The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-03-24
Ring the Bell Softly,
there's Crepe en- The Door

Fred Nelson Culver, Editor sno
Manager, of the San Juan Islander
died Tuesday at 5:45 o'clock p. m.
at Saint Lukes hospital in Belling,
ham. Mr.. Culver underwent a sur
gical operation lasting five and a
half no urs on Sunday the 10Th.
His physicians reported his condition
Tuesday morning as being very
favorable much better than they an
ticipated but toward evening ne
sank to his final rest.
Mr.. Culver was in his forty-fourth
year of his age. He was born Sept.
list 1867 in the village Of Gaysville.
Vermont. In the fall of 1876 his
parents and family removed to Des
Moines, Iowa where they resided
about six years then on to North
Dakota for stay of about two
years. Then his father was lured
by the cry of gold into the wilds
of the Occur d'Alene region OF
Idaho. At this time Fred was
was sick and his physicians dispair-
ing of curing him sent him to his
father to live in the mountains as
his only hope of recovery. His con-
dition caused his father serious con-
Germ. During his sojourn in Idaho
he learned the trade of practical
printer being associated with his
brother Otis, who had established
his first newspaper at Murray, Idaho.
After five years residence in Idaho
the family moved to Spokane Wash
ington where he was placed in
charge of newspaper and job office
until they were burned out. being in
Spokane but a short time. A little
later on the two brothers bought
the Fairhaven Pathfinder plant
changed the name Of the paper to
The World which was afterwards
merged with the Fairhaven (now
Bellingham Herald) where Fred
was foreman in the mechanical de-
partment until they sold their in
terest and bought the San Juan Is
lander which Fred has managed
nearly all the time for several years
and was owner and editor of it
when he died. Mr.. Culver has been
twice married, the first time about
sixteen years ago to Miss Lizzie Nc
Lean, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Mclean, of Bellingham.
This most excellent woman died
after several months painful illness
followed by a surgical operation
causing him great sorrow. A little
later Mr.. Culver spent about three
years in Bellingham at job printing
and serving as Secretary for the
Grocers Association at that city and
associate editor of . The ReveiIIe
where he has many friends. While
there he was married to. Miss Alicia
Matilda Burns, who, together with
two girls, 1nez, aged seven and
Elsa, aged three, by this union
and Margaret, aged thirteen, by the
first wife, survive him to mourn his
loss, and they are not alone, his
sister Mrs. Willis and her husband,
of Olga, his brother, O. H. Culver
and wife and children and his aged
father and mother are bowed with
sorrow. Quiet in demeanor and an
intense lover of nature, both in
scenery and in flowers, of refined
disposition and at all times a gentle
man. This community will miss
him, for his standards of taste,
living, and thinking were high.
The affection of the brothers for
each other was great indeed, no need
either of means or personal help
that one could render to the other
was at any time or under any cir
cumstances lacking.
Funeral services were hello yester.
day at Mock & Halls Chapel in Bell
ingham, the Episcopal servi ce being
read. lnterment was made in Bay
View cemetery.
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