The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-28
~ ME8foRIAM.
Lysander Eschison-

Death. whose silent minister never
ceases. has removed from car midst M
Lvsz-E=r E-t-lisou- Eao died 4 rs
ho1,= ia Baltimore. Maryland on Friday
evening. February I4-b. 1919 IN tle
SIND ves- q his age. 3l-- EcchisOu mad
been : sufferer Tor the past tgvo wears from
szIvula- aezrt trouble He vas bonn II
Montgomery county. Maryland. being :
sa1 a. the late Perry g. and Elizsbe-h
E.cEi@11. Mr. Etchisou Ezs widely
known iu bc,i Frederick ard Mont
goue-s Counties. wh=r= be had soeu.
TIE NOS. Al Ms lie and where he has
Eost Of friends, By whom he was highly
esteemed
B-s d. an aged WIDOW. who was 4
Mss Prize before her marriage. h leaves
tour c1ii 1-eu. tao -ous. Frank and Car
eace E.cnss9-. - B7,timore. Nd; and
tWJ daughters Mrs. Lee Carey. OF BSll-
moyz. Nd. and Ms Clarence GrIf1t1,
O: B1vcs Mon g51lerv county; and three
sisters s.-1 survive rim. Lr<. Roberta
Hammond. @, Baltimore; Mrs. Mary
Waters widow o- the late Horace
Waters. ard Miss Fannie E.chisOE. Of
Germantown. Nd.
Death coming 70 Mr. EccLiso1 - a
time IN lie wh=. he had passed The
bounds 81 mans allotted years on ear,1.
!; nligr. well = asked:
Why weep ye for him. who having won
The oJuad OF mans appointed years,
al isst
LIES blessings all enjoyed. LIES lzbors
done
S@reneIy 10 his final rest tss passed;
While ;ae soft memory Of his virtues. vet.
Ling-rs Ike twilight hu=s, when the
orza. sun IS SIT:
We answer and say. We wish W could
accept his philosophy. But, 10 Us VINO
knew him and loved him. II was JUS as
hard 70 give him u IN his old age a Il
would have been had he been taken
! sooner For although. ne was wlac We
( consider Old IN wears. vet. his kind and
T genial disposition. his love for the society
! CT Young people. and his great pleasure
{ in seeing and helping them TO enjoy
i themselves. eldeared him 70 all VINO knew
him This fact often made Us forget now
old. dear uncle Sandy" really was. and
We did not realize until al comparative
/ recent date when he was stricken with
the malady that caused MS death that
/ soon We must give him up.
He was a man VINO enjoyed living.
Nothing gave him more genuine pleasure
! than his visits each summer 10 his native
COUNTY or Montgomery. where he had
passed the most Of his life, and IN visit
ing his numerous relatives and friends
in both Montgomery and Frederick
counties
He was a man not given 70 ostentatlon
or show. He was the embodiment OF
sincerity. and nothing so dispeased him
as the hypocritical. He Judged men BY
what they were, rather than ~ what they
seemed.
| We are thankful to Him. Who has
spared his life 50 long. that He made his
/ departure 50 easy and without suffering.
The end came soon after retiring At
which time he seemed 10 be as we'll as
usual, OF the evening Of Friday. Fe0ru-
ary I4th, and he passed away:
Like one who wraps the drapey Of his
About him. and lies down to pIeasan;
dreams.
The interment was in Loudou Park
I Cemetery, in Baltimore. Nd. on Feb
ruary 18th, 1913. the funeral services
were conducted by the Rev Franklin
Bryan. of the Methodist Protestant
Church.
Gas cloud Of the sunset, slow melting
in heaven.
As star that is lost ween the daylight is
given,
AS a glad dream Of slumber, which
wakens in bliss.
He has passed to the world Of the holy
from this E H. w.
| Germantown, Md, Feb. IS, 1918.