Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-07
MORTUARY.

4, IOrQ H0nnlKor, governor OF the lSIG
! OF Man, who had been in III health 40
some Tune, dled at the Isle OF Man.
He was born in 1912.
FREDERICK Herman, resident of
Illinois for over fifty years, died al
Havana, H., aged 70 years. He was
bern in Wettenburg, Germany.
O. H. Roche, late member Of the
| Chicago board OF trade, was stricken
on the floor of the exchange and lied
the following morning. He leaves a
| widow, but no children.
| Rev. Henry Constantine Whitley
died at his home in Springfield, H.,
of heart disease, aged sc years. He
was born in England, but for the last
| forty years had been a resident Oh
! Springfield.
Philip Weinreb, who lived in Chica-
go since 1867, died at his home there.
He was pioneer in the cigar-manu-
| featuring business and was burned
out in the fire of III. Mr.. Weinreb
was orn in Germany sixty-nine years
ago.
William S. Young, for many years a
| leading grain merchant in Baltimore,
died in that city from paralysis. Mr..
Young was one of the incorporators
of the Baltimore Corn and Flour Ex-
change and a member of the chamber
of commerce.
| William G. Bertermann, a prominent
business man of Indianapolis, mo,
Iin1 or anti To1 Uroc
born in Germany, went to Indianapolis
in 1872 and with his brothers engaged
in the business of florist. He was
enc of the most active members of the
National Carnation society.
Melvin L. Young, grand lecturer
of the Masonic grand lodge of Wis
,consin, died at Milwaukee, after a pro-
longed illness, aged 76 years. He was
said to be the nestor of Masonic
grand lodge lecturers in the country
and was looked on as an authority on
,, Masonic matters in other states as
we'll as in Wisconsin.
John D. Blood, prominent manu-
facturer of Amsterdam, N. Y, lied,
aged II. For years he owned the
largest loom factory in the United
States, which in 1895 he sold to the
American Broom company. After that
time he was engaged in the manu-
facture of knit goods and brooms. he
had extensive banking interests in
Kansas and Illinois.
Leopold Gutsch, one of the first
settlers of Sheboygan, Wis, died at
the age Of 83 years. He was born in
Baden, Germany, and came to this
country in 1847, settling in Sheboy gan.
In company with his brother Frank,
he built the first brewery in that city s.,
| known as the Gutsch Brewing COM
pany, one of the largest in the state
, outside of Milwaukee.
Eugene Lynch, for fifty years a lead
| ing citizen of Elgin, ILL.,, died from
congestion of the brain. He was So
years old He was born in Ireland
but came to America when a boy anG
! located in Elgin. He served during
the civil war in the fifty-eighth I'LL
nois regiment and was mustared out
with the rank of lieutenant. He was
brother of General William +.
| Lynch.
William Lines MintOnye, naval con-
structor, retired, who supervised the
| construction of the Inflated battle-ship
Maine at the Brooklyn naval yard, is
dead at his home in Brooklyn. He
was born in New York city seventy
! three years ago and entered the naval
service in 1869. He became a naval
constructor in 1883 and retired three
years later At the time of the
Spanish war he returned to the navy
and did active duty for two years.
, John Berry, founder and president
of the Berry Candy company, died at
| Hot Springs, Ark, after an illness o.
over a year. Mr.. Berry was bora IN
Manchester, England, fifty-two years
ago and came to Chicago over thirty
years ago and engaged in the candy
business. At one time Mr.. Berry paid
the largest rental of any candy man in
the world, paying $4,000 a month for a
store which he kept at State and
Adams street. In years past he 1ad
many stores.
l. Major Ira A. Shaler died at the
| Presbyterian hospital in New York as
a result of injuries received in the
rapid transit subway June II, whe4