Passing of Mrs. R.C. Dakin Brings Sorrow to Many

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The passing from this life of Ruth Chamblerain Dakin, wife of Henry R. Dakin of Laurel Glen Fruit Farm, is keenly felt by all and she will be greatly missed by all with whom she came in contact.

The following from the pen of one of Mr. Dakin's cousin's, Mrs. Finette L. Shafter of this city, speaks for all: Ruth thoroughly deserved the old-fashioned name of 'gentlewoman.' Although remarkably patient and self-sacrificing, she had plenty of the firmness and shrewd good
judgment In fact, Robert Louis Stevenson aptly described her type as possessing 'a large amount of available common sense.'

Mrs. Dakin, who passed away last week at the family home after a short illness with pneumonia, was married to Henry R. Dakin, son of a pioneer family, about 12 years ago. She was a native of Santa Cruz county, having been born on the Adams ranch at Skyland. She had been a leader in all good work in the several communities in which she lived.

Besides her sorrowing husband and two children, Ruth Elizabeth, 8 years, and Alice Irene, 4 years, the following relatives survive: mother Mrs. Edna Chamberlain of Sunol: sisters, Mrs. M.F. Sharp of Watsonville; Miss Edith Chamberalin, alameda; Mrs. Alger B. Scott, McKittrick; Elisabeth Dean Chamberlain, Sunol; and Mrs. John Trimingham, and brother C.D. Chamberlain of Sacramento. A brother, T.R. Chamberlain, a sargeant, was killed in an airplane accident in France during the world war.

The relatives were all here for the funeral services on Friday at the Wessendorf moruary (sic), as were cousins from Los Gatos and Saratoga and friends from Danville and Oakland. Among the relatives of Mr. Dakin able to be present at the funeral services were two cousins, Alec Locke of Scotts Valley, and Mrs. Finette Shafter of Seabright.

One of Mrs. Dakin's sisters, Miss Elizabeth Chamberlain, lived with Mrs. Dakin for some time and attended the local high school.

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Finette Locke Shafter, the daughter of Henry's maternal aunt, Mary Jameson Locke