Connecticut western news., 1909-07-08
OBITUARY
CHARLES A. RODEMEYER.

a LeW uhy D utlEdtlOH. LdTly lhSU week for two or three days in succession he had suffered more or less rheumatic pains but was not confined to the house In fact, he was out doors nearly all of Sunday forenoon and ate his dinner with the family as usual.
 About 1:15 he went to his room, ad. joining the sitting room, where the rest of the family were gathered. A shor, time afterward his brother-in-law, MT. Stone, went to the room and found hin. lying on the bed unconscious. NJ Stone immediately called the rest of t.:,. family and every effort was made to rr- vive MT. Rodemeyer, but he pass, e quietly away almost immediately.
 Charles A. Rodemeyer was born ~ ! Canaan, Conn. January 24, 1877. nc was a son of the late John Rodemeyer who was born at Bremen, Germany, May, l7, 1928 and died at Canaan, Corn. April g, 1900. John Rodemeyer ser> ! threo years i'll the army i'll his native country before coming to the United States ill the early fifties. He also serv- ed four years i'll the Union army during the Civil war, being a member of the Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery. Charles mother died at Canaan, Conn. June 25, 1898.
 The subject of this sketch spent near ly all his life in Canaan. He received his education at the public schools III this village and abont twenty years ago entered the mechanical department of THE CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS and soon became rapid and correct con- ! positor. He remained there several years and then entered the employ of c. H. Pease as job printer. For the past three or four years he has had charge of the printing department of the Armstrong Box Company at Dan- bury
 i He is survived by two brothers; John RodemeYer, editor and president of the Hartford Post; James of Bethel; and by five sisters, Mrs. T. A. Evans and Mrs. Leroy Stone of Bethel. Mrs Emma R. Waite, Mrs. Sanford Water man of Cohoes, N. '. and Mrs. H. L. Ross of Canaan.
 ! The body. accompanied by undertaken Albert Lomlinson, of Bethel; and by Rev. Albert E. Steele. pastor of the Congregational Church of Bethel, also l by relatives of the deceased, arrived in | Canaan on tue express train Tuesday noon, and was taken to the residence of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Ross where funeral services were held at 2. p. m. A large number of beautiful floral tributes were received.
 Rev. Harry Comford, pastor of the Canaan Methodist Church, offered prayer. Rev. A. E. Steele read com forting passages of Scripture. Mrs. William Bullock, of Canaan, sang the hymn, "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" Rev. MT. Steele offered prayer. The burial was in the family lot in the ] lower Ecemetery. The services at the house were largely attended, and many persons Ebesides the relatives attended the burial.
 "Chick" Rodemeyer. as he was affectionately called by his intimate friends, will be mournsd by all who knew him. He was happy, genial and interesting person, carrying sunshine wherever he went. He was whole souled and generous to a fault, always i loyal to his friends, and he had no 1 known enemies. He was good singer, and even when mere boy sang in church choirs and at entertainments He was always faithful to his employ CTS, and was an industrious and skilItul workman.
 The following poem composed by Mrs. Emma RodemeYer Waite was read at 1 the funeral.
 i There is friend so kind so true,
 Who's on His way for me-for
 We cannot tell when He will come
 To take us to that blessed home.
 Perhaps to-day, this very hour,
 We, too, may feel His mighty power Each hour of life some soul has told i He takes the young and takes the old. l To sing His great triumphant song. This Friend is merciful and mild,
 And cares for every weary child.
 He quiets every earthly fear,
 And wipes away each falling tear. He calls for those we love the best
 And folded them on His dear breast, No more to know heart ache or woe, They rest where soothing waters flow. They dwell ill bliss, in peace and love And beckon us to come above.
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