The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-04
Life of Deceased.

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mate Of the deceased.
Life of Deceased.
God called he responded. William
E. Rowley is dead-dead, but not
forgotten. In the flush Of young
manhood he was stricken down BY
the white mans scouree, consump-
tion. His ailment was of sudden or
igin and speedy development. Last
winte' lie had the humps. At that
time the physician discovered a
slight d%isaffection OF his lungs. 1t
grew worse SO rapidly that he became
alarmed ADD a few weeks since went
to Chicago where he sought the sery-
ices of a specialist for a short time,
without apparent avail.
He then sought higher altitude in
the mountains of Colorado. After
being in the mountains a few days
he had a h%emorrhage, after which he
he apparently grew better, SO he
sought a still higher altitude, and
arrived at the sanitarium at Juanita.
Toward the morning Of July q, he
called his young wife, who had ac-
cOmpanied Kim on his uncertain
journey. AS she lastened to his side
and bent over him he looked up anx-
iously as he and uttered bis last
words "Oh! Jessie, it's another hem
orhage.m She summoned the physi-
clan who fastened to the PATIENTS
side but nothing could be dune for
him. With his head resting sweetly
in his young wife's arms, he shook it
four times as an omen that the end
was near and just as the bright Col
orado sun peeped Its face above the
summit of the rugged mountains and
lit up the surroundings, he passed
into eternity.
"I'm dwelling on the mountain
Where the golden sunlight CLEANS
Ore a land whose wonderous beauty
Ear exceeds my fondest Dreams"
William e. Rowley was born in
G%oodland, Indiana, August "a, 1876.
In 1894, he removed with his parents
to South Dakota and settled on a
farm some twelve miles northeast of
| Mitchell.
He was educated in the rural
schools of Indiana and at Dakota
Wesleyan University in this city, be-
ilpn rrnHy1ofo1 fvNr, tIo r0rrn1 1n
partment of this institution in 1900.
He also took a course in the Western
Business College of this city. He
taught several terms in the rural
schools of Dawson county, and al
ways commanded the highest wages
Of any teacher therein.
He was united in marriage tn Miss
Jessie Tyler, OF Posper township,
March Is, 1909. The young couple
then settled on Mr.. Rowley's uncle's
farm in the southern part Of Sanborn
county. where they prospe1ed great
ly, until he CONTRACTED the dreaded
disease which caused his premature
death.
1t may be said in all truthfulness
that he had one of the sunniest dis
positions ever given to a Calm,
|conslderate, c%ongenial and obliging,
he won the everlasting friendship Of
all with whom he came IN contact.
If lie had a single enemy on earth,
it has never been possible for the
writer to detect it. Far%-reaching
inquiries bear universal testimony
that he was never known to speak an
unkind word to anybody. SANITY
man I! universally beloved.
For a wife, he selected a young
lady possessed Of a temperament iden-
tical with his own. They were lap
py-extremely so. Alas! the sad fate
Of this life will only be understood
i'm heaven. To this mournful wife,
heartbtoken father, mother, sisters
and brothers, a multitude of friends
extend their united sympathy. His
wife lost, the family lost. the church
lost, the community lost, but "Tl1e
world has been made better because
he lived in it,
Gently rests his manly head
In the region o! the dead,
Calmly sleeps this noble son
Whose life-work has just begun.
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