Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-10-19
DEATH OF
DIR. TREACY
Prominent Lewistown Physician Pass.
es Away in Helena Hospital After
a Short illness.
DEATH OF MISS MARY PLUM
Daughter of Emil Plum Died at Her
Home Last Saturday Evening of
Typhoid Pneumonia.


o'clock Friday morning in 81. Johns
Hospital. Helena. He had been i'll Tor
two months and had been steadily
growing weaker. He went TO the hos
piIal about n month asu and was I'M
der the care of his brother. DR.. VIII
liam TrCacy, of Helena, who did ey-
erything in his power TO save him
but he was unsuccessful. The cause
OF his death was tuberculosis, of tn
kind commonly known as quick con.
sumption.
He left I.ewistown in June ana stop
ped for a few days in Helena and
Butte before going east. While in the
cas-, he took Souv special work along
surgical lines in the Chicago hospitals.
On July 9th he was united in mar
riave 10 Miss Ella Judith Frlsscll at
Cape Girlrd,au. Mo-. ana Mr.. and
Mrs. Trcacy arrived in L.cwistown ear.
~ IN August. lie was not well when
he reached here ana his friends all
noticed the great change which had
taken place. When he left here for
the east he was the picture Of health
but when he returned he looked like
ii very sick man. DR.. Treacy stayed
here for a few weeks and then left for
Hunters Hot Springs, where he OK
y,cted Ia stay for a month and rI
gain lis hIa,th. lie g2t worse instead
of better and finally went to Helena,
where he put himself under his broth
er's care. Mrs. Treacy went to Hell
ena some time in September. The
doctors many friends here had been
gratiiied of late to hear of his inn
proyement. and hopes of his recovery
were held out. Mrs. Treacy came back
10 Lewistown i've weeks ago aud
made arrangements for the absence
of the doctor for the winter and II
was the plan that they should spend
the winter in Fort Bayard. ~. NJ.
Death came very peacefully last Fri
day morning. there being present at
the time Mrs. Treacy, DR., William
Treacy and Capt. Frissell, a brother
of Mrs. Treacy. The burial will be in
the family lot in Aurora. ILL.,, where
the doctors parents are laid.
DIR. Frederick a. Treacy was a ma
tive of Illinois. being raised in Aurora
in that state. He attended the schools
of thai city and then went Ia the Col
1.., 80 Dtt-.f,fana nul SurfAinE a
department of the University of Hin
dis. located in Chicago. He was grad
uated from that institution in the
spring of 1901 and came west immc
diately. While in the medical college
he was assistant secretary of The state
board of health in Springfield, an i'm
porTant position for a young man.
On the recommendation of his broth
er. DR.. William Treacy. Uf Helena. he
came tn LewiStown TO begin practice
and had been here since the spring oi
1901. DR.. Trcacy was n of Lewis
towns best citizens and as a physi
clan had few if any superiors. He
was wonderfully successful in his worl;
here and had built up a large prac
tice. He was sent for from II END
of the county To the other and was
seldom known TO refuse TO attend any
one who needed him, no matter how
hard a trip il might be. He was q
young man. only 81 years of age and
had the brightest prospects for a most
successful career in his chosen profes
sion. Aside from his regular practice
he held the position of Meat and Mill
INSPECTOR of Fergus county and a
RED on the duties of this office in q
thorough. conscientious mi
DIR. Treacy was a man OF a genia
disposition and made friends wherever
he went. He was a member of var
ious lodges in Lewistown and held
high office in the local lodge of Elks
As a man he was above reproach and
Lewislown has suffered a distinct loss
in his death. There survive him his
wife, his brother. DR.. William Treacy
of Helena. a brother in Bismark. y
d., and a sister in Aurora, Ill.