The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-24
|lED FAR AWAY
FROM FRIENDS.
Account q Conrad E'm1set'' Death
u,,ch Occurred on TahIta L.
land in the South
Paclttc.
SEvENTY-FoUR
.,,,,ber Of Years Resident Of keo-
kuk and Laid Out Rand Park
For the
City.

i letter has just been received by
urs Charles M. Fuller OF 1902 Con-
art street, from DR.. August Eimbeck
Who resides at New Haven. Mo, an. |
nouncing the recent death ofy Conrad
rimbeck at his home at Papeeta,
Tahita, after an illness Of few days
Of pneumonia.
Mr. Eimbeck will be fayorably re-
membered by many Keokuk people.
ua resided here for q number OF
Years, during which time he was en-
uloyed by the city as city engineer.
He was eminent in this profession and
IN able landscape designer. He made
and managed the plans for Rand
mark and 1t was on account Of the
laying out OF this newly acquired park
that Mr. Eimbeck was employed. He
was too learned and too eminent in
III profession to have been employed
and retained as engineer for city of
inc size and pretentions of Keokuk at
hat day, after the special work OF de-
signing the park had been completed.
He left Keokuk many years ago and
fnally drifted to, Tahita. one of the
South Sea islands. lying between
America and Australia. There he fol
lowed his profession for time and
then was very successful as farmer
for some time, but reverses overlook
him and about two years ago he 10,
Gated at the seaport town Of Papeeta,
on the little Tathita island, where he
resumed his profession, including
house reconstruction and building and
where he has just died.
Mrs. Fuller was employed in his Of
fee In Keokuk and he became well
acquainted with the family. He die
not forget Keokuk, though far remov
ed from it. He kept up correspond
ence with Mrs. Fuller and perhaps
other Keokuk people up to the time O
his death. Mrs. Fuller wrote to hin
only a short time ago and 1t is sup
posed that the letter reachedsits desti
Il ion after his death and was tn,
cause of her receiving notice that h
VS. dead.
The Little Island.
Mrs. Fuller has very fine and In
teresting collection of photographs Q
the little island of Tahita not muc
larger, if any, than Lee county, Ian
Of delightful climate, unexcelled PEE
haps in the world. These were ser
her from time to time by her good oil
friend Engineer Eimbeck, who prol
ably was the artist who selected tn
points of interest and took most or a
Of the pictures himself.
He was seventy-four years old {
the time OF his death and leaves
number Of relatives in this countr
one Of them holding high position {
Washington, d c., and including tt
brother, DR.. Eimbeck, who informe
Mrs. Fuller of Engineer Eimbeck
death. He was never married.
There was no intimation in the lie
ter as to the disposition of the bod
1t had been the expressed wish of 2
gineer Eimbeck to have his boo
cremated and the ashes placed und
or near Venus lighthouse on Il
coast of Tahita and Mrs. Fuller has
picture of this lighthouse in her CT
lection. 1t may be that it will be i
practicable to carry out this wish
the eminent man, and the renal
may now be buried in an ordina
grave in the little island far aw'
from his home and the friends
former days.
It would seem fitting that some
tie act in perpetuation of his memo
should be done by Keokuk poop
some little mark Of appreciation
what he has done for this city,
planning SO beautiful spot as Ra
park, the constant pride of our peoI
and the admired of all visitors; al
thing-a little stone in some prom
ent point in the park, the flower ga
EN- for instance, with a few words