La Junta tribune., 1905-03-22
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came last Saturday morning abeat
z o'clock. 1t the home Of his daush-
ter. An Minnie Buckley. SITTER Q
very brief illness. which ths vsn-
erable physician insisted. almost to
The last. was trivial. That hops
springs eternal in ths human hssast
vas never more forcibly demon
strated than in the closing days al
this mans life. who 1t the ags Of
four score years and nearly four
was still cheerful and hopeful a
moro days and years Of uaefulnso
to his fellow man.
Dr. G. w. Phillips was born IN
Beskshire county. Massachusetts,.
November s. 1921. and at the time
Of his dsath was aged 50 year,. Z
months and Is days. He graduated
from the LaPorte. Indiana. Univsr-
ity. in lS46. and also took the first
eourse Of Lectures given in Rush
Medical College. On December 20.
l84S. in the state Of Wisconsin. he
was united in marriage to Martha
Jordan and two years later went TO
California. where their first child
was born. After . brief residenes
on the Pacific slops. Or. and Nm.
Phillips returned to Illinois over.
land. their first born dying en- route.
and finally located 1t Dixon. H..
where George d. Phillips. r. Phil
lips and Mrs. Minnie Buckley were
born.
During the civil war he served -
IN army surgeon in the Seventy
fifth Illinois regiment. being mus
tered out at the close Of hostilitiss-
In 1877 he located in Las Animas.
and with his family resided there
until 1884. when he moved to La
Junta. which hes ever since been
their abiding place.
DR.. and Mn. Phillips. on Decem-
Der 20. 1888. celebrated their goldsa
wedding. which was one Of tAs
greatest social events in the history
Of La Junta- Ms. Phillips did
March Is. 1903. terminating . com
panionship existing for . period of
over fifty-four years. A little over
. year ago Dr. Phillips met with IN
unfortunate accident. breaking his
right thigh. and since then hos hesa
confined to his bed or m invalid
chair most Of the time. Through
out this period Of sdversity ~ never
eomplained. and his hopeful anA
cheerful disposition under such un-
toward circumstances was the won
der and marvel Of his friends,
The funeral took place Monday
afternoon from the Methodist
church. services being conducted by
Rev. w. E. Collett. assisted BY Rev.
w. r. Ashby and Rev. J. Ryland
Murdoch. DR.. c. o. Kimball. of
Trinidad, was expected to conduct
the service. but did not arrive in
time to do 50.
Rev. Collects theme for . funeral
discourse was The Immortality Of
the Soul." which was . favorite top
ie Of the venerable physician that
had engaged much Of his thought
during later ysan. His favorite
poem on this subject. AFTER Death
in Arabia" taken from Sir Edwin
Arnold's Light Of Asia. 1t the re-
Ques. Of the dsceaaed. was red At
his funeral. By Rev. J. Ryland Aur-
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