The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-07-26
DIED.

DIED.
In Rapid City, Monday, Jniy 22, 1898, ct .
o'clock 4. NJ, WILLIAM HEcHr, aged 43 years.
The news of Mr.. Hecht's death came
like q burst OF thunder from a clear sky,
upon tho people Of Rapid City on Mon
day morning. He arose early, as usual,
and went about his mornings work,
came in and sat down in a chair and
complained of being sick. Mrs. Hecht
assisted him to a lounge, where he rap
idly grew worse, and before a physician
arrived he went into convulsions, which
soon ended his life. He had been com-
planning for several days OF something
like humps, but was not considered sick
at all. On Sunday be and his family
spent the day in a grove neal town.
William Hecht was born IN Pennsyl-
vania, but went to the West when young,
and has been at Rapid City for the last
twelve years. He leaves a wife and four
children to mourn his loss.
The funeral services were held on We'd
nesday, and were conducted by the Ma
sonic and knights OF Pythias societies,
OF which he was a member. Services
were opened at the family residence; the
religious services were held at the Con-
gregational church. The Rev. Barron
preached a very able sermon, and the
final Masonic services were held at the
grave. In the procession from the house
- w. l,,rot <no nOrr0% hnr m RI
Knights OF Pythias, Knights Temrlar,
Masonic and Eastern Star orders.
The funeral was very largely attended
by our citizens, and g great many from
surrounding towns were present to pay
their last respects to the dead. The
most beautiful floral emblems were Of
fered by the different orders and friends,
and made a most impressive scene.
In all this turmoil and strife for a liv-
ing and the almighty dollar, we can but
feel at tunes that mankind is hard heart
ed and cruel and yet, when we see all
this laid aside, and nothing but the con-
SHERATON OF departed nelghbor and
friend is before us, we can't help feeling
that there is a tender spot in the human
breast after all.
At the residence Of her parents twelve miles
east OF Rapid City, Monday, July 22d, 1895, at
S O'Clock A. NJ, Rosa, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| w. II. Gould, Of throat disease, aged eight
Fyears.
The little girl was sick but four short
DAYS, and her death falls with peculiar
weight upon her parents and friends, as
she was a great favorite among all who
knew her. She displayed a wonderful
talent for music, taking into considera.
ton her age, and her parents were plan.
ming to give her every opportunity tc
develop her peculiar ability, but all has
ended so far as anything they can do fol
hec.
To the bereayed parents and friends
The UNION extends the deepest sympa'
thy. and can only add that there is ar
old saying that goes something like this
There is no misfortune so great but il
viewedfrom the proper stand point may
be turned to good" Try to see this ir
it's proper light.
Funeral services were held at the fam
lily residence, at 8 O'Clock Tuesday NOR
ming. Rev. A. j. Cheeseman conducting
the same, and the remains were laid
away in the Rapid Valley Church GENE
terry.
At the family residence, about nine miles cas-
OF Rapid City, Friday, July 18th, 1895, John
son OF Seivert Rief, OF mumps, aged twenty-on
years.
John Ref was just twenty-one years
OF age at the time of his death, which
was a sad blow to his father, who is on
Of the Oldest residents Of the county
He was sick about one week, and was
not thought to be in IN danger up to
short time before his death.
Funeral services were held at the hous
at ten O'Clock on Saturday, by the Rev
A. j. Cheeseman. The remains were bu
ried in the Evergreen cemetery.
The sympathy Of the entire commu
nifty is with the bereaved family.