The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-12-14

Lincoln hospital where the results
were discouraging and his condition
unequal to the strain, If completed.
Later as last resort he was taken
to Rochester, Mimi, where the Mayo
Bros. performed an operation: but the
hope held out vanished and he faced
the ordeal of slow waste to the final
surrender with all the patience of a
Zero. Nature has inspired every life
ith a firm purpose to do valiant bat.
here remains enough vitality TO offer
.naggle. Nothing too trivial for an
nchOr of hope, straw to the drown
Ing man gives ready example Bat
4 time comes when hopelessness
makes the sufferer long for the last
pang, the last breath given up, recon-
ciled for the peace to come with
death. ...- .
Patient Bert You remember
him, in stature and physique a giant,
eXuberant with joy and vitality. 1t
was awful to see that sanguine frame
reduced to mere skeleton of hun.
dred pounds. That much is all the
cemetery now claims or holds of our
royal friend, side by side with his
three children gone before. These
remains arrived Saturday morning on
the B. & NJ. accompanied by Mrs
| Lou l.. Waters, the widow, their
daughter, Mrs. Code Campbell, and
her husband, of Lincoln; their son
Carl Waters; Bert's brother, Med
Waters and wife of Lincoln. and T
b. Parker of Hastings, the latter rep
resenting the Hastings council OF
Commercial Travellers, a member Of
which the deceased was. The casket
was taken to the home of Mrs. Wat
ers' brother, Norman A. Johnson, un
| til Sunday afternoon when it was re
moved to the Baptist church for the
funeral service conducted by Rev. A
l.. Drummond. That little temple
could not furnish pews or standing
room for 1.-THE of the friends gath
cred to pay their last tribute to the
dead. The mountain of floral offer
ings above the casket and around Il
eXemplified the regard in which he
was held The Hastings council o.
u. c. T. sent their emblem letteroC
in variegated blooms, done into I;
shield; and the Norton council quit,
duplicated the offering. These will
wreaths upon wreaths touched the
scene to beauty. Fully fifty CONNER
Glal Travellers in regalia marched Il
the cemetery with the hearse, and thu
line of carriages in funeral procession
almost joined church and cemetery
one mile apart. The pail bearer!
were Clark J. Shimeall of Goodland
C. G. Page, J. l.. Miller, Arthur Saum
Floyd Shimeall and NJ. B. Lane. Thu
sonic order, the Sons and Daughter
of Justice, a knight of Pythias ant
an u. c. Traveller He served a pop
ular term as mayor of this city whil'
here in business.
Henry Birtsell Waters was born a
Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sept 1886. Sol
of Matthew and Lucy A. Waters. Mar
ried to Lou +. Johnson April rs, 1878
at Rose Hill, Iowa. Besides the wifi,
the children living are: Mrs. Claud,
Bower, Norton, Kansas: Merrill W
Waters. Seattle, Washington: Mrs
Ralph S. Campbell, Lincoln, Nebras
ka Carl, Waters, Lincoln Nebraska
Three children died some time ago
in infancy. Lived at Oskaloosa, Iowa
until 1883, when he moved to Norton
Kansas, and engaged in the harnes!
business until 1906, when he moved
to Lincoln, Nebr. For three years
he travelled for the Racine Satey I'm
plement Co., and for the last three
years has been with the Rock ISLAND
Pillow Co., of Omaha He leaves three
brothers living: NJ. A. Waters, Lin
coin, Nebr.; w. w. Waters, Challis
Idaho, and H. J. Waters, Billings
Montana" ....