Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-05-30
Gone Home.

Another of the honest, sturdy till
ers of the soil of Grant county has
quilted these earthly scenes of toll.
babe farewell to an affectionate
family and to a vast company of
friends to renew acquaintanceship
formed on earth among those who
have gone to inhabit the celestial
home.
Mr.. John Jacob Lam bert at the
ripe old age Of Y years. months and
2 days fell asleep in death on May 81,
1901. Patch Grove always expert
enced pardonable pride in referring
10 the sterling qualities of their es-
teemed and honored townsman. Mr..
Lam bert He was universally loved
by the people. A prominent politician
said on the day of the funeral in a
conversation with friend: He did
not have an enemy which saying
goes to prove that he must have been
upright and honorabl in his dealings
with men. The least suspicion of
trickery or treachery would have tar
nished the brilliancy of his record.
Born in WIttenberg, Germany. Eel.
10 1925, Graded and nurtured in the
robust, healthy qualities of the Luth-
eran faith, which shone with resplen-
dent beauty in his numerically de-
yeloped charS er, he sought to con-
duct himself IN harmony with his
splendid ideals of life. That he sue
ceeded in embodying them in his life
is an admitted fact Ia youthful
wears. between six and seven, trans
planted to the virgin soil of America
he grew to manhood under the guild
ing hand OF his parents, who settled
IN OHIO. In April, 1913. he was unit
III marriage to Miss Catharine BETTER,
whose two brothers, Lewis BETTER of
Bloomington and Ed BETTER of Mill
vile, were at the funeral, and as the
fruit of that union nine children sur
yive.
Their beloved mother departed this
life in Feb, 1898. George, Mrs. Harry
Patch, Mrs. Frank Proctor, Miss Ella
Lambert, Mrs. Harry Young, John.
Mrs. Frank Alexander, Fred and Walt
er were in attendance at the obsequies
of their father.
In the year 1900 he settled in Patch
Grove aud was successful in farming
pursuits. In early life he became
identified with the Republican party
and although he was never offensive
as a politician yet he cherished the
principles and sought to promote the
interests Of his party.
After brief illness Of four weeks,
ne succumbed to the inevitable and
passed on to his home in the skies.
On Thursday of last week brief re-
ligious exercises were held at the late
home Of the deceased. conducted by
Rev +. j. Brown. and the male quar-
tettel of Fennimore, composed Of
Messrs. Orton. Niehaus, Roethe and
Wilson, sang sweetly some approprl-
ate hymns and very large procession
Of friends followed his remaius to their
last resting place in the Patch Grove
cemetery.
"Hcimgang." so the German people
Whisper when they hear the bell
Tolling from some gray old steeple.
Death familiar taie 10 tell
When they hear the organ dirgcs
Swelling ont from chapel dome.
And the singers chanting dirgcs
'Heimgang," Always going home
"Heimgang." Quaint and tender saying.
Ia the grand old German tongue
That hath shaped MelansthOu'~ praying.
Aud the hymns that Luther sung;
Blessed is our loving Maker.
And wlEre'er our feet shall roam
Still we journey towards God sAcrr."
"Heimgang. Always going home.