The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-31
Well Known Physician Died at
His Home on Park Avenue
Tuesday Evening
DEATH ENDS LONG STRUGGLE
Death Marks the Close of Noteworthy
Career in the City.-Former Pro-
lessor of Chemistry at the
University of Kansas

DR.. William H. Saunders, one of the
best known Of our practicing physi-
clans of the city and resident of Ke-
nosha for nearly forty years. died at
his home on Park avenue just after
ten O'Clock Tuesday evening after an
] illness of four weeks duration. The
end was not unexpected. DR.. Saund-
ers had been taken i'll a month ago
and at the time it was not thought
that his illness would prove serious
but within the last two weeks com
p1ications q veloped which produced
his death. For the past three days
the doctor has been in a stupor and
his death had been expected at any
minute. The widow, the last surviv-
ing member of the family, was at the
bedside when the. final summons
came.
DR.. Saunders was widely known
among the members of his profession
and during his last hours many of
the doctors of the city called to offer
any aid possible. DR.. Walter Kemps-
ter, the renowned Milwaukee special
ist, had been with DR.. Saunders for
nearly twenty-four hours before his
death.
DIR. Saunders had been intimately
connected with the progress of Keno,
sha during the last thirty-two years.
The deceased was son of the late
William S. Saunders and he was born
in Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. IA, 1910.
He was educated in an academy near
Ann Arbor, Mich, and later entered
the University of Michigan from
which he graduated with high honors
as member of the class of 1861. He
at once entered the medical depart
ment of the institution and was
graduated from the medical school in
1865. DR.. Saunders entered upon the
practice of his profession at Lawrence,
Kansas, in 1866 and he remained there
for ten years. During this time he
org anized the department of chemistry
of the Kansas State University and
held the chair of chemistry in the
University for term Of three years.
In the meantime his parents had re-
moved to Kenosha and DR.. Saunders.
came to this city in 1875 and entered
the practice of medicine, which was
continued up to the time of his last
illness. DIR. Saunders was always
popular with the members of his pro-
fession and he had taken great in.
terest in the Kenosha County Medical
Association and other kindred organi.
cations. He was member of mum
Der of the leading orders of the city
and Of the Wisconsin Chapter of the
Sons of the American Revolution.
DR.. Saunders for number of years
served the city in the capacity of city
physician and health officer. In his
personal life DIR. Saunders was a sim
pie and unassuming man, and this
fact made him most beloved by his
friends. Those who knew him in his
home life will feel heavier than any
others the blow which has been dealt
by his untimely death.
DR.. Saunders was married to Mrs.
Harriet Lusk in Kenosha in 1876 and
the widow is the sole surviving mem
Der of the family. The doctor was
member of the First Unitarian church
aud had been active in the affairs of
the church. Mrs. Joseph V. Quarles,
of Milwaukee, is one of the surviving
sisters of the deceased.