Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-04-24
Rev. John A. Peake.

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our city and who had made this his
permanent home, had suffered an ap-
poplectic stroke in Salt Lake City anC
Lad expired Immediately.
For the past year Mr.. Peake had
had charge of Colporteur wagon num-
Der 69 under the American Baptist
Publication Society and covered what
is known as the Seirra-Neyada Con-
vention field. For the past few weeLi
he had been suffering acutely from
stomach trouble and because of this
he had determined to come home and
take a much needed rest. He left
Reno, Nevada, on Wednesday and
was on his way to Mountain Home
He reached Salt Lake City Thursday
morning, had checked his grips and
gone to the Sparey & Mehsy restau-
rant for breakfast. While eating,
.he stroke came Medical aid was
umeuiately at hand but death was
instantaneous. The body was re-
moved to the undertaking rooms and
DR.. LOUIS S. Bowerman, pastor of
the Emmanuel Baptist church was
notified. DR.. BoWerman wired the
family and took tull charge. A ser
vice was held in Salt Lake City at
7: IS p. m. at Eber w. Hall s Under
tkaing Chapel, members of Camp
4O6, w. o. w. and friends of the
burlington Church, Salt Lake City,
being present in large numbers. The
service was conducted by Rev. B. f.
Bronson of the Rio Grand Baptist
Church. DR.. BoWerman accompanied
the body to Mountain Home, arriving
on 3:35 Friday afternoon and remain
over until Saturday evening i'll order
10 deliver the funeral address for
his friend, services being held from
the residence of e. j. Colthorp and
intement made in the Mountain
Home cemetery, the many beautiful
flowers as we'd as the large attend
ance at the services giving evidence
Of the high esteem in which Mr. Peak
and family are he'd by citizens OF
Mr. Peake was one of nine children |
son of John and Elizabeth Peake;
0orn in Dublin, Ireland, December |
L9, 1864; died i'm Salt Lake City, |
April 22 1915. His father was a |
prominent attorney and the son re-
3eived the benefits of a fine educa-
lion in the Dublin public schools
md Trinity College.
Owing to teadh conditions he
.a.ne as a young man to America and
or years was in the surveying
lamps of the Santa Fe and Southern
'acific Railway Returning to New
fork he entered the A. B. Simpson
.chOol and was preparing himself for
evice in the foreign mission field.
t was here he net Miss Elizabeth
Jharlotte Mcdowell who on December
g. 1896 became his wife.
After serving in city mission work
Ar. Peake was ordained at North Or
,nge, New Jersey i'm 1899, serving
hurches in PhilI s5urg and Old
ridge, New Jersey and then going to
North Lynn, Connecticut for three
nd one-half years; to East Killngly,
for ore year, to Mar
agansett Per, Rhode Island, for
wo and one-naf years; where he wa
$50 superintendent Of public schools. {
wing to the condition of Mrs. Peake'
ealth, they came to HALEY, Idaho in .
908 and then to Glendale, Arizona.
4 1910 Mr.. Peake came to Noun :
Lin Home. From here he went for
ne year to the Burlington church, l
alt Lake, and for nearly a year in
evada and Eastern California When I
Ir. Peake left our city after the lasJ (
hrstmas Holidays he appeared the
icture of health and many of our t
oople could hardly believe the sad 1
essage Of his "home- going \
In his address Dr. Bowerman refer
ID to the many strong qualities of a
H. Peake. He was a man of cul-
Ire and education, many OF his s
1ems showing very high merit and S
eing accepted by our best periodicals.. 5
e was deeply versed in the Sa- +
ed Scriptures and in full touch "
ith the events of the day He was
'oadly sympathetic, his strong Irish h
lture seeking to find outlets for t
cart that loved men and desired to be i
slpful i'm every possible way Thus p
the home in times of sorrow he C
'er was manifesting the spirit of Il
s Lord and Master AS a pastor he A
as especially strong and faithful. In cl
o out-of-the-way places he loved to
ok for the straying ores and it was ID