Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-07-22
FUNERAL Of LATE DIR. MAIChAN
Will BE Held THIS AFTERNOON
3 FRIENDS WILL BE PRESENT PUBLIC
SERVICES AT CHURCH At O'CLOCK - REMAINS TAKEN
+ MINNESOTA FOR BURIAL E"> - a. ,. :,,*. ~

work such. an improvement as would
bring him a restoration of complete
health and the long life for which he
was fitted and in which he could have
done so much good. But the cares OF
his practice weighed upon him, and
!, with the vigor and ambition of sue.
cessful and confident youth he could
1 not bring himself to relinquish his
business and divest himself Of the
worries and responsibilities which
were especially wearing, in the con.
! dition of his health.
| A month or so ago his condition be.
came such that he agreed to .surren.
! der his business cares for time and
! go upon a long trip in search of rest
and recreation, which it was hoped
would restore his health and strength.
en- him in his physical weakness. He
was taken down shortly afterwards
| and remained in bed for a week, but
! pulled himself together with tremen-
! dous determination and energy, Wis
tied his Office daily, attending to his
business affairs and getting. them in
shape for the vacation he thought to
take. On the day he was to leave.
Saturday last, he was again taken
seriously i'll and at that time he real
lied the seriousness of his condition
which grew rapidly worse until the
end. -: =;
He faced what he believed to be
the end bravely and with remarkable
courage, and he passed out of life
quietly as a dream, to rest from his
labors, refreshment and surcease 81
| his physical troubles, and the serene
calm, quiet and gladness of Immor-
tally. ~
Wesley G.. Matchan was born at
Zumbrota, Mimi, September 49,. 1876
and was nearing 80 years Of age at
the time of his death. He was the
youngest Of a family of eight child
rem. all of the others surviving him.
His parents lived on a farm near
Zumbrota, and there he remained un-
til 1895, when he went to Minneap-
oils with his brother, DR.: R. D. Match.
an of that place, and entered the
medical department of the University
Of Minnesota. Three years later" he
enlisted with the Fourteenth MINES
ota Volunteers for the spanish-A1aeri-
can war and was attached to the, med
ical department of the organization.
The regiment went into camp at
Chickamauga, and there he contract
ed typhoid fever, r returning to the
completion of his medical course at
the. close of long and wasting Ill
ness. Upon his graduation he spent
a year in the city hospital, and then
located in this city for the practice
OF medicine. He was successful in
his practice, and in addition to build
ing up large practice, built up a
circle of personal friends that num-
bered all who knew him we'll, or who
learned to value him through his pro
this city two years after his arrival
here to Miss Edna Boucher, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Boucher, and
one son., Robert B. Matchan, survives
him, with his wife. To the bereaved
wife and family the sympathy of the
whole city goes out heartily and full.
~, with the knowledge that 1t can
be the only consolation possible In
this hour Of trial and sorrow. @T
DIR. Matchan was a member of Bis.
marcK Lodge No. S, A. F. and A. NJ:
Of Missouri Chapter, r, A. M, and of
Tancred Commandery, Knights Temp
lar, and Of St. ,Slmo Lodge, X. Of P.
He was in the prime of his health
OF fine presence, splendid physique
and brimming with health and spirits,
a lover. OF. outdoor sports, and with
manly and admirable qualities that
will be recalled by his friends with
especial vlvidness and clearness, in
the untimeliness OF, his death. He
was also always deeply interested In
the national guard and held COM
mission as Captain in charge Of medi.
cal supplies In the Fourth North Da-
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