The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-08-30
DIED LAST NIGHT FROM EFFECTS
OF INJURIES RECEIVED
IN FALL.
MAYOR OF CAIRO
Long One Ct City's Leading Business
Men---Member OF Many Orders
Born in cairo---Funeral
Wednesday.

Claude Winter, Sr., died last event.
ing at $40 o'clock at st Mary's In-
tirmary as the result of an accident 4
last Friday near Columbus, KY, In
which he was thrown from buggy u
and sustained fracture Of the hip
bone and was injured internally. He
was brought to Cairo nnd placed in
the iniirmary 1t was not known that
his internal injuries were so serious
until yesterday morning when his
physicians Drs. Clarke, Rendleman |
and Walsh in consultation advised 10 (
the family that Mr.. Winters injuries |
would prove fatal and that it was
only a question of a few hours be. |
fore death would ensue.
The shock to his family at this an !
nouncement was severe and when 1t
became generally known to hiss
friends over the city the entire com
munity felt a sorrow that was genuine
for Mr.. Winter was held high In the
esteem of all who personally knew
him. and perhaps there were few men |
I in Cairo who were better known that !
he.
1t was reported several times dur |
ing the afternoon that he had passed |
away, This report was credited by
many because the business concerns
with which Mr. Winter was connectes
We're closed shortly after noon and all
the members of the family were at his
bedside, except his daughter Mrs. w
B. Huette Jr., and son, William vii.
liam, who Is located az Marion, III,
arrived later and in time to see his
father alive. but Mrs. Huette did not
arrive until nm hour after her fathers
death. She went to st. Louis Satur
day to go into q hospital. whore she
had made arrangements to undergo
q surgical operation. This operation
was to have taken place yesterday
! morning, but the surgeon informed
her that she was not apparently able
to undergo the ordeal.
Biographical.
Claude Winter was -orn In Cairo,
May 80, 1858, and was baptised in the
| Church of the Redeemer August Ttn,
| 1853. with his twin brother AugussL.
At the age Of l6 he began his busi-
ness life as a clerk in hotel Later
he was in the employ OF John Me
| Nulty {now deceased) in the hard.
ware business. He renamed in this
business for about ten years or until
he entered into partnership with his
brother William In the grocery bust.
ness on Eighth street, later building
the large house on Washington ave.
niue and occupying It ever since as
"'rhe Model Grocery" This building
is the home OF the r. NJ X. G.
During the building up of the gro
Gerry business the retailing of ice was
carried on with such success that IL
was found advisable 20 build an Ice
factory of large capacity and the
business was successful venture
Unfortunately fire swep, away large
part of the accumulation of quarter
of a century when the factory was
destroyed, and was enough to unnerye
almost any man. but Claude Winter
always of cheerful and hopeful dis
position, picked up courage and began
again the building up OF his lost es-
tate.
Deceased served two terms as mem.
Der Of the<ity council and the people
:, called him to a higher office In 1898
: when he was elected mayor
He was a member Of the In6epend-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, knights OF
Pythias, the X. NJ. r. c., the Travel
ers' Protective Association and the
Alexander Club The Travellers Is an
accident insurance association II
which deceased had a policy.
Mr.. winters favorite order was
the X. NJ X. C. He Joined this so.
ciety In the early 70's when quite a
lyoung man and was at the tine Of
his death the Oldest living member
He has been eleven times elected
Great Grand Mogul or the order and
1t was largely through his individual
efforts and love for the order that 1t
is in existence today and one OF the
largest societies in Cairo.
In 1880 he married Miss Hams
Gerrin who died In 1901. He leaves
the following children: Claude, Jr,
Mrs. Walter B. Huette, Jr.. Josephine,
William and Margaret. He also leaves
his sisters, Josephine. Belle, Flora
and Jesie. and brothers. William and
Gus. the latter being twin brother.
The remains were taken in charge
by Burke & Blaine and win be pre-
pared for burial Arrangements for
the funeral have not be made. but II