The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-04-15
GEORGE WINSOR
LAID TO REST
LAST SAD RITES SAID THIS Az
TERNOON AT FIRST METH
ODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

With the chancel rail banked with
masses of floral tributes, the vast
auditorium of the First Methodist
Episcopal church filled with silent
friends, the members of the fraternaI
orders present by many scores and
the business houses of the city closed
for the hour, the funeral of George
w. Winsor at $3.50 O'Clock this after
noon was notable for the respect paid
to the memory OF the dead.
DR.. j. S. Hoagland, pastor of the
church, paid an eloquent tribute to
the worthiness of the young man
whose passing has created such wide
sorrow. Nothing that | can say"
tsaid DR.. Hoagland in closing, twill
in any degree change the destiny of
our young friend and brother. He is
not here. He has gone to meet his
Father who is in heaven. Our Father
knows. He knows the struggle of the
soul, He knows the hopes II the
fears. lie has heard the silent cry of
the heart, our Father loves and I'M
~derstands and we can with faith and
hope leave the real George to his
love and care.
1--WE carry with tears and tender
ness his body to the silent city and
cover it with flowers. We commit his
spirit 10 his God who doeth all things
well. Let Ms think of Il son and
brother as at rest, free from the
clouds that %canopied him about here,
not dead, but gone on ahead"
Music for the occasion was approp-
~riately furnished by the eight young
men of the Elks' double quartette, oil
which the deceased was formerly a
member. Under the direction of Prof.
e. w .Hobson, the quartette sang
LEAD, Kindly Light" and Nearer
My God To Thee" Miss Marjorie
Ford was at the pipe organ. The
members of the quartette were
Messrs. Ora Wells, Harry l1avens,
Stanley Nermilyea, Louis Lovinger,
George Nobis. Joe Michels, Glenn
Rowley and Wallace MacLean.
A large procession followed the
cortege to Graceland cemetery, where
interment was made under a large
flower-lined tent in the Winsor plot.
1.-The pall-bearers We're Burl Wallace,
Glenn Rowley, Raymond Blynn,
Chester Ruth, Arthur f.. Smith and
DR.. X. e. Stair. Dr.. Hoagland had
charge of the private services at the
house at 2 o'clock, the public ser
vices in the church a half hourlater
and the services at the grave. Mem
bers of Resurgam lodge, A. f. and
A. M, and b. p. o.. E., No. 1853,
attended the services in bodies.
The obituary read by DR.. Hoagland
follows:
George Wiswell Winsor was born
1 - - - -. 4 Ooh -. N1i}at,n1l | 1E
was the youngest of three children
and is survived by his parents, his
sister and his brother. He grew t6
manhood in this community. He
was graduated from our city higf
school in 1908. lie then went will
the family to the Pacific coast and
with his brother spent a year in stud,
at the state university at Eugene
Oregon. He was active in the aft
fairs OF college life and a member
of the Kappa ri Phi Literary so
ciety, while a student later at Da
kota Wesleyan.
Later he joined the staff of The
Mitchell National bank with the in.
tention of familiarizing himself witt
the business of banking. Here ht
remained three years and discharg
ed his duties faithfully and we'll
Feeling the need of further specia
study, he resigned his position ant
entered the University of Wisconsin
, at Madison last autumn, but hi:
health failed and he was compelled
to return home. \
Later recovering somewhat anf
feeling better, he accepted q position
in the bank at White Lake, where
he had previously been for a shor
time as a special assistant. Here h
remained until the beginning of thu
next semester of the University D
Wisconsin, when he again entered
the institution.
But being far from we'll, he wrote
his parents of his condition and i'm
mediately his father went to hi:
bedside in Madison. The most dis
tinguished physician in hat city was
sought and after examination ant
!, study, he recommended that George
be brought home, believing that thu
home surroundings, and the care O
mother would be best for him. Here
appendicitis developed. which con
PEELED an operation thai was sue
cessful and he was brought home
from the hospital in a short time.
But disease, insidious and battling
was upon him. Tt affected his Whole
system and involved his mental pow
ers. Everything that love could dc
and skill could suggest was attempt
ed to bring him back to health but
on Friday. in a moment of mental
alteration, the end of his earthly
career came.
He was a Mason and a member OF
the Elks' lodge and a mar with a
multitude of friends. May the God
of all comfort come to this broken
hearted home with soothing and sus-
tanning grace.