Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-17
In Msmor,am.

Edgar Preston Beach was born In
New Oregon township, Howard coun.
ty, Iowa. August goth, 1870.
In addition to good district school
education, he attended the schools u,
DEBORAH and Fayette. He developed 8
line musical talent, and while in bust
ness in New Hampton, he became q
member of the cornet band of that
place. After his return to his old
home in Howard county, he was al.
ways in demand at church and social
entertainments, and his cornet would
often assist his sister at the organ in
the Paris NJ. E. church.
Edgar was the youngest.son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. P. Beach, who were
among the first settlers in Howard
county. He was the pet of the family,
as father, mother, sisters and broth ers
thought .'Ed'' was about right in all
things, and was loved and respected
by all who knew him.
In October last he contracted a Sc
we're cold or la grippe from which he
never fully recovered. Monday even
ing, Jan. 9th, after returning from
church, he was FRUSTRATED with
neutrality-suspicious., and when the
physician arrived, he pronounced the
case almost hopeless. His mother,
sister Edith, and brother Eugene, were
with him all through sthe night and
tried to beat back the shadows that
were creeping over the loved one, but
at about 6 o'clock they saw the end
was rapidly approaching, and hastily
calling the aged father, who had Just
time to reach the bedside of his dar-
ling boy. to see the light and life go
outat $3.50 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, Jan. 9Th. Word was sent at once
to friends and loved ones, and soon all
was being done for the stricken falnii-
ly, and for the dead, that loving and
sympathising hands and hearts could
do.
The shock fell with crushing weight
upon the family, and the entire com
munity was moved by it. One brother
living but few miles away and an
other one at Elma, knew nothing of
his recent illness. Another brother
who resides at Wagner, Neb., was
notified of the sudden death of his
brother, but circumstances over which
he had no control, prevented him from
attending the funeral The church
was too small to accommodate the
friends who gathered there to show
their respect for the dead, and their
sympathy for the bereaved family.
Thus death has again claimed one
OF the choicest family treasures as it's
own; family circle has been sadly
broken; loved form taken from the
home and community; a sweet voice
is mute, and sadness rests like a pail
upon the home and neighborhood.
This was the second time death
"'.-:::.14ed one of the treasures of Mr..
and Mrs. r. z. Beach. Edgar was the
next youngest child in the family cir
Gle OF eight, six of whom remain to
console and comfort the aged parents
as best they can. The family have
the sympathy OF the entire community
in their great loss; for, while the fam
lily have lost one of their dearest treas
ures, society has lost one of it's bright
est young men, one who was esteemed
by all who knew him, for his sterling
honesty and morality, as we'll as for
his fine social qualities that made him
a welcome guest in every home, and
endeared him to old and young alike.
The voice we loved is still in death,
His form lies meath the sod;
1t waits the resurrection morn,
His spirit rest with God
And when fond memory in time
Turns back the leaf of years,
The echoes OF the long ago
Will melt our eyes in tears.
In vain our eyes look up to see,
How sweet Is Edgar's rest;
Then, let us wait. and hope. and trust,
Till we are with the blest.