The Forrest City times., 1896-10-30
Death OF Bert r. shade.

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Saturday evening about 10 o'cluck
Bert 4 Shade succumbed to a severe
case Of pryetonitis and passed away
lie had been suffering for nearly tive
weeks and his death was expected
He was attended at his death bed 10y q
devoted wife and his sister. Mrs. 10
sephs, iof Cape Girardeau. Mo. who
was summoned as soon as his case wa:
pronounced hopeless.
| On Friday night before his death. Of
which he WAS conscious, he called his
relatives aud companions tn his bed
side, told them that while he regretted
To die so young. yet he had become rec
cnciled and made bis peace with God.
Bidding them All dbye, he asked
them to jnin with him in repeating the
I.ord's prayer, with which they com
piled, and with tremulous voices and
aching hearts that comforting appeal
assembled to the thron. above
Sunday afternoon services were held
1T the botel under the auspices Of the
Masonic order of which he was a MEM
Der, conducted by Rev. J.. i. TAYLOR.
a ter which his remains were escorted
by the Masonic order and the Citizens
Band. followed by sorrowing coh-
course of friends to the Iron Mountain
depot, whence they we've carried to
Quincy, Mich, the place of his birth.
HIS wife and sister, with Mr.. II. a
Knight. accompanied the remains 10
their last resting place, where they
were inferred with Masonic ceremo.
MES.
Bert r. Shade WAS born at Quincy.
Mich July IS, 1871. and was the son
of 4 ndrew and Rachael Shade. He
was educated In the sch0ols.of Quincy.
which he left To enter tie First Ma
tional bank as book keeper. lie after
wards attended school for time and
then took charge of the books of the
dry goods firm of &. II. Gilbert. In
October 1889, he secured position in
the Bank of LOnoke. Lonoke, Ark.
which he held until August 1891, when
he came to Forrest City MS book-keeppr
for l.. R0llwage & Co. a position which
he filed with perfect satisfaction up to
the time of his death. On March 81
1894, he was married TO Miss Mary X.
Winthrop. the beautiful daughter of
Capt. II. w. Winthrop. of this city.
Mr.. Shade had become one of the
a tot, nj nf
enjoying the esteem and confidence of
all who knew him. He was secretary
of the Forrest City Chapter R0yal Arch
MasOns, and clerk of Camp % Wood
men of the World. He was also a
mem Der of the Knights and Ladies of
Honor. He was conmunicant of the
Episcopal Church of the Good Shep-
herd of this city.
Mr.. Shade was An. accom- plished mu-
stefan, being director of the Citizens
Band of this city, a musical organiza-
ton which is due almost wholly to his
palnstaking and earnest interest in its
success.
Mr.. Shades life was not lived in vain
much being accomplished during his
short stay on earth, but it il deplora bic
that one whose future was go auspi-
clons should be taken frnm this world
before the realization of those lofty
ambitions which must have stirred his
noble soul. 1t seems unkind that those
who are so capable of approaching the
grand aims of life, those who are Sc
htted for happy and useful career
should be taken away so young. The
| bandmaster does not think that the
mournfnl dirge which he so carefully
teaches his band will first I've heard a.
his remaining players march with hi:
corpse 10 the open grave. But it often
| occurs. His fellow-pIayers miss the
well-known sound Of his instrument
and that silence is now more mournful
than the most dOleful air. LISA silen
dirge that pierces the heart and canse:
The sad memories of every event con
nected with the dead To float through
The mind in melancholy procession
| THE TINES joins the grief stricken
wife and sister. and all the sorrOwini
friends in the great loss which la
been sustained.