The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-21

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DUBOC.-Rev. Albert Michel Du.
Doc, after an extended period of i'll.
ness, passed away at his home, No
Aa4 North Market street, at four forty
five o'clock Monday afternoon, Deem
Der IS, 1911, aged 63 years, s months
and 8 days.
Funeral Wednesday afternoon, Dec
20, at 2:30 o'clock. at the Baptist
church, Second avenue east and Third
street, Rev. J. A. Lapham of Des
Moines, an old friend of the deceased
officiating, and Rev. w. c. Rutherford,
pastor of the church, assisting. In.
terment will be made at Rock Island
Illinois.
Death was due to nervous collapse
and complications with which he has
been suffering covering a period OF
several years. The end came in q
peaceful manner, without pain. The
patient passed into Inconsistencies
and death came as he slept. Rev.
Duboc was a native of France, born
in Paris, April 8, 1S4S. The family
| came to America in 1857 when he was
a boy of y years, and resided for a
time at New Orleans. Deceased re-
ceived his education at Rochester uni
versity, graduating from both uniyer
sity and the theological school. He
began his work for the church in 1872,
securing pastorate at Denison, Iowa.
| He has had congregations in South
Dakota, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa, in
which state he has worked In all
about twenty-five years, having filled
pulpits at Denison, Marion, Usage and
Oskaloosa, his last charge, which he
occupied for term of six years
The town OF Denison, his first church,
er of Mrs. DubOc, whom he married
while resident Of that place, and
there the son Charles was born.
Rev. A. NJ. Duboc responded to a call
to the. First Baptist church of Oska-
lOosa and came to the city in Decem.
Der, 1899. He was the leader OF this
| flock for term of about six years
and retiring from the pulpit he en-.
tered business, conducting an insur-
ance agency in Oskaloosa until his
failing health compelled his retire
ment from active occupation.
Deceased Is survived by widow and
seven children, as follows, in order of
birth: Mrs. Lucy Jones, Denison, Ia;
Charles Fl. of Chicago; Jessie L., of
Bloomington, ILL.,; William A., of Co.
lumbus,, Ohio; Grace L., of Missouri
Valley; Ray b., of New Sharon, and
Windsor, OF OskaloOsa. Other rela.
tives are the widow of a deceased
brother, Mrs. J. c. Duboc, and her son
Henry, and a sister, Mrs. Charles
Wolff, who with her husband has for
years been in educational work in
Japan, being instructors in the Imper.
ial university until recent retirement.
Mr.. Wolff, now on pension of the Jap.
aneSe government, was the first for
eigner to receive such favor from that
country. Rev. DubOc was an earnest,
able man, the embodiment of every.
thing that is best in desirable citizen.
| snip. he was man OF much power
in his work in the church, of scholar
| ly attainment, possessed of much ex.
ecutive ability and well qualified for
| leadership. He was an intensive
worker and to his zeal and his never
ceasing mental and physical activity
may have been due the foundation for
the nervous breakdown that terminal.
ed in death. Although not unexpect-
ed and while death brought peace and
relief from an illness for which no
betterment was possible, the passing
! of this good man causes deepest re-
greet with all those who have known
him and the family have the sincerest
sympathy of many friends in their
loss and bereavement. E- p. SECS ....