarter as a person . . . (pg. 3)
 
 

Overview of the city of Lansing in the time leading up to 1870. . . (pg. 4)
 
 

A guide to Methodism in Michigan and the Michigan Christian Advocate, a Methodist newspaper in which she was often published . . . (pg. 5)