The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-15
MAYOR KUHBACH
Z PASSES AWAY
HOneSdaIe'S Chief Execu.
tive Summoned Tuesday
Morning.
CAREER OF PROMINENT CITIZEN
AND POLITICIAN BROUGHT
TO AN UNTIMELY END.


John Kuhbach, Mayor of Homes
dale, died at his home, 901 Court
street at $50 Tuesday morning, af-
ter an illness of about six weeks
duration. Mr.. Kuhbach was taken
with lagrippe about the first of Oc-
tober He regained sufficiently to
go out, but suffered a relapse and
had since been confined to his bed
and had gradually grown weaker un-
til the end came Tuesday morning.
Mr.. Kuhbach was born in Texas
township September IL, 1865, and
was therefore 46 years of age. He
received his education in the town
snip school and was graduated from
the Honesdale High school in 1885
with great honor. He taught school
at Deonardsville for two terms and
was a director in his home township
from 21 years of age until he moved
into Honesdale. During his COM
paratively short life Mr.. Kuhbach
has been very active. He has held
positions of trust and has rapidly
climbed the ladder of success. He
served as deputy postmaster for Will
liam H. Krantz, was bookkeeper for
the Durland-Thompson Shoe Com
pany, clerked two years in C. c..
Jadwin's pharmacy and was also a
bookkeeper with the Delaware and
Hudson Canal company.
In 1885 he registered with Hon.
P. p. Smith as law student, but
did not devote his entire time to his
studies until 1894. He was admit
ted to the Wayne County Bar Oct.
Z, 1895. Since that time he has
been manager of the Honesdale
branch of the Central Pennsylvania
Brewing company.
Mr.. Kuhbach in his private and
public life has endeared himself to
every person with whom he came in
contact. He was a man of broad
liberal views on all questions, in
which the community were interest
ed and never failed to take a deep
interest in the welfare of the town
and county. He was indefatigable
in his eXertions to make Honesdale
greater and more progressive. He
expended his money freely upon
every occasion where any hope of
realizing the interests of the town
or the community in which he lived
might be attained. While in the
Pennsylvania Legislature, though
one of the youngest members, his in
fluence was felt in the making of
the laws by which the people of
this Commonwealth were to be gov
erned and more particularly was his
interest centered in laws affecting
our own county. Mr.. Kuhbach was
democratic from principle and since
he arrived at the age of manhood
has always taken a deep interest in
the political affairs of the commun-
ity, though partisan to the extent of
vigorously supporting his own par
ty, so judiciously and diplomatical-
ly was this done that he never lost
the good will of the opposite party,
and whenever Mr.. Kuhbach was a
candidate for office, party lines
seemed to be disregarded and only
his personality considered. His
disposition was always cheerful and
apparently happy; under the most
adverse circumstances, no person
could ever detect any outward marks
or any indication of displeasure; to
his friends and those who knew him
best he was most affable and con-
genial and no conditions could arise
when his genial good nature was
ever in any way changed or clouded.
His education had been carefully at
tended to in early life; his store of
knowledge which he garnered ac-
cumulated as years went on. As a
speaker he was ready, forcible
and clear; he had a grasp on all
public questions far above the ordi-
nary. His early death will be
mourned by every person in this
community and his bright, cheerful
personality will be missed by all.
He was chairman of the Demo
cratic county committee for two
| years. In 1893 he was elected to
the legislature and served one term.
He also was prominently identified
with a number of fraternal societies
tries. He held membership in the
following lodges; knights Templar,
Anthony Wayne Chapter Royal Arch
Masons, Honesdale Lodge, No. 218
Free and Accepted Masons, Freedom
Lodge of Odd Fellows, Fraternal Or
| der of Eagles, Oslek Tribe of Red
Men, Knights of the Heptasophs and
Granger. He was also affiliated
with the Farmers and Mechanics
Bank, being a director of same; was
vice-president of the Wayne Cut
Glass company, of Towanda, and also
vice-president of the Scranton Fire
Insurance company, of Scranton.
Mr.. Kuhbach joined Company e
| Thirteenth Regiment, N. G. p, In
1886 and in 1894 was promoted tC
battalion adjutant. He resigned thai
office to accept the second lieuten,
ancy of Company e. The deceased
is survived by a wife, mother and
one sister, Mrs. w. A. Sluman.
The funeral services will be held
from his late home Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock, Rev. w. H. Swift
d. D., officiating. The Knight Temp
lars will have charge of the funera
with Masonic services at the grave
1nterment in Glen Dyberry ceme
terry.