101 Ways, Part 22: Departed From This in Hope of a Better Life

For a brief intro to the "101 Ways to Say 'Died'" series, click here.

A variation on "departed this life":

In Memory of MRS.

MEHETABEL TREADWELL,

the amiable consort

& for a few fleeting years

the kind & prudent partner

the pleasing & consoling

companion of the

HON. JOHN TREADWELL ESQr.

she departed from this 

in hope of a better life

July 2, 1786

AEt. 44

The fashion of this world passeth away.

Set your affections on things above

not on things on the earth.

Mehetabel Treadwell of Ipswich, MA was the wife of John Treadwell, a teacher, judge, and representative in the General Court.