Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-12-14
JOHN DOLPHIN succUMRs AT
MERCY HOSPITAL IN
y CEDAR RAPIDS.
TYPHOID FEVER CAUSE OF DEATH
Funeral Took Place Friday and inter-
nent Was Made at Bel
mont Cemetery.
Especial Ryan Correspondence }

N9pOSldb 1tJetlA SSAASoRoAANSAASS'y
Our little town was cast into sud
i-s.s ,s.Ssm ON Wednesday last when
,iis news Gu the daGtn ci Jonn Dcl-
.i....., was received here, me sa.. event
sS~-rrea at ..siey nospitai In Gear
itapiass, on the oay above stated.
Mr.. Dolphin lett here IN his usual
s goo. heath ana spirits ON Septem-
.s.5 ., ~ saEer.I'tsnd the harvesting
CT the crops on his rice plantation 10
cale., near De ya.ls Bluffs, Arkansas,
exlecung to be absent from home
alsSal three weeks but the weather
WIS unusually wet and stormy, which
retarded the work and he was COM
lsaiiea to stay a considerable longer
,iile chan he intended. While there
he contracted malaria fever which
ilnl,ly developed into typhoid His
case was not considered serious, how
ever, and he was removed to a hos
pt:e. at Memphis, Tennessee, where
the doctors were better prepared to
t3mEet the disease. After a few
days he felt sufficiently recovered
to START for home, coming as. far as
Cedar Rapids, where he entered MeT-
cy hospital for treatment, he was ap-
parently recovering slowly from his
i!lns-s end his family and friends
we.s looking forward with pleasure
to his return home, when on Monday
last he, took sudden change for the
worse and sank rapidly until Wednes-
day, morning when he passed away
surrounded by his children and the
saithfuls wife, who had been constant
~ at his bedside during his last i'll
mss. slp
leila pl.ptln was horn in Jones
county, Iowa, May G, 1858, where he
attended school and grew. to manhood.
On january 81, 1883 he was united in
Maria Sc % Elizabeth Keegan at
Cascade, iowa, and removed to a
farm rear Prairieburg, where he was
/. successfully engaged in farming until
January 1897 at which time he dis
posea OF. his holdings and came to
Ryan, where he associated himself
with the Bank of Ryan as director
and cashier, the venture terminated
successfully on the organizing of the
Ryan State Bank in June 1900. Mr..
5 Dolphin was wisely chosen cashier by
the new institution and had the graft,
ification of seeing it grow from a
humble beginning until it now ranks
among the foremost institutions of
its kind in the county.
On the death of j. A. Thomas, MI.
Dolphin was unanimously elected
president of the bank, which position
he held until his death.
He was strictly honest and upright
in all his dealings with the public,
was always booster for any project
for the betterment Of his town or
the surrounding country and friends
without number unite in offerins
sympathy to the bereaved family in
their hour OF affliction.
The funeral took place Friday and
was the largest ever held here. Ser
vices were held in the Belmont
church, where High Mass was cele-
brated with p H. Ryan of Lawler,
celebrant, Rev. j.. M. Malloy, deacon
Rev. j. j. Hanley of Waterloo, sub
deacon and Rev. Thos Conry of Du.
Euq,le, master of ceremonies, Rev. NJ
s. Murphy of Castle Grove was alse
in the sanctury, the pastcr, Rev. j
NJ. Malloy. preached an eloquent fun
eral sermon, paying tribute to his
character and abilities and his faith
ful allegiance to the church through
out his life and also offered man,
words of consolation to the bereavet
ones.
The floral tributes were many an,
beautiful consisting Of cross an.
pillow from the Catholic Order o
Foresters. a broken wheel from tn
! Ryan State Bank, a large cross iron
the Ryan Creamery Company an
I many others.
The body was laid to rest in Be
mont cemetery. The pail bearer
We're John Reilly, W.B. Robinson, i
NJ. Foley. Chas. Worley, Edward Do
an George Emery. F9J Honsbon an