The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-10-03
DEATH OF PROF. j. c. KEEZEL.

On Wednesday afternoon of last
week as Prot J. G. Keezel, of Philo-
math, was doing some work upon a
building which was to- be occupied by
a private school of which he would be
the principal, he fell distance of six
teen or eighteen feet, receiving injuries
from which he died on Friday, Septem-
Der 26, 1890.
The funeral sermon was delivered
by the Rev. Barclay, presiding elder
of the U. B. church, in which organi'
zation deceased was an ordained min
ister Dr. Thompson, of this city,
and Rev. Mr.. Wyatt also made appro-
pirate and affecting remarks. The re-
mains were inferred in the Newton
cemetery in the presence of an i'm
mense congregation of friends and for
mer students who had assembled at
the grave as an evidence of their re-
spect for the deceased. Many were
the tears shed and tributes of affection
left on the grave of this good, true
and noble man. They left him there
amid the flowers to sleep the peaceful,
dreamless sleep of death; to waken
when angels call the resurrection morn.
Prof. Keezel was born in West Vir
'ginia, and was 33 years old at the time
of his death. He was we'll educated,
having had the advantages of the best
schools in the country, and was for
some time president of the Philomath
College. The people of Benton
county will learn with surprise and
deep sorrow of the death of Prof.
Keezel. The death of this gentleman
is a great surprise on account of his
usual health and perfect physique, and
the news will be received with sorrow
by all on account of his we'll known
reputation as an educator and his
ability to accomplish much in the di-
rection of high morality. To those
who know him best will come the
deepest grief-his affectionate wife and
children and loving mother who sur
vive him, and appreciate his noble
qualities as a husband, father and
son. He was a man about whom his
friends had clustered for worldly
strength with the faith with which the
Christian cllngs to the holy cross for
spiritual support. His magnificent
stature, manly bearing and broad in
tellect rendered him prominent figure
among all men.
Following are resolutions Of con-
dolence passed by the w. C. T. u, of
Philomath.
WHEREAS, God in his infinite wis
dom hath seen fit to call from our
midst our beloved brother, Reverend
J. G. Keezel, be it
Resolved, That in the death OF
Brother Keezel the Union loses one of
it's most esteemed and useful mem bers,
the community an honorable and trust
worthy citizen, his pupils an efficient
and loving instructor, the church a
Jealous and devoted Christian and his
family kind and afectionate husband
and father, whose sudden death we,
with them, sincerely mourn.
Resolved, That we do hereby ex-
tend to his family in this their bitter
bereavement the heartfelt and loving
sympathy of the Union, and do all in
our power to comfort and cheer them
in their loss.
Resolved, That while we sincerely
mourn our loss we will how in sub
mission to the divine will of Him who
doeth all things we'll, knowing that ou1
loss is our brothers gain.
Resolved, That these resolutions b.
spread on the minutes of the Union
copy furnished the family of the de
ceased, also each of the county paper
for publication.
MINNIE BRYAN,
KATE MERRYMAN,
MARY WYATT,
Committee on Resolutions