Christine Marjorie Harper, BHS 1913

Christina Marjorie Harper
1894 - 1916

Christina Marjorie Harper was born in 1894 the daughter of John Harper and Jessie Morrison. 

Christina was a 1913  graduate of Burbank High School and passed away on April 27, 1916 in Los Angeles County, California. Christina was the first known Burbank High School Alumni to pass away according to the Burbank High Alumni Association which was started after the first graduation. 

Christina was 21 years, 8 months and 8 days old when she died. Christina was buried a long way from Burbank as she is interred in the Zion Hill Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut. 
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The Burbank Review, Burbank, California, Saturday, April 29, 1916, Page 1

BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LIFE ENDED

The many friends of Mrs. J.M. Harper and family were shocked last week by the news that Miss Christine Harper, who was teaching at Colton, was seriously ill with tonsillitis, her life despaired of. Her mother went to her and brought her home to Burbank, where she could be under the immediate care of Dr. E. H. Thompson. But there was nothing which could be done to save her and just before 11 o'clock Thursday morning, the beautiful spirit took its flight.

Miss Harper was a beautiful girl and dearly beloved by her schoolmates and friends and teachers here, among whom she had grown from childhood to womanhood. Following her graduation from Burbank High School, she attendedthe San Diego Normal school from which she graduated and secured the position at Colton, where she was teaching when taken ill.

There are many who will grieve with the mother and sisters bereft of the loved one and the sympathy of all goes out to them in their great loss.

The funeral is to be held at 2 o'clock this Saturday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, Rev. Henry A. Rudin, pastor of the church will officiate.
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The Burbank Review, Burbank, California, Saturday, May 6, 1916, Page 1

CHRISTINE HARPER LAID TO REST

The funeral services for Miss Christine Harper, daughter of Mrs. J. M. Harper, were held from the Presbyterian church last Saturday, at 2 p.m., Rev. H.A. Rudin, pastor of the church officiated and brought a message of comfort to the bereaved ones, his text being taken from the prayer of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane, when He says, "Not My Will, O'God, but Thine be done."

The church was filled by those who had known and loved her and the air was redolent of the perfume of beautiful bloom banked about the casket. Six young gentlemen and eight young ladies, friends and schoolmates of Miss Harper, acted as active and honorary pallbearers. The young men were Ward Shelton, Ernest Brown, Wiley Cole, James Hendricks, of Van Nuys; Connie Clarke and Earl Robinson. These lifted the casket and tenderly carried it into the church vestibule, then marched to the front of the church. After the casket had been placed, the young ladies, who were the Misses Marie Kern, Clara Clarke, Claire Glenn, Louise Lawrence, Blanche Shelton, Genevieve Robinson, Juanita Malone and Edna Ludlow, passed down the aisles, four on each side and carrying sheaves of white sweet peas. As they passed the casket they softly dropped the lovely blossoms upon it.

The choir sang softly, "Lead Kindly Light" and Miss Lulu Snyder sang very sweetly, "Crossing the Bar;" Mrs. C. E. Pomeroy and Mrs. O. R. Boyd sang that beautiful hymn, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought." At the close the choir sang "What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

A large concourse of friends followed the remains to Rosedale cemetery where short services were said and the body cremated.

Christine was of a retiring nature, but dearly beloved by those who knew her best and she will be sadly missed by her young friends and in the home circle. To these, her nearest, the sympathy of all goes out.