The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1901-04-25
]. w. Blanding Dead.

in the memory of his family,
his friends and his neighbors.
He died Friday night tn c
10Th inst, at his home in
the western edgeSof the city,
surrounded by his ia III i y &.
Thursday the llth inst, Mr..
l'landing suffered stToke of
apoRleXy. He had all winter
andaup to the morning.of that
day been in excellent health.
Ate we'll at breakfast, and in
the forenoon came down town
and walked over to ,Brecken-
ridge and soon suffered the
stroke, made for home-a along
the G. n. track. Had much
difficulty in keeping the track
Or bridge over the B6is dcs
Sioux Up opPosite Hans S
Christianson's wood yard was
struggling along. when Mr..
Christianson snoticed his con-
dition and also that a switch
engine Approached, and it was
with the greatest effort that Mr..
c. made known to theh strug-
gliug old gentleman that he
must move quick. or be torn to
pieces. Ihe engine was finally
noticed and with great effort
Mr.. Handing dragged his feet
outside the rails and the engine
passed him. He finally reach
ed near enough home that his
sons Walter and..Joseph saw
him and went to meet him and
helped him to the house. After
a rest She ate some dinner and
laid down, but grew worse, and
lost his. power of intelligible
|speechs sffPhysiciansscalled. In
a day or two or.threc the patient
regained consciousness and
power to talk. Told his family
what had happened and that
the pressure on his brain left
him witM steady heavy head
ache and that he would die
soon. He arranged Ills bust
ness matters. fin Ii e d the
placement of his estate where
he wanted it ,rtransferred his
cash accountant was ready
to go. Became unconscious
Wednesday the 18th, and died
Friday evening, 5&4Jlours after
wards-a peaceful and easy
death, without struggle.
.a DECEASED was born at Brock
ton, Pa, March 10th. 1919, re-
moved to Lancaster, Wisconsin,
in 1874, where he was admitted
to the bar and followed the law
and civil engineering and was
married to Maria Coulter,
daughter of Judge Coulter in
1917. In early days he survey
ed all through northern Wis
consin. Drove into Iowa and
southern part Of Dakota terri
tory, on surveying trips ahead
of !tbe railro a Il s, in 1867.
Car1rr TO Wahpeton~ in' 1870, re-
moved his family here in June,
1872, where he did a law bust
ness aid surveying, was in
fact county surveyor here for
% years and gave UP the work
only w1iaA it became two
burelonsome for him. Some
20 years ago dcceased's hearing
became SO impaired that he
gave up pAOurt work, racticaIly,
and though he provided him
selfsWith on ear trumpet to en-
able him4Jsttend MasQilc lodge
Meetings, this anal1V Beca,ne
burdonsome and he not only
gave up court work but largely
social meetings. -.
Possibly no other death in
this community would leave so
many men with a distinctive
feeling that they, personally
and individually had lost a
sincere true friend and an
esteemed neighbor. Always
courteous, always kind, helpful
and intelligent, he never turned
the marble heart to any living
being if he were applied to and
could render assistance.
The funeral occurred Sunday
from the residence. Rev. Mr.
Shaw officiating, who delivered
a funeral address. The Hon.
W. Il. Purcell delivered an ad
dress touching the life of the
deceased as a member of the
bar, civil engineer, public Of
ticial, and pioneer citizen in
Wisconsin and Dakota.
The remains were laid at rest
with Masonic llonors, the Wab-
pcton and breckenridge lodges
uniting in the services, the
pail bearers being: Peter Han