Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-11-29
Obituary.

Died, at lis home on the ranch, two
miles south from Custer, on the 22nd Of
November, 1902, OF paralysis OF the throat
and chest, Cornelius Reder, aged 20
years, | month and ~ days.
Mr.. Reder was born in Bavaria, Ger
many, in 1882, and came to America with
his parents in 1889. He lived in Penn
sylvania until tie age of 22, when he
went to Memphis, Tenn. December 3,
1866, Mr.. Reder was united in marriage
with Mary A. Goodman. AS a result Of
| this union were born nine children,
three boys and six girls. Two children
have died and four are married Three
of these, Mrs. j.. +. Sheehan, Mrs G.. S.
Parker and Mrs. Everett Allen are living
at their homes in the Black Hills, and
were present at the funeral. The eldest
daughter Who was married to Mr.. Wild
rig is living in Memphis, Tennessee.
There are three children, Theodore,
Augustus and Mabel still living with their
parents on the ranch.
Mr.. Reder was a carpenter by trade
and followed that occupation before and
after he came to the Black Hills which
was May 5, 1886. Mr.. and Mrs. Reder
have thirteen grand children, most of
whom reside with their parents in the
Black Hills. Three brothers Of the
Reder family survive, namely, Odo
Charles and Peter. Mr.. Reder united
with the Baptist church in Custer in
1889. He was living in the south when
the war Of the rebellion broke out, and
believing in its cause, he joined the
Southern army and fought i'll its battles
for four years and six months, or until
! peace was declared. 1t is worthy ofnote
as an illustration Of the change Of time
! and circumstances that he who had
I fought so long and hard in the army OF
the south should be buried by Union
soldiers, four Of whom acted as his pail
bearers, and lowered his remains to their
last resting place in the Custer cemetery.
Mr.. Reder came Of q strong German
family, his illness was of short duration
and we are told that he worked at his
trade up to within a week of his sad de
mise. The members of the Reder fam.
lily are known as pushing, energetic and
enterprising men who have made their
mark in the community in which they
lived, and as q matter of course they are
all widely known. Cornelius was per-
haps the most conservative of them all,
| not seeking notoriety in any way, but
content to lead a sober, industrious and
o kindly life, laboring to maintain in
peace and comfort his family and home
which above all other things were eve
the object of his love and care 1t did
not need the long procession which fol-
lowed the body to the grave, to prove
that Mr.. Reder had many friends in this
community. The sudden departure of
an old citizen so universally respected
has cast n gloom oyer our little city, and
the sympathy of all goes ont to the
mourning wife and children, who are
left to weep over the loss Of a kind and
indulgent father, whose remains now
rest in the bosom of their mother earth,
while the undying spirit bias assembled to
greet the loved and lost that Lave gone
before.
The funeral services took place in the
Congregational church Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock, Rev. X. w. Powell Of
a 49, NJ D,1I1 L.. -. Al ..
occasion while in strict accordance with
the doctrine which she so ably and
worthily ADVOCATES, was elevating and
sympathetic, and carried consolation to
the hearts of the bereaYed family and
friends.
we know that the cold earth cannot imprison
The radiant souls of the good and the just,
J TO the bright realms above his spirit has risen,
Why should his loved ones mourn long DER Lis
dust.