Miss Morton was a native of New Jersey. She came to China in 1903 as a missionary of the Presbyterian Church, engaging in educational work first in Ningpo where she was associated with her sister, Miss Annie Morton. Later her sister went to Changsha, Hunan, where she helped in the development of the well known Fuh Siang Girls' School, and Miss Manuella Morton was transferred to Shanghai to the Mary Farnham Girls' School at South Gate.
The development of that school owes much to her energy and executive ability.
On October 5, 1933, upon her seventieth birthday she was granted honourable retirement by her mission, But China was her home and she chose to continue to live in Shanghai where she could retain close relationship with the many students of those earlier years. When, upon August 12 of this year, she was compelled a second time to evacuate her Hongkew home, she was taken to the Country Hospital where her death occurred. The funeral services will be held in the Pahsienjao Cemetery at three o'clock this afternoon.
It is reiterated that the above figures are for cases treated in International Settlement hospitals only.
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