Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-08-25

The darkness which hung city the first of this week
like the that hung pail Webster because
the shadow of death had visited of most prominent
The dense smoke which penetrated every and
unless ii absolutely mpregnabe symbolic of the
found grief and tender sympathy which every home had
sesed every heart and words and prayers for the
widow and orphan children the widowed mother the sis
ter and brother who ourneying from ST. Paul New
York with remains John Williams, where they
being taken for burial
Yes, John Williams who for nineteen years has been
than ctizenwho has been neighbor and friend nearly
Day county-ha been called his reward
There Webster who would have been sadly
missed He known all and loved and respected by all
who knew him. Very few old this county who had
time called upon him a kindness, and
few away disappointed. No poor worthy dis
ressed brother sister called upon him for assistance
Many voyager upon the of fe when
their bark nearly upon hope had departed
have cried him their distress and found him assist
safe harbor and the which has
carried them Charity, benevolence and kindness
Unborn parts of his To do good to all people
seemed be his mission life and he unaoyed pleasure
in performing it.
Words express sorrow which is Webster
his demise and the bereavement which has fallen
herefrom his beloved and loving relatives No. the suffer-
ing too intense for words We have many of the friends
of standing since the of his death received here
To these the loss and the of appreciation and
of expression nearly the and
inenseness impress all with its sincerity How many
times have been stopped the past days with We
John dead fellow too bad" then the eye of the
any words be eloquent? No. be expressive
Tears tell story Of profound sadness upon which all language
Is dumb
Why was he universally loved and esteemed? Was is
because of his generosity because of his charity it
because of his forgiveness because of the of
his life both public and private because of his love for
others because he In position to do great deal
for others and made the of the opportunity thus pre-
sented because of his dislike of display because
he Stunned praise and fattery? 1t would be hard pick any
attribute of his life which made him such general favor
ite 1t John Williams his fe his ways his justice his
loyableness all taken together
His home life very beautiful; for he
nearly always there during his leisure loving and
devoted wife and beautiful children very
husband and faher He itself aged
and there could have been stronger bond of affection than
that which existed between him his
them AT this hour words tighten their sorrow,
relieve their suffering For them there only the hope of the
life beyondhe promise made of the life immortal But after
the weight of this terrible blow has will appreciate
the great blessing which given them him. and the
munon with him which they permitted enjoy long,
The beautiful memories Of his life will break through
clouds of and tend shorten the hours of waiting
between and the time of reunion in the life immortal
when there will be no death parting.
John Williams born to John and Ann Williams at their
home in Savannah New York. May 3h 1870 He received
his education and spent his early life the home of his par
ents in Savannah and educated the school
of that CITY, In 1884, his brother David Williams, who
made his home Dakota for few years. desiring assistance
in his growing banking business for his brother