The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-09
THOMAS D. DEE
PASSES TO DEATH
0gden's Most Important Citizen Ex-
pires This Morning.
ILL SINCE WEDNESDAY
PNEUMONIA, CAUSED BY WET
TING IN CANYON, THE CAUSE.

n II
is dead. He passed away at lbs this
morning. succumbing to an attack of
pneumonia. which developed Saturday and
made such rapid progress that in a few
hours he was beyond hope of recovery
News Of his serious illness did not be
come generally known till late last even
ing. 1t then became the sole topic Of
discussion amongst business men, and
ttdinEs from the bedside Of the city 5
iety most intense. A cOnSulta ton OF four
Ogden physicians was held in the early
AFTERNOONS DrS- SonrOS' CaIhdhdu- So1l-
ter and Perkins. but each pronounced the
case practically hopeless. DR.. Allen,
SUMMONED from Salt Lake, arrived on
the Snort Line train few minutes after
death had ended the sufferings.
present when the end came. also Judge
II. II. ROlaDp and Charles G Richards.
close personal friendsi DR.. Conroy and
Judge Dee had been aiIing since
Wednesday evening. but it was not
thought to be anything serious Fever
developed and symptoms of bronchial az
lection. Friday night he was too III 10
attend the meeting of the board OF ecu
cation. A short time before his death
he laDsed into Inconsistencies. Up 10
that time he betrayed no sign that he
expected death, and his remarkable for
titude encouraged those about him and
made the final stroke all the more sud
den and grievous to his family and
friends.
10, 1874, at LIanelly, CarmorthonshIre
South Wales. His parents were Thomas
H Dee and Elizabeth Reese Dee He
came TO Utah with them in 1860, settling
in Ogden, where he has lived ever SINCE
| He leaves seven children Mrs MauC
Dee Porter Mrs. Elizabeth Dee Shaw. Mrs
Edith Dee Mack Margaret Rec, ROsabe
Dee and Laurence Dee His wife also sur
wives him. In the earlier days OF his WOrI
| in Ogden he was police judge of the mu
nicipality. and later served a number o.
| terms as councilman. He was mace
member Of the state board OF equallZatlOI
| by Governor Wells and has served in ina
! capacity ever since, being reappOintec
| once by Governor Wells and later by Gov
ernor Cutler In church work ne Wa
second counsellor to Bishop James Taylor
| of Mount Fort ward
Sick Since Wednesday.
Judge Dee's illness dates from Wednes
day last. when ne went up east of Hunts
vile to South Fork canyon to inspect tht
| reservoir sites recently located as Jh'
basis of a new irrigation and power en-
terprise in which he was interested He
went up with NJ s Browning IN an auto
other business associates While inspect
ing the site he slipped into the water, get
was warm and but little Importance was
attached to 1t, nevertheless later IN the
day a chill developed ana MI DSe 5 LeH
gradually worse till yesterday AFTERNOON
pneumonia set in and from that time L
made rapid progress.
In Ogden Judge Dee has been easily it,
| foremost citizen for two decades The
/ city has perhaps citizens Of more Wealt1
and greater political prestige, but none
so closely and cOnSpicuOuSly 1dentr1et
with many important enterprises whlci
enter into the financial and industrial
welfare Of the city, county and state
| Whatsoever he undertook he worked a
! with a thOrOughneSS, an intelligence anC
| a broad comprehensive mentality tina
soon made him master OF the subject
/ Among the enterprises in which JudS'
| Dee is the president or at least in which
/ he is a leading officer and worker are TIT
following: First National bank of Ogden
Ogden Savings bank. Utah CONSTRUCTION
| company, Ogden Rapid Transit company
company, Utah Canning company, OgdeI
Waterworks company, Dee, STANFORD
Shoe company, Ogden Furniture K Carpe
company, Ogden & northwestern Railway
company, Troy Steam Laundry company
Ogden Hot Springs Sanitarium company
Power company, Ogden Cracker & Biscuit
company, Weber County Fair Association
Amalgamated Sugar company, Og0eI
Pressed Brick < Tile company, Oakley
State bank, Oakley, Ida; Sumpter Valley
Railway company, Mt. Hood Railway
His most conspicuous public service Ia:
been with the public school system OF
Ogden, with which he has been associated
as a trustee or member of the board 81
education practically ever since the
schools were organized. and their splendid
efficiency stands as a monument TO his
public spirited, unSelfiSh work for the
cause OF education. For thirty-five years
he was connected with the management
of the city'S schools. Ever since the or
cation he has been member of thai
body from the Third ward. being re
elected each succeeding year and for the
past eight years has been its president.