The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-09-13
REQUIESCAT IN PACE
KATHERINE CLAIRE OLDLAND
Born July Is, 1871.
Died September :, 1918.

Inc SAC news OF tne uepiOFauie
death OF Miss katherine Oldland, re-
ceived here about O'Clock Sunday
afternoon, cast a gloom of sadness
over this community rs nothing be-
fore has ever done.
The idol and beloved daughter Of
her fond parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Am
brose Oldland, Katherine was a uni
versal favorite with young and old.
Her untimely end came as shock
to the community from which 1t will
not recover for many day.
At noon Sunday, party, COM
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Per-
kins and daughter, of Colorado
Springs, Miss Mabel Knowles Of
Denver. Miss Katherine Oldland,
f. w. Johnson of Meeker, and the
driver, Charles Hickman. Of Rife,
left Meeker for the railroad.
All went well until nearing the top
of the divide, where heavy rain
storm was encountered. This made
the road slippery and dangerous. In
crossing the narrow plank bridge
near the Schermerhorn reservoir
the machine skidded, turned over
and fell in the ditch, which, as re-
suit Of the heavy rain, was running a
considerable head of water. All were
under the car excepting Mr.. and
Mis-. Perkins, who procured n plank
from the bridge, pried up the car and
liberated Hickman and Johnson.
The others were rescued as quickly
as possible. The Misses Knowles
and Perkins were considerably
bruised, but not seriously injured.
To the CONSERVATION of all, when
Miss Oldland was gotten out, 1t was
found that life had departed. The
body was taken to the nearby resi-
dence of Mr.. J. p. Schermerhorn and
tenderly cared for until after the
coroner's investigation, when it was
removed to town.
Coroner Thomas and jury investi-
gated the accident and exonorated
the driver, Hickman. The accident
was due to the rain storm. 1t was
the first fatal auto accident on thu
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The funeral was held from the
Catholic church Wednesday fore
noon, 1t was probably the largest
ever held in this county. The hon
orary pall-bearers were: The Misses
Dorothy Smith, Hazel Clark, Dacy
Borton, Myrtle Hubbard, Florence
and Margaret Shaver.
The active pall-bearers were: En-
est, Gerald and Walter Oldland,C. b.
Jeffries, Harry Golfer, Frank, Ed
and Joe Delaney.
At the conclusion of the ritulistic
services, Rev. Father Fajanelle, in
substance, delivered the following
beautiful and consoling address:
81 am the resurrection and the life.
He that believeth in me, though He
be dead, shall live, and every one
that liveth and believeth in me shall
not die forever" (Taken from the
eleventh chapter of the gospel of
st. John.)
These words OF our divine Master,
my dear brethren, sum up my
thoughts and feelings in this most
sorrowful circumstance. My visits
to Meeker have always meant Joy to
me as priest and as friend.
On this occasion am conscious of
performing a sad,, heart breaking
duty. Who would have thought that
in this new church of ours, but re-
Gently dedicated to the glory of
Almighty God, Katherine Oldland
would be the first one to make me
wear these vestments OF mourning?
Who would have said that in this
profusion of flowers, We would
promising, young human flower that
she was? We looked upon her indeed
as a modest, fair and pure lily. To
our distress this lily has just been
prematureiy, suddenly and tragically
mown. AS natural as 1t is, death
always bring grief, even when it
means relief from suffereing, even
when it comes as the peaceful end of
long and good life. Owing to the
weakness of our nature, we are in
clined to consider death as destruc-
ton. But when it touches re-
spected, esteemed, loved and edifying
member Of the community, rose in
the spring of life, death not only
means grief but rebellion in the
human heart. We think, then, that
death is too cruel, and if this rebel
lion is not Christian it can, to some