Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-01-10
FUNERAL OF
JOSEPH DESSERT.
Held in Eosinee at the Residence of
Louis Dessert on Wednesday
Afternoon.

AteEuo0n.
The funeral of Joseph Dessert was
held from the home of Louis Dessert
at Mosinee on Wednesday afternoon,
Jan. 4th. A large number of old
friends Of deceased went down from
this city on a special train, which left
the st. Paul depot at lis and returned
at 4 o'clock. The services were con-
Quoted by the former rector of St.
Johns church of this city, Rev. Fir.
VIM. E. Wright, of Geneva, Ohio.
The choir consisted of Mrs. L. A.
Pradt, Mrs. Karl Mathie, Miss Her.
mione Silyerthorn, and Messrs. ]. w.
Coates and HI. ]. Evans, all of this
city. OF the last sad rites the Mosinee
Times says:
1.-The remains arrived in the village
Tuesday evening accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Henry NJ. Thompson and
daughter Edith, and Thomas Dever,
Of Milwaukee, Louis Dessert and
wife, who had gone to Milwaukee for
the purpose of accompanying the funeral
party here, and by Rev. w. E. Wright,
of Geneva, Ohio, the first pastor of
St. James Episcopal church and
personal friend of Mr.. Dessert, it
having been his request that Rev,
Wright preach the funeral sermon.
A large gathering of his former en-
ployees and friends were at the depot
to meet the party and escort the re-
mains to the home of Louis Dessert,
from which place the funeral was
neld Wednesday afternoon.
IAN unusually large crowd was
present at the ceremony in spite
OF the extreme inclemency of
the weather, many of them
gathering to pay last tribute
to the memory of departed friend,
employer and benefactor. Conspicu-
Gus among them were men who had
worked and toiled for the deceased in
the early days of Little Bull settle
ment. The special train which came
down from Wausau at one forty-fve
added about fifty or sixty to Che
numbers that were present from this
place and immediate vicinity. The
condition of the roads made it next to
impossible to get through by team,
yet several did brave conditions to
pay their last respects to a life long
friend, notable among whom was
Robert Freeman, who worked for Mr..
Dessert for many years, coming here
in 1850.
"The plant of the Wausau Sulphate
Fibre Co., was closed down during the
afternoon, as were also the business
places, while the services were being
conducted, and during the forenoon
large numbers called at the house to
gaze for the last time upon face they
loved. Asleep in death, from which
no one awakes, yet SO well had this
wonderful man preserved his vitality,
and so indelibilly were the familiar
lines of his countenance fixed in their
memory, that though he had been
gone from their midst for years, it
seemed but yesterday that he had bid
them good bye.
"The pail bearers were all men who
had been in Mr.. Desserts employ,
and in the employ of the Joseph Des-
sert Lumber Co., for twenty-five years
and some of them as long as thirty
five years. They were Thos. Davis,
Frank McReynolds, o. E. Edstrom,
Fred Werner and Aug. Bachman, of
this place, and E. Powers, of Black
WELL
"In life Mr.. Dessert had always been
a great admirer of flowers, and the |
many beautiful and costly floral trib-
utes massed about the casket fit |
tingly emphasized one of the ideals of |
his life, for in the flowers of field or
garden he always saw a thing of beauty |
that to him was one of the greatest |
gifts from the ruler of the supreme |
universe. And as the funeral cortege |
wended its way over the hill to the |
cemetery that was a gift of this gen.
erous hearted and noble spirited man
to the community in which he had |
lived his life, there were many tear |
stained faces upon the street. And |
this expression of grief testified more |
than words can tell or pen can write,
to the esteem, the respect in which |
this good man was held by his fellow |
townsmen."