Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-05-22
Fallen By The Wayside. >
FRIEDRICH PHILLIP KELLER

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without farewell or a tear,
a sob or futter of breath:
Unframed by the phantom of fear.
To glide through the darkness of death
Just so would choose to depart
Just SO let tie summons be given;
A culver, pause of the heart,
vision of angels-then heaven"
The beloved father and brother to
whose memory is dedicated this brief
tribute was born at Pennsylvania,
Ohio, May Z. 1854 and was found life
less by the way-side, near Ellenboro,
Wisconsin, April &c, 1912. At an
early morning hour of that day he
had left the home Of his brother in
law William Martin, to drive some
COWS which he had bought from
neighbor to his own farm, a distance
of about seven miles. He was riding
a horse to which he was greatly at.
tached, a finely bred animal. About
the middle Of the forenoon q horse
was noticed by some of the younger
members of Mr.. Martins family, rest
lessly tossing its head at the gate.
But the children, thinking it was a
trapper's horse who had been there at
an earlier hour said nothing until
noon when it was discovered to be Mr..
Keller's horse. Investigation was i'm
mediately started, and the body of
Mr.. Keller was found about three
fourths of mile from the premises
There was no evidence of his having
fallen from the horse. He was sup
posedlY walking, when suddenly
stricken with heart failure and sink
ing down passed away without a
struggle. And the horse, with al
most human intelligence, seeing his
master helpless had Immediately re-
turned to the place from which they
had started, and stood at the gate two
hours or more restlessly tossing his
head, evidently to attract attention.
When found the body was composed,
the countenance serene. The news of
the swift transit from health and
activity to that inevitable bourne from
whence none return, shocked and
grieved large community, where
Mr.. Keller was favorably and widely
known. He was man of industry,
gentle, kind in his nature, and ready
to help another in any time of need
The death of his beloved wife left
him a grief stricken man. The lapse
and prosperity of decade did not
bring consolation for his loss. His
youngest son had not been often
separated from him, but at the time
Of his death he was in South Dakota.
The older son Albert is married and
lives put a few miles from the place
of the fathers demise. The sympathy
of many hearts are with the stricken
sons and the sorrowing brothers and
sisters.
All, these sudden silences So
swift, SO terrible to those who re-
main. No time to say farewell, to
give one last lingering touch of affec-
tion-no time to get ready for the
great vacancy we have to meet. For
time We are overwhelmed and can
not be reconciled-not until we re-
member how sweet for the dear one
thus to go-no pain Of parting, no
fear of the icy river whose waves
battle the feet Of the dying, no dread
of Death s dark happings and the mar
row tomb where all must sleep at
last. But whether it comes after
lingering disease or in the twinkling
of an eye death is very terrible unless
we look beyond this vale of tears and
behold the ransomed souls of the
dead safe in our Fathers home-that
marvellous land where no pain or sor-
row ever can enter and all who have
faith in the Savior's resurrecting
power, shall neet again.
| ''For life seems little when life is past
And the woes which were bitter to yon and
to me,
Shall vanish as rain drops which fall in the
sea.
And all that has hurt US shall be made good,
And the puzzles which hindered be under
stood,
And the long hard march through the wild
erneSS bare
Seem but days journey when once we are
there
friedrich Keller was married to
Miss Elizabe Dsrsch December "a,
1883. She entered into the eternal
rest May %. 1902, leaving two sons,
Albert aged seventeen and Clarence
thirteen to mourn with their father an
irreparable loss.
There now survive and mourn with
the doubly bereft sons nine brothers
and sisters: Phillip L. Rockham,
S. Dakota; William q. Little Grant:
Louisa c. (Mrs. Phil Tanner,) and
Emma r. MRS. Jacob Dersch, J of