The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1910-02-23
VOLUME l8.
WELL KNOWN
BEECHWOODS
MAN DIED
McC Curdy Hunter Had Won a
High Place In the Esteem
Of the People.

McCurdy Hunter, one OF the well
known and prominent Beechwoods resi-.
dents. died suddenly at his home Thurs
day forenoon. He had been apparently
in his usual good health until about
a half hour before his death, when he
was seized with what is supposed to
have been heart failure. Restoratives
were unavsiling and in an appallingly
short time the spark of life had fed
His departure from life was so sudden
that not even his children and i'm
mediate relatives were aware of his
illness until the tidings reached them
that death had visited this homes cad
and removed the head of the family.
Thursday morning Mr.. Hunter was
about the house apparently as well
as ever, when during the forenoon he
informed his wife that he was not feel
ing we'll and would lie down for a
while. Dvining something wrong Mrs.
with her husband, made every effort
to relieve him, but in half an hour after
he was stricken death occurred. Dur
ing his active career Mr.. Hunter had
always borne-a a strong, healthy physique
and rugged constitution, aud he was
almost the last Of the older residents
of the Beechwoods district who was
expected to answer the last roll call
for many years at least.
McCurdy Hunter was in the 6Sth
year Of his life. He was the son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hunter,
the former of whom lived to be over
100 years old McCurdv Hunter was
born in the Beechwoods where his life
was spent In the active pursuits of
farming and incidentally to looking
after the welfare and uplifting Of the
community 80 dear to his heart. That
he did this can we'll be testified by the
widespread expressions of regret over
the removal by death Of this life from
its field of usefulness.
In 1858 Mr.. Hunter and Miss Sarah
Sterrit we're united In marriage. The
wife and seven children survive him,
as follows: Andrew and Joseph, OF
Beechwoods, Warwick and Wray, Of
Reynoldsville, Margaret, Anna and
Sarah, who reside at home. He is also
survived by two brothers, Joseph and
Robert Hunter, and one sister, Mrs.
M. G. Klingensmith.
The name Of McCurdy Hunter is in
dissolubly associated with the Beech
woods district where his long and USE
ful life was spent. He was endowed for
the work In that section with restless
energy, keen wits and capacity for
concentrated devotion to high ideals
and the betterment of his fellowman.
He was an ardent churchmau and had
been an elder in the Beechwoods Pres
byterian church for number of years.
He was broad in his conceptions, strong
in his convictions, pure in his motives,
upright and honest in his dealings with
his neighbors. He was a soldier in the
Civil War, brave and gallant, who
thought it not too much to offer his
life, II need be, sacrifice on the altar
of his country.-Brockwayville Record.
McCurdy Hunter was vice-president
and director of the Citizens National
bank of Reynoldsville, in which his son,
]. W, Hunter, is cashier.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence in Beechwoods at
twelve o'clock Saturday, conducted by
Rev. Geo. II. Hill, pastor of Beech
woods Presbyterian church, assisted by
Rev. J. v. Bell, of Dubois. Interment
was made in the Beechwoods cemetery.