The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1910-01-06
JUDGE FAY PASSES
AWAY PEACEFULLY
The Light Of the New Year
Had Barely Broken When
the Soul Took Flight.
As Soldier, Citizen, Statesman,
Public Official, His Was
an Honored Career.

gence spread over the city last Satur-
day. While it had long been known
that his recovery was highly improb-
able yet the news was none the less a
shock and sorrow to the community
and the county in general.
He had suffered long period of
feeble health and a lingering illness
that had confined him to his home for
several months. Nearly year ago he
went to California hoping to be bene-
fitted but such relief as he found was
only temporary.
The end came at / p. m. Saturday,
Jan. 1st, the immediate cause being
heart failure. The disease that for
more than a year had steadily and
surely sapped the vitality and enact
ated the body was pronounced diabetes
by physicians at Hunters Hot Springs
where the deceased went over a year
ago seeking relief.
In keeping with the personality and
the expressed wishes of the judge his
funeral was without ostentation and
was conducted by the local Masonic
body A. F. and A. NJ. at 2 o'clock.
Tuesday, Union Temple. Rev. D. F.
Thompson read the Episcopal service and
spoke impressively of the dead brother
and his virtues as soldier, citizen and
mason. The Blue Lodge service was
read by master of the lodge, J. E.
Bunday assisted by Past Master w. N.
Bateman. The remains were inferred
in Oakes cemetery. The pail bearers
were: B. S. Hodges and r. E. Griffin
Of Glendale and E. w. Bittman, H. c.
Mccartney, G. S. Brown and John
Kennedy of Oakes. all being masons.
The deceased is survived by widow
and by two children from a former mar
riage. The daughter, Mrs Inez Common
of Andover. NY, was prevented from
reaching here by the great distance and
the severe weather. The son, Carl F.
Fay. who resides at University Places
suburb of Lincoln, Neb., was present.
All the county officials were present
except Mrs. G. M. Lowell, Co. Supt.
and Com. Sullivan. Those attending
the funeral from Glendale were Treas
urer J.B. Taylor, Auditor v. E. Haskins,
Register o. D. Beggs, Sheriff G. c.
Reames, Attorney E. E. Cassels, Clerk
Of Court ]. E. Baker, Clerk Arthur
Wilson. Commissioners E. F. Stevens,
B. S. Hodges, r. E. Griffin, F. E.
Randall and Attorneys d. T. Youker
and Fred Graham.
The county officials brought beauti-
full floral offering in the form of a
wreath.
Judge George H. Fay, who was quite
as well known as major, was born in
Hudson, N. H., Feb. "a, 1912; came
with his family to Whiteside county,
ILL.,, in 1874, where he passed his early
days and received his education, studied
law and was admitted to practice be-
fore the supreme court of Illinois in
1868; enlisted for service in the civil
war as private, Company B, 34th
Illinois infantry serving over year
and being discharged for disability;
again enlisted with Company B l4Oth
Illinois infantry. serving six months
and was mustered out. He again
entered Company B 147th Illinois as
FIRST lieutenant, serving six months as
captain and was mustered out in 1866.
In the war with Spain he was COM
nissioned a major 1893 and served as
paymaster during that war.
His first wife was Miss Amanda
Renwick from viii: n marriage there
were two children, as previously stated.
He was married to the surviving wife,
who was Miss Anna Brumagim in 1876;
came to Dakota in 1886; was delegate
from Mcintosh county to the constitu-
tional convention in 1889; served that
county as member of the legislature,
states attorney and probate Judge.
He came to Oakes in 1896 and has
served as city auditor and city attorney.
Upon the death of Judge Flemlngton
he was appointed county judge in
January, 1905, was elected in 1906 and
reelected in 1908.
It is understood that his will leaves
the home and other property to the
widow.
Judge Fay was a man with many
friends and we know not of an enemy
Held in high regard by his townsmer
and brother masons ecause of his in.
tegrity and honor, unassuming, frank
and democratic, he was peculiarly op
posed to ceremony or demonstration
His chief claim to place in our mem
cries and estimations lay in the higl
IDEAL he maintained as a lawyer, a citi
rem and a public official.
Sunday School Convention.
A district Sunday School convention
including the counties Of Dickey, La
Mou,e, Logan, Mcintosh, Ransom ant
Sargent, will be held at the M. E
church, LaMoure, Thursday to Saturday
Jan. 6-8, 1910. "A good. program .ha
been prepared for the occasion.