Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-04-29
MEMORIAL D. WINFIELD

Born January 2S, A. d, 1856, near
Ayersville, Defiance county, Ohio. On
March 10, A. ID. 1891, he was Joined
in marriage to Margaret l.. Baker, un-
to whom he proved himself to be
most tender and devoted husband
until his demise which occurred April
5, A. d. 1904, at his home in Perrys-
burg, Wood county, Ohio, after sever
al weeks of illness from pneumonia.
A respected and worthy citizen,
neighbor, and friend has passed on
before us into the beyond to be re-
membered by his acQuaintances with
rendered and appreciative reminicen-
ces.
AS a man. he shrank from ostenta-
ton. He sought privacy and seclu-
sion; his was the demeanor of mod
esty, yet affable and pleasing in spirit
and manner. He loved ardently;
which Characteristic crowns him as
devoted husband and father in the
home, comfort and a staff to his
aged and widowed mother, who gave
birth to him on the day she was 80
years old, which coincidence gave to
mother and son the rare pleasure of
celebrating their birthdays on the
same day.
AS is always the case in human life,
much Of the man was hidden usually,
that which is not the best of us is
kept in concealment, but in this par
ticular, the subject of this sketch
seems to have been an exception.
Eugene d. Winfield's best manhood
was not known nor understood. In
fact could not be known by anybody
not in immediate touch with him. Even
to his most intimate friends there
seemed to be limit of approach, pre-
venting full appreciation of the value
and merit of his meditative faculty.
The truth of this is readily seen, by
referring to his private memoranda
here we find scripts with date record
ing his own quiet hour reflections
thoughts, serene, pure, and it may be
added sublime, indicating refined
metal" in his meditative realm.
Here is where real character is dis
closed. 1t is a trite saying, "Charac-
ter Is what man is in the dark,
and the Book teaches, Gas a man
thinketh in his heart so is he" guided
by this standard in our judgment of
the man, Eugene d. Winfield was a
character admirable, and his memo
randa which SO carefully and minute
ly records the product of quiet hour
reflections will be a cherished treas
ure to his tenderly bereft wife, and
daughter Bonnie in years to come.
He became a christian in his youth
full years and held fast his faith in
God midst the storms and tempest of
life. Those who saw, and heard him
in the religious services which he
attended in the little Chapel of the
Evangelical church just before his
fatal Illness, cannot forget his earnest
admonitions to all the unsaved to be-
come Christians, and to be prepared
to meet God. How he emphasized his
faith in God, and His Son Jesus
Christ, and the atonement made for
sin, and in the work and mission of
the Holy Spirit in the world, and
moreover his faith in the justice and
judgments Of the Almighty-the fut-
ure retributions upon impenitent and
unwilling souls; these announce
ments came with such precision, and
seriousness of accent, and concern of
the heart, as though he knew he was
standing on the threshold of eternity
and giving his last earthly message
to men to be reconciled to God.
The immediate friends who survive
him are his wife, Margaret l.. and
daughter Bonnie; his aged mother at
7s years who is living with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lillian w. Banks, of Paso
Robes, California. Mrs. Josephine w.
Brake of Buffalo, N. Y, Mrs. Gorilla
w. Coe of Toledo, Ohio.
The following beautiful poem writ
ten by the deceased, will be read with
interest and profit by his surviving
friends and acquaintances: ."
SOMETHING STILL TO DO.