The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-01-31

noOns onortLy oeIOre OcAocA.
Sketch of the Busy, Useful Career
of the Deceased.
Hon. Frederick W. Gunster. the senior
additional law Judge of Lackawanna
county, died yesterday afternoon at 2.4S
o'clock at his home. 624 Monroe ave-
nue.. Death was due to cancer of the
neck. from which he had suffered for
more than four months. Around his
bedside at the moment Of final disso-
luton were his wife and children and
his brothers. also his brotherin- law,
Rev. William Brehl. OF Pittston. AL
though he had suffered great pain dur
ing his illness. his death was merci-
fully painless.
For more than week the stricken
iurist had been in critical condition,
but he passed good day Monday and
his friends were hopeful that he would
live for some time. About 3 O'Clock
yesterday morning there was a sudden
change for the worse and he began to
choke and found difficulty in breathing.
DR.. =. +. Gunster. his brother and
one Of his attending physicians. was
rived the spasm of pain had passed
away and the patient was again rest
ing easily.
IT the same time that DR.. Gunster
was summoned n message was sent to
the episcopal residence and in response
10 it Rev. d. j. MacGo!dlick hastened
to Judge Gunster's bedside. He ad-
ministered to him the last sacraments
Of the Catholic church IL PREPARATION
for death.
APPROACH OF THE END.
Yesterday Judge Gunste.' gradually
sank into a semi -unconsci ,us state, AMI
did not again rally. Gradually and
peacefully his life slipped away ana
shortly before 3 o'cloc.; in the after
noon came the event that had for
months been dreaded, but forseen in
his household.
About four months ago the cancer
which ended Judge Gunster's life made
it's appearance and for two months
| thereafter he suffered terrible pain. In
the meantime he had consulted the
| most famous specialists with reference
| to that disease and they informed him
| that his malady was incurable. His
| last appearance on the bench was in
| Argument court. during the week be-
| ginning October "a, and the last opin-
| ions he wrote were handed down for
him by Judge Edwards on Decembe,
IS. They were in the cases of Grey and
others against Mccormack, Rorrick
against McManamin and City Of Scran-
ton against Alexander Gillen.
| For the last two months Judge Guns
ter did not suffer such pain as he did
during the earlier stages of the dis
ease, but he was able to take little
nourishment and for the last two weeks
hardly anything but some liquid food
| passed his lips. He is survived by his
wife and the following children: John
n member Of the Lackawanna bar;
Louise, Margaret, Marie, Elizabeth anG
Joseph. Five brothers are also living
They are Joseph. Peter and DR.. p. +
Gunster. Of this city; John Gunster. Of
jamestown, N. Y, and Henry Gunster
of Gainesville, o. The parents of Mrs
Gunster, Mr.. and Mrs. christopher
Brehl, of Wilkes-B Barre, and theil
daughter, Louise, were present wher
the dread summons came.
FUNERAL SATURDAY.
The funeral will take place Saturday
morning. A requiem mass will be cele
brated in ST. Peters cathedral, and in
terment will be made in St. Mary.
German Catholic cemetery at Peters
burg, where three of the children .
Judge and Mrs. Gunster and Judg
Gunsters mother lie buried.
The news Of Judge Gunster's deatl
did not reach the court house until
few minutes after court had adjourned
and therefore no formal action wa
taken further than to fly the flag owe
the court house at half-mast.
This morning after court opens it vii
adjourn out of respect to the deceased
member of the court, and at II o'clocl
meeting Of the Bar association will
be held, at which suitable action vii
be taken.
Hon. Frederick W. Gunster, althoug!
long a resident of Scranton, was borl
in Prussia, in the town Of LochweileT
on Sept. Is, 1S45. He was the son 0
! Peter Gunster, also a Prusslan b.
birth. In 1853 he came to this countr.
with his parents. His early education
was obtained in the public schools an
at the private school of George y
Chase. He afterward completed tn
high school course and then taugn
school for one year, acting as princi
pal of No. grammar school.
The ambition for higher, educs
tion, however. took possession of hin
and he entered Williams college a
Williamson. Mass, from which insti
tuition he was graduated in 1867 wit
the degree of A. B. Two years late
| "a 1aUran nf A
upon him by this same college.
ADMITTED TO BAR.
After completing his college cours
he entered the law offices of Ward I
Mahon. He was admitted to the ba
in the year 1865, but remained wit