Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-03-09
STRICKEN DOWN
IN HIS PRIME
Edward Sherwood, One Of the Best
Known Citizens Of Lewistown,
Suecumbs to Paralysis.
DEATH COMES VERY SUDDENLY
Stricken Man Was Apparently in the
Best Of Health-Death a Loss to
the Community.

While talking to a friend in the
Judith Hardware store last Saturday
morning between 9 and 10 o'clock,
Edward Sherwood. assistant manager
Of that business, was suddenly strick-
en- with paralysis and within three
hours was dead. Mr.. Sherwood was
feeling unwell when he left the house
on Saturday morning and told his
wife of his indisposition. Neverthe-
less, he did not consider il of a ser
ious nature and a at his place of
business at about the usual time. He
went about the ordinary duties of the
store until Harrison Decker came in.
He walked up to the nail counter and
entered into conversation with Mr..
Decker, but after a few moments sud
denly reeled and would have fallen to
the floor had not Decker caught him.
He was placed in a chair and a ply.
stefan summoned by telephone. As
he sank into the chair the stricken
mar said, This is the end" or words
to that effect. Very soon afterwards
he lost the power of articulation and
no other distinctly understood words
passed his lips.
He was taken to his home in the
southern part of town aud everything
possible was done to relieve him.
Manu- cplfcitptc friapd, oo1tal ~ thn
house and many others who knew
the family were with him heart and
soul in his brave struggle for life.
But 1t was all to no avail and shortly
before | o'clock. despite the every
effort of his doctors and the prayers
of his wife and friends, the soul of
Edward Sherwood left its tenement
of clay and passed across the dark
river into the Great Beyond.
The wife was Frustrated by the
shock and all over town men with
heavy hearts and sad faces heard of
the sad event. Many who had gone
to the Sherwood home to sustain with
words of encouragement, the grief
stricken wife, before the end came,
returned now and offered her the boon
Of their heartfelt sympathy and sin.
cerest friendship. Their kind minis.
trations took away somewhat the bit
terness of her grief and she endured
the heart touching funeral and bur-
ial ceremonies with remarkable forti.
tude.
The funeral was held from the
Presbyterian church yesterday after
noon, Rev. Albert Pfaus leading the
services. Long before the funeral
cortege came to the church door, the
building was crowded with the friends
in every walk of life, who came to pay
the last tribute of respect to the mem
DRY OF one whose sterling manhood
and clean life merited every mark OF
esteem which could be given. About
2:15 the casket. heaped high with
beautiful floral pieces and bearing the
mortal remains OF a Just and good
man, was placed before the altar.
The ball-bearers were w. n. Ever
lit, Charles Wentworth. o. w. Belden
]. Z. Lane, A. w. Stoddard and Rob
ert Morrison. Following the funeral
party came the members of the two
secret organizations to which the de
ceased belonged-the Odd Fellows and
the Woodmen of the World.
The services were most beautiful
and thoroughly in keeping with the
solemnity of the occasion. After an
opening song Mr.. Quickenden lead In
prayer. Then came the funeral ser
mon delivered by Rev. Albert Pfaus
who was an intimate friend and neigh
Dor Of the deceased. He told in sim
pie words of the mans unyielding hon
esty, his faith in his God and his fei
low men. and the attributes which
gained for him a firm place in the
affections of all who knew him.
After excellent renditions of those
beautiful songs, Lead. Kindly
Light" and Nearer, My God. t.
Thee" the remains were viewed BY
the hundreds present and then taker
to the cemtery. Despite the storm,
day scores Of vehicles followed the
hearse to the cemetery and remainef
until the last services had been con
cluded.
The deceased, Edward Sherwood
was born in st. Joseph, Mo-, In 1864
He grew to young manhood In his ma
tive state and, then, the ~possibilitie!
of the west appealing to him, h,
came to Montana in 1891. On Jun
8, 1889, he was married to Miss Car
rie Carolus, with whom he lived ;
most congenial and happy marie,
life. When he first came here he en-
tered the employ Of Hobensack &
Sloan, hardware dealers. He remain
ed with this firm until the judith
Hardware company was formed II
1900. He became a stakeholder II
this company and has been a poten
factor in the progress and success
of that business enterprise. He wa
acting in the capacity Of assistan
manager and. when Ill health com
PEELED the manager, Mr.. Hobensack
to seek another climate this winter
Mr.. Sherwood acted e. manager O
the business. His death will caus,
a vacancy in the firm which will b,
difficult to fill. Besides his wife tn,
deceased leaves a father, aged 81
years, a mother, aged rs years, tw,
brothers and one sister in st. JOSEPH
and one brother near Big Timber. L
mourn his demise. None of them wer,
able to be present at the funeral.
Mrs. Sherwood wishes to expires
her %sincerest appreciation of tn
~kindnesses of the ~fraternal organize
tons to which her husband belonged
and many other friends in time of he
bereavement.
Force, Quaker Oats, P~ettijohns an
| Shredded Wheat Riscuifa aeaortaf