The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-16
CALLED BY DEATH
Ida May Weeks Summoned to her
Eternal Rest
A YOUNG LIFE ENDED
Graduate of Ssuk Centre High
School Meets Grim Destroyer
With Christian FOrtitude

Miss Ida May Weeks, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. +. Weeks of this
city, died at her home on Thursday,
Dec. 9, at a. M, after an illness of
several months. Miss Weeks fell
victim to the dread disease tuber-
culosis.
! Funeral services were held from
the Methodist Episcopal church on
Saturday, Dec. II, at o'clock p. m,
the pastor officiating. The text OF
the discourse was from II Samuel,
XII: Is: 81 shall go to him but he
shall not return to me-" The Sunday
school young people sang at the
funeral led by Mrs. Geo. Butler. In
terment was in Greenwood cemetery.
Ida May Weeks was born in Sauk
Centre Sept. 1S, 1890. She was reared
and spent her life in Sauk Centre,
graduating with honor from the pub
lie high school in June 1908. The Fall
of that year she taught school i'm dis
trict Number Is with success. Early
in the present year she began to fail
and had to give up her work. The
disease proved to be tuberculosis.
Last Spring she went into the pine
woods near Akeley in the hope of
obtaining relief. She gradually be-
came weaker and it was soon evident
that she could not live. The 22nd.
day of October she was brought home
and remained here until the end came,
bravely facing death and bearing her
sufferings uncomplainingly.
Miss Ida was member of the
Methodist Sunday school, where she
was greatly loved. She was faithful
Christian girl and died in the sure
hope of Immortality. Her death was
|. a great shock to the many friends she
had among the young people and witn
whom she had grown UP. She was a
dutiful daughter, faithful friend
and life looked very bright to her
when she was attacked by the dread
disease. Her departure leaves va
can't place in the home of her parents,
and the sympathy of their many
friends goes out to them in their af-
Fiction.
The funeral of A. w. Sheets of
Long Prairie, whose death was briefly
noted in last weeks Herald, was held
at p. m. Saturday from the Sheets
home, Rev. DR.. Cleveland, pastor Of
the Methodist church, officiating.
There was a large attendance of rela-
tives and friends.
Arthur w. Sheets was born in Ran
dolph county, Indiana, Oct. 5, 1851.
He came to Todd, county, Minnesota,
in 1871. with his parents, who located
on farm near Browerville. He at
tended Carlton College for time but
did not graduate. In the spring of
1916 he entered the Office of the Argus
as partner with his brother j. H.
Sheets and after four years became
/ ooiO oVhCA Va OliC PoRCls
as such until his death.
Mr.. Sheets was one of the old guard
of Minnesota country newspaper men,
an able and forceful writer and widely
and favorably known among the pro-
fession in the state. Some months
ago his health failed and he spent
SOmp time in thp woSt Ho wac a viz.
tim of tuberculosis and came home a
few weeks ago to die. He leaves a
widow and seven children, two daugh-
ters and FIVE sons. The latter are
now publishing the Argus. Last
September the paper moved into a
| fine new brick building, the result of
a competence made by years of hard
work as country editor.