St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-02-22

Richard B Eastman died at Homorent
Farm in the edge of Waterford early
Sunday morning after brave struggle
against heavy odds. He had been in
failing health for many weeks, but his
splendid courage and cheerful disposition
never forsook him, and until a day or
two before his death he had been able to
see his friends and converse with them.
He was the son of Richard Eastman,
for many years foreman of the pattern
shop at the scale shops, and was born in
Buffalo, N. Y, Mar. 10, 1849. In his
early manhood he was craftsman at
the scale shops and here was laid the
foundation for his success as an architect
which came to him soon after he moved
to Brooklyn. In this city he designed
many private residences and public
buildings, the Kings county insane
asylum at St. Johnslani being his best
known work. He was married March
10, 1880, to Miss Emile L. Parks Of
Waterford, daughter of the late Judge
Ezra A. Parks. After the latter's death
in 1897 they came from Brooklyn to the
Parks farm which Mr. Eastman named
"Homorient" and where unboundet
hospitality has always been extended by
| I'D hoe in
Johnsbury and elsewhere can attest
Mr.. and Mrs. Eastman have had three
children, one who died in infancy, Heller
Louise and Richard Parks. Besides {
wife and two children he also leaves {
sister, Mrs. Weeks of Lancaster. H
was a member of Passumpsic Lodge
No. 27, F. & A. NJ, st. Johnsbury, 80
Mason and Knight Tempar and membe
of Kismet Temple, Brooklyn.
Mr.. Eastman owned one of the fines
I private libaries in the state and rar
collection of engravings, was an origina
thinker and a man of wide culture an
attachments. Though not often speal
e ing in public when the occasion presen
q ed itself he showed che results OF years
/, thinking and wide reading and thos
4 who heard his address on engraving
It before the st. Johnsbury Woman's Gu
few years ago, or his address at Wei
River before the Passumpsic Cougreg
\. tional Club, or had the pleasure olpriva
st conversation with him, felt that thu
IN were listening to no ordinary man. +
ID loved his books for what they taug
4, him and he enjoyed telling Others Il
a, lesson OF the books. But his culture WI
m not limited to book knowledge and w
.e broadened by communion with natu
r, and natures God. He is man who w
be missed in social circles where he W
always the centre of an interested grou
Is The funeral was held at his late re
u derce yesterday afternoon conducted
n his pastor, Rev. E. Nd. Chapman. Prin
pal D. Y. Comstock read at the service
ng lew verses from Walt Whitman, one
OF Mr.. Eastmans favorite poets, and mu
ds was rendered by the quartette from
". North church choir The pastors scr
in ture selections were especially approp
ate and his remarks about this "uniqu
nd man were very appreciative. Mr.. Co
by stock prefaced the readings from WI
man with personal tribute of how mt
set Mr.. Eastman enjoyed his books a
ali how he himself had heard him read W
w@ pleasure in his own library.
cd There was proiusion of beautiful flo
me- tributes and the nterment was in
nd family lot at the Passumpsic cemete
Tho The bearers were members OF Passur
all sic Lodge, No. 27, F. & A. M, William
Boynton, A. B. Moves, H. R. Albee, ].
as Borland, Harry M. Cross, Herbert
he Balch.
one
al. Williams.