Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-12-12
IN MEMORIAM.

Grand Rapids Lodge No. 120, F. s. A.
NJ, at its regular communication held
on Wednesday evening, Dec. 4th:
To Grand Rapids Lodge No. I28, T.
g Il. M.:-The undersigned commit
tee, to whom it was referred to report
suitable preamble a I'd resolutions eX-
pressive of the character and virtues
of our 1amented brother, Seth Reeves,
and of sorrow because of his death,
respectfully submit the following:
Again the sanctity of our lodge room
has been invaded. The utter mad
equacy of its outer and inner doors to
stay the approach of death is again
demonstrated and mournfully acknowl-
edged. In the fulfness of years and
maturity of a noble manhood, our
beloved and honored brother, Seth
Reeves, has been called hence to his
final rest and reward. He had long
lived in our midst, and leaves behind
him a record that will not soon be
effaced. Locating here i'll about the
year 1856, while yet very young man,
he at once became and long continued
to be the confidential and trusted agent
and manager of prominent business
firm. AS such his acquaintance, busi-
ness and social, extended among all
classes, and throughout the numbering
regions of the Wisconsin valley. The
respect and confdepce of all who knew
him were his. But his 1abors were
performed mainly in the interest of
others. For himself and his own, he
| took little Thought of the morrow" "
Many times entrusted by the people
with responsible public positions, he
met the popular expectation with I'M
| failing official fidelity. Here, too, was
chosen the wife of his youth, who
| walked by his side, until, weary and
| foot-sore, he could walk no more. Here
were born and reared the children of
this happy union, who, always their
fathers comfort and pride, later be-
| came, jointly with their honored
mother, the stay of his closing years.
Here our lamented brother first knelt
at the altar of our order, having been
| a member of this lodge nigh unto
| thirty years. To the last, he remained
faithful to the obligations thus early
| assumed. During the many years of
| his membership, ar1t, until i'll health
! rendered his attendance no longer pos
sible, his seat in this lodge was seldom
unoccupied. 1t is vacant now. He
| has gone out from our midst to come
not back again. And judged by the
imperfect standard of human wisdom,
| the time and manner of his going were
especially sorrowful. In the fullness
of his powers, in the strength of ap-
parent health, in the performance, of
| labors necessary to maintain the COM
forts of his home, without warning or
| mercy, he was stricken by the 1na1ady
that afterwards bore away his life.
Spared thereafter two short years or
! so, slowly and surely the gladstone
| scenes and dear associations of earth
| that yet remained reCeded from his
view, succeeded at LAT by that abiding
shadow that we term Death. Thus a
| noble and gentle life went out forever.
Its example is left to his bereaved
| family, to us, and to all whom its pos
| sessorheld dear-an inheritance grand
| er and better than principalities, or
| wealth, or power, that has been wrested
| by unc1ean hands from the incapable,
or otherwise unfortunate, children of
| men. Be it therefore, by Grand Rap
| ids Lodge No. 129, F. g. A. M,
/ RESOLVED, That in the death of Our
| late brother, Seth Reeves, this lodge
and the Masonic order have lost a
faithful and worthy member and
brother, Our county and city have lost
an exemplary man and citizen, his
family a devoted husband, father and
| friend.
ResoL0ed, further, That as a token of
our sorrow, and of our respect for the
memory of our deceased brother, that
this lodge room be draped in the usual
| evidences of mourning for the period
of thirty days.
ReSoI0ed, further, That these reso1u-
tions and the foregoing preamble be
| published in the several newspapers
| of Wood county, and that an engrossed
and certified copy thereof be Forwarded
to the family of the deceased.
| CHAS. M. WEBB,
| S. A. SPAFFORD,
| ROB'T PARRISH,
Committee.