Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-02-20

" Died
In the st. Joseph HOSPITAL at Dead
wood on the evening ofthe 10Th Of Feb
ruary, 1904, Paul Camilla kleemann,
son of Mrs. Paul Kleemann of Custer
| City, 8. d., to which place his remains
were brought for burial.
Paul was born in Custer and had grown
to early manhood among us and his un
timely death is felt with deep regret by
every member of this community. lie
was a young man of exemplary charac-
ter and habits, and since his fathers
death, which occurred over a year ago,
he has been the sole reliance OF his
mother and two sisters wEo are left to
mourn his loss. The mother, who is at
ficted with heart trouble is Frustrated
with grief and the shock, and is in a
precarious condition. The eldest sister,
Elsie, is also Frustrated while the young
err sister, Helen, though pale and weak,
is bearing up bravely and attending to
the duties of the household. Paul was
their idol and the center of their affec-
tons and they mour as though their
hearts would break and could not be
comforted. All this is natural and not
surprising, for Paul was an object worthy
of their admiration and affection. Paul,
although lacking two months of being
| Is years of age had grown to the full
statue ofa man and stood six feet and
two inches in height. He was well pro-
p%ortioned, and to die thus In the height
and glory of his youth was cad, sad in
deed. But could any words Of ours have
power to cheer those who are left be
hind in their grief aud loneliness, we
would say be %comforted, be brave, be
strong to meet the call Of the reaper
who bids you pass under the rod. For
be assured that this is not the end, for
Paul still lives and loves you. He will
finger by your side for many a day, he
puts his hand upon your shoulder and
tries to whisper into your ear words OF
good cheer. But you do not heed his
touch, nor hear his voice, for he is a
freed spirit, and yon are still clothed in
flesh. The dull eye Of flesh cannot see
| the spirit but the awakened spirit can
see your spirit as plainly as if you were
with him there. Your body he can see
also but it appears thin, vapory and un
real, the spirit alone is real, immortal
and eternal. He is grieved by your
tears, for his anxiety is not now for him
self but for you. But you cannot help
it, the cver burdened heart must pour
it's tears in sorrows urn until it is full to
the brim. But time and the comforter
will come with healing on its wings and
you will learn to rely upon a higher
power, and to "say of life this is so small
a part tbs dust to dust beneath the sod,
but there up there tits heart to heart.
We must nov briefly relate the cir
cumstances which caused the death of
young Paul Kleemann. 1t was a rail-
| road accident which occurred or the B.
town of Rockford. There was a giving
away Of a bridge, the breaking Of a rail,
the overturning of a car, and the injury
of many passengers of which Paul's was
the worst. 1t was found upon examina.
ton that his skull was fractured. He
was taken to the hospital at Deadwood
and in a few days he was so much bet
ter that he was brought home, and it
was thought for a time that he would
recover. But Inflammation set in at the
base Of the brain, and he was again as a
last resort taken to Deadwood where I'M
der the hands Of the most skilled sur
geons, an operation was performed on
the 18th. This was more than his con-
stitution would bear in his debilitated
condition, and with his mother and two
sisters at his bed side he expired on the
evening Of the 18th.
The funeral took place at the Congre-
gational church in Custer at 2 o'clock on
the 18th, Mrs. Katherine Powell oficiat-
ing. A long procession Of carriages
laden with s%orrowing friends followed
to the Custer cemetery where with fit
ting services all that was mortal o fyoung
Paul Kleemann was laid to rest.