The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-12-07

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is being said, and which will bear
thought and reflection A poet has
said.
MAN Is his own star, and the soul
that can
Render an honest and perfect man
Commands all light, all influence, all
fate.
Nothing to him falls early, or too late
our acts our angels are, or good or Ill,
our fatal shadows that walk by w
still"
We come now to pay our homage
to the dead, and Of those who have
passed away before the beginning of
this year, memorial services have been
held and tribute paid to them. While
we mourn for them we are reminded
that within the past year four Of our
brothers have lett us and gone To the
Grand Lodge on high.
Brother Otto f. Tappert was born
In Germany on the 2Gth day of Octo-
Der 1862 and came to this country In
1866, he died on the 22nd day of March
1906, the circumstances of his death
and burial are still fresh In our minds.
As was said of Brother Tappert on
another occasion, AT the age of eigh-
teen he entered the service of the
Standard Oil company and remained
with the one employer In various ca
pacities till the time of his death He
was one of the pioneer travelling sales.
men OF his company as loyal to his
employers as he was to his adopted
country. In such high esteem was he
held by his fellow travelngmen that at
the time of his demise he was holding
the highest Office In the gift of the
United Commercial Travellers In this
state, that of grand counsellor"
Brother Tappert from the time of
the organization OF this lodge to the
time of his death, was our tyler, never
missing but one meeting during that
time, and that on account of storm
which prevented his getting home In
time for the meeting. He passed the
last moments of his life within these
walls.
Brother Ralph i. Braasch was born
on a farm near Norfolk on the Goth
day of November 1877, and died here
on the 21st day of July 1906 1t is
difficult for me to speak of Ralph, he
was so we'll known to all of us. He
spent his whole life, except one year,
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of kindly, genial, lovable disposition,
one whom 1t was pleasure to meet
socially or. in n business way. | very
we'll remember telling him at different
times that he was one of the young
men with whom liked to do business,
he always met you with a smile and
a pleasant greeting, If he had any enc
mics do not know 1t, but it Is true
that his friends were legion. Brother
Braasch suffered for years uncomplain-
ingly, and at the last yielded up his
young life as a sacrifice to the disease
which preyed upon his system. We
all miss him, and shall hope to meet
him on the other shore.
I take the liberty to read here a
biographical sketch of the life OF
Brother Charles ID. jenkins, as writ
ten and published by very intimate
friend of his.
"The death of Charles ID. jenkins
on the End, instant, eXtinguishes the
original jenkins family. In 1872 Lew
Jenkins and wife of Kalamazoo, Mich
igan, with their three children, Charles
ID. jenkins, Edward H. Jenkins ant
Miss Jenkins who subsequently be
came Mrs. Cogswell, moved to Madi
son county and took up their home ii
the neighborhood now known as Kala
mazoo precinct. About eighteen years
ago Levi jenkins died and was fol
lowed a few years later by his wife
E Mrs. Cogswell having died before ell
Their of her parents. Less than two
= months ago Edward II. Jenkins dice
at his home in Columbus, which, will
the passing of Charles ID. jenkins, eX
tinguishes the family.
Charles ID. Jenkins was born a
Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 25, 1886
and was educated by his aunt, Mrs
John Corl, at Peoria, Illinois,. Earl,
in life he studied medicine and wa!
) graduated by a school in pharmac,
and spent some time in the drug bust
ness. He also engaged in the hard
ware trade at Fort Scott, Kansas, ant
: married Miss Josephine Ashbough a
: Nevada, Missouri, January l, 1872
: who together with Corl ID. jenkins
? Fred jenkins and Gladys Jenkins, hi
children, survive him.
1T Is difficult to speak of Mr.. Jen
l kins in appropriate words. He wa
4 among the noblest types of the race
e He was man of undoubted intellect
D ual capacity, more, In fact, than l
a given to the ordinary man, and h
+ was friend who could be relied o,
n under the most critical circumstances
I He was cheerful and we'll disposed, an
= during his long and distressing Hines
o which covered more than year, h
}. was never heard to complain. He ha
4 nothing but good words for the worl
g at large. For his country he had
4 singleness of intelligent patriotism
l. and devotion. He had a clear conceI
, ton of our form of government, stat
and national, and, although he wa
n sometimes misunderstood by thos
e who were not close to him, he was
l. strong type of the American democra
l. in life and in thought.
o mir. Jenkins was frequently Gale
S to important and responsible publ
e positions. In addition to the local o
e fees held in his immediate precinc