Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-12
OBITUARY
c. A. Bryan.

Conductor G. A. Bryan, one OF tn
oldest and best known conductors o
the Oregon Short line and forme
Ottumwa railroad man, passed ava,
at his home in Pocatello, Idaho, Sun
day evening, October /, at $3.50 o'clocl
after an illness extending over periot
of several years. The deceased |!
known to the older railroad men o
this city, having resided here for many
years, previous to his departure fol
| Idaho in 1898.
Something over three years age
alysis from which he never fully re
covered, and which kept him bed
| fast most Of the time. He was low
| ingly cared for by his faithful wife
and the children and when his condi.
ton permitted he was wheeled about
in an invalid's chair, but at no time in
the three years was he able to walk
about. September IS, he suffered an
other stroke of paralysis, ~since which
time he gradually weakened, until Sat
urday evening when death came.
Charles Atewa Bryan was born at
Munsy, Lyncuming county, Pennsyl-
vania, July 3, 1859. At the age of
four years he moved with his. parents
to Ottumwa, Iowa, where he received
his education, and where he began
his railroad career; he began as a
brakeman and after six months was
elevated to conductor. He married
Miss Pauline E. Bohe at Ottumwa, in
1890, and three years later, in April
1893, removed to POcatello where he
!, ri, tn he
employ of the Short Line. He is sur
vived by widow and four sons, all
residing in Pocatello. The sons are
Chas. A. Jr., aged 20 years; Paul NJ,
aged eighteen; Harry r., aged fifteen
and Daniel N, aged seven years.
Conductor Bryan was a member of
Division 200 Order of Railway Con-
ductors and of the Masonic order, be-
ing member in good standing of the
Knights Templars.
The remains were laid to rest Tues
day afternoon, October 3, in the Mason
ic cemetery under masonic auspices.
Milton G. Steele.
five miles east of Bloomfield Saturday
evening September %, 1911, at 10
O'Clock after long illness Funeral
services We're conducted at the resi-
dence Monday afternoon at o'clock
by Rev. Roper, pastor of the Baptist
church at Bloomfield in the presence
of large concourse of neighbcrs and
friends. The pallbearers were Messrs.
James Brown, Ed Day, Arch Duffield,
Louis Armstrong, Hampton Hargrove
and JACOB Miller. Int1fment was made
in the l. o. o. F. cemetery at Bloom
field Milton G. Steele was son of
John A. and Elizabeth Steele and was
the third Of eight children. He was
born near Shunem, Davis county, Ia,
%, 1856. and was SO years,
10 months and day old when he diea.
He was married September 8, 1879 to
Dora D. Kinney. "A sorrowing wife,
three brothers, j. E. Steele, Garnet
Kansas: G. w. and A. H. Steele of
two sisters, Mrs. Sadie M.
Day of Bloomfield and Mrs. Alice
Smith of Pulaski. One of his chief
was kindness. He had a
kind and cheering word for all his ac-
uuaintances and friends. He bore his
of long duration, with great
patience never murmuring. He died in
the faith of his Maker. saying If it WIS
His brothers and sisters were all II
the funeral except ]. E. Steele of Car
net, Kans.-Contrihute
Gard Of Thanks.
His wife, brothers and sisters desire |
to thank his friends and neighbors for |
heir kindness during his sickness and |
ieath.