Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-09-20
!. B. S !. RUSSELL /! ) |
Jamestown's Old Time Resident Died
at Ills Home Sunday ~
alT. Last.
Sketch of a LONG and Eventful life.
Funeral and Burial Arrange
t.. mentS,

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i:.a ments.
Benjamin s. Russell gently passed
away at his home in this city early
Sunday morning. His'death had.been
anticipated for :.some--days by friends
and the members Of the family who
have watched the fame OF: life grad
ually getting DINNER each day for
the last two weeks. Mr.. Russell was
taken sick Saturday evening Septem-
ber lst at his home, and Sunday
morning complained .sor mot feeling
any improvement. In the afternoon
after he had eaten light lunch, he
entered in conversation with his son
Edward, and referring to his then
slight sickness remarked "This is the
end. My wish is no struggle and that
cause you no trouble''. He was as
sured by his children that he would
soon be around again as before. but
seemed to feel that his last illness
was at hand, after long and visor
Gus life. No amount OF assurance
seemed .able to dislcdge this impress
sion with him, and he almost at once
began to have trouble with his artic-
ulation, and until the following Tues
day lost the power of speech to
great extent. He then rallied at
times considerably more than others,
but has continued daily to gradually
fail in strength and vitality. The
intervals In which he recognized his
family grew further and further
apart, but bis decline was so gradual
as only to be noticed by comparing
his condition with that Of several
hours or a day previous. During his
last illness his wandering thoughts
dwelt on pleasant Incidents in his
life. showing the strength Of his opti-.
mistic nature. He seemed to believe
himself surrounded at all times with
( old associates and friends, and his
broken utterances were conclusive
that he. considered his life work at
an end and that he had done the best
he knew to setve his God and fellow
man. His mind dwelt on pleasant
scenes, and the meeting of ..congenial
people in different parts of the coun-
try. Re continued gradually to de-
cline until sunset Saturday evening,
when, with the going down of day
came the beginning OF the end Of the
slender fame of life. His breathing
became more labored ..and he gently
4 passed away at 80 a. n. without a
struggle or change of feature, his
final summons being complete graf
iication of wish expressed to his
family when first taken III. 1T was a
fitting and beautiful ending of a
long, eventful and we'll scent life.
.-.The remains were taken to the
Grace Episcopal church, which next
to his home he considered as one of
the dearest spots on earth, having
4 been identified with the church and
its interests from its beginning. The
body will remain In the church SO
that anyone who desires to take a last
look at the familiar features Of the
deceased can do so. Funeral services
will beTuesday, promptly at2:30 p. No..
{ after which the remains will be tax
en- on N. p. train No. 8 enroute to
Towanda, Pa. for burial in the River
i side cemetery beside the grave Of
his wife. who died about Is years
n ago. In a plot Of ground which the.de-
II ceased himself selected early in the
u fifties. as his last resting place. At
Il y Towanda all his children we're born.
The body will be ompanied to
4 the old home IN Pennsylvania By his
{ Oldest son, EdwardG !. Russell, and
II wife. At Towanda it Is expected
h that the surviving members Of the
/ immediate family will be present at
4 the funeral. They are: Edward SG..
T Russell, !Jamestow Samuel ". Rus
1 sell 81 Dead wood, S. d. Mrs. Samuel
Bucknell' 81 ::St. !. Louis, and Ben ID.
Russell, nowSin New York state.
In connections with the last rites
4 the family requests that friends
Il kindly efrain. from send ling floral ''l I g
\ offerings
tier d long life tof active endeayor'
ills last years \ we're spent Z exc sively
ia liRht occupat ations with lois fan family y
&c lamesto town, and II, travelling asS u bis |, is'
\ INCLINATION prom pied /: He pract tically
closed his M busine areer several
& years ago, and only attended 70 some
duties ins hiohs sheS II ook AZ ecial tn
tsrss st.s 81 q, nntil hisis sdeath h,ssaH
n n msmbers ots the trnste sof the Nay
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