The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-07-16

suddenly dropped off Into uu
consciousness. All efforts to hrluk
him out OF this eumataae state we're
futile. and he WAS removed Ia hts
homo at Thirty seventh avenue aud
East Aloha street ut an carly hour
this morning.
The efforts made when he arrived
/ home 90 hrlnE him bach Ia con
aeluuanraa again miled. and hc died
AT $50 O'clock thiH morning with
out havuE rtgalncd CONSEQUENCE
lie leaves widow. two sons aud
"A daughter The two sons are Tier
bert and Harry both atudruA at
Ann Arbor. Herbert. the elder Is
studying medicine. 10th are nov
home ON a vacation. The daush#
| ter IA Fmutnpl aEvd about r. years.
At the time uf nr Goes death
/ his wife aud mother and daughter
we're present, as we're also nr.
Iarke Willis. Dr. J q Stewart. nf.
{ T. r. Dawson aud nr H. n Reed
The only slImmer of consciousness
noted after be sunk Into the fatal
gomatuae condition was shortly
after hc Mas taken home. when be
partially revived aud seemed dis
+ tressed at che tears uf Ms. toe.
he could not speak however. and
soon relapsed into the coma ~ ap=
/ preaching death
Ut. Willis. In an interviews. said
/ this afternoon that pr Gee had
died just in accordance With his
own wishes. aa hp had often said
De- wished 60 continue bis work un=
col the last. Dr Willis said be could
not say as 90 whether nH Coe 3
wishes. lee regard Co the post mur=
tom examination 90 his body would
bel carried out
It VAS stated by a friend % the
family thIa afternoon that The
funeral arrangements had not been
determined upon az yet hut that
thg funeral would not Boz held be-
fore "Wednesday. a. it would BE- de
layed Tor the arrival ~ nf Goes
brother. Who Is nov on his vaF
from Chicago
The King County Medical Society
via hold a meeting taalEht Tor The
special purpose 20 taking arflaa
and the State Medical Association
gjli 8ira hold a meeting 90 consider
proper memorial services
nr Coo VAS bnrn af So GharieH
81 Charles. Kane county Illinois
R years ago. AID came Ia this
state August s. lass. and haa con
Quoted his practice aH physician aHH
surgeon Ia tha city ever since that
time iIe has faF a number af FraHa
been district surgeon To- the N1rth
en Pacific railroad physician for
thc seattle Electric company the
Puget Sound EleHlrie company and
number Of other corporations
The death 20 Hr Cae. while Nor
wholly unexpected b. hia intimate
frlenaa. Vas shock nUt emily 10
them. but 60 the community II
large Tor ur Coz Naa a man Of
splendid energy and never failing
chserfuluesa lie was one 81 the
most widely known physicians In
The state aud wherever be vas
tnuwu he was universally liked
Tie great patience. bis absolute Tor
Eetfuluras ~ himself where the In
tpreafs 20 others were AZ stake hfH
cheering spirit and his eulIFeuiuE
personality rndsarsd him 70 man.
woman and child alike In the thou
sands Of homes 20 which h. has
been called. Tn the course 81 his
long career - usefulness. % min
lister 60 the sick and alleviate the
pain % aKuuzed sufferers So
thorough vas hia uunalfIshueaa that
few Of the manT Who owe their
lives 60 hts skin aud hls patience
ever kusw that nf Coe himself vas
an invalid. or that be has suffered
for year from palnful complications
that be kuaw maat sooner or later
result fatally
To che last hour ~ hia conscious.
ness pr Coo considered the needs
a. others before hIa uNu great ne
ceaitiaH aud the midnight hour of
the nIEht that preceded his early
morning death found him nunIaIsIr
watching beside The bedside ~ the
young girl whose life hr had uu=
d0uhtedly saved D. three tense
hours 90 operating when the OPP
GRAFTON was completed and the as
HIHtlnE physicians told him that be
could DO no more. Dr Coe dropped
Hpon a couch exhausted. and In
short time he had sunk into the
deep uneoHariouHnrss from which
30 never recovered Seven hours
later HE heart ceased - beat The
skilled hauHs that had brought hHrE
iife - more 40 his fellow maa than
DO eaHld count we're afIIled. and the
cheering spirit that had luauIled
hope into thousands 81 dna1lafe
homes bad irft the tired. waruout
body whose last energies were
given 90 the saving II the life Of
another
The history o. DIR. Gees last day
on earth VAS Indicative ~ what he
has done for bis fallowman. al tho
sacrifice Of bis own comfort and
health through the sixteen years af
hi8 constantly widening practice In
Seattle After n wearing round of
calls and consultation that had 1r-
cupied him an the morning and
part Of the afternoon. Dr. Zoe was
asked b lend biz assistance q an
other physician who was In doubt
as 70 a case ~ Wg pectnd smallpox
near Oriila Despite hts exhausted
condition. the physician drove 90
Orllla through the mud and rain.
and whom he bad rendered the as