Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-13
Joseph Schneeberger.

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Very beautiful and impressive were the
services conducted by Father Lobell Al
Saint Jeromes Catholic Church in Je-
rome, Sunday morning, over the mortal
remains OF Joseph Schneeberger
The service is properly called the
Solemn Mass OF Requiem, and so large
was the concourse assembled to pay a
well deserved tribute to the memory OF
the deceased, that many were unable to
secure admittance to the building
There. is no doubt but that the beauty.
simplicity and above all the sincerity OF
the Mass for the dead will leave its i'm
press upon all those assembled there and
will be ever present to those from whom
death has taken their last earthly par
ent.
Father Lobell made an eloquent adj
dress, and in 4 very direct manner cal
led attention to the lessons to be learned
from the occasion; that by reason OF the
uncertainty OF human life, the ever pres
ent necessity OF being prepared for
similar call, and to the bereaved orphans
the certainty OF a reunion with those
they have loved and lost. In his death,
the Church has met with an almost ire
trevable loss, not regular attendant
upon the services in person, but his
brethren always knew that he was with
them in spirit, and in the faith to which
he was born, and which he maintained
consistently throughout life.
On the 4th day OF January 1869, in
the little Republic of Switzerland. the
country of glaciers, beautiful lakes and
marvellous mountain scenery, Joseph
Schneeberger first awoke to the beauties
OF an Alpine sunrise. Following in the
footsteps OF his ancestors, his early life
was spent in pastoral pursuits amidst the
mountains and valleys OF his native land
When twenty-one years OF age he severed
the ties OF home and family and came to
the greater republic OF the west, in the
hope OF larger opportunities and greater
freedom.
Freedom? Death, only, is the liber-
ator OF him whom freedom cannot re-
lease, the physician OF him whom medi-
cine cannot heal, the comforter OF him
whom time cannot console.
We sometimes congratulate ourselves
at the moment OF waking from troubled
dream it may be so the moment after
death. great preacher once said. civ
ing is death, dying is life
His early career in America was diver
sited by various pursuits throughout the
east, and while employed by the Har-
mony Society, at Economy, in Beaver
County, Penn, he renounced allegiance
to any foreign Potentate or Power and
became citizen of the United States
From Beaver County he went to Sun
Prairie, Wis, where he lived eleven
years; there he met and married Mrs
Mary Ziegler, a most estimable christian
lady. Four children blessed this union.
Urban and Celia, aged sixteen: Frances
eleven, and Edwin, seven. In 1909 he
moved to the ranch he had purchased
northeast OF Jerome, where he built a
beautiful residence and expended large
sums OF money in improvement, and for
the comfort and convenience of his loved
ones, but in the springtime of 1910. death
came and took from him the partner of
his joys and sorrows The writer be-
lieves that no one, unless he has suffered
a similar loss, can adequately express in
words the meaning OF such fate. but
there is Chinese proverb that saws ga
hundred men can make an encampment
but 1t takes woman to make home"
Bravely he took up the burden alone
and with an honesty OF purpose, worthy
OF emulation, was slowly but surely
sweeping away the barriers between him
and the goal of his ambition, the educa-
ton and assured prosperity of his chill
dren, when suddenly, about to enter hi,
bedchamber, the great heart failed to
perform its functions and one of .Je-
rome's most honorable and upright citi-
zens fell before the onward march of the
Grim Reaper.
80 Death the poor man dearest friend,
The kindest and the best
Welcome the hour my aged limbs
Are laid with thee at rest
The great, the wealthy fear thy blow
From pomp and pleasure torn;
But oh a blest relief to those
That weary-laden MOURN
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