The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1916-02-04
4. q. DAY ANSV ERS THE
FINAL SUM MONS

FINAL SN8 .'lOiNS
p Tn messenger OF death 'r.in yi~
I'as .. little communitv ua FRIDAY
aars %. 1916, when u DaH, he,
life of H. G.. D. t+ SUN
rather sulienIy hy b" Grea
r. The annonu' r ~ ~ III
Of this good w9ua cen
able Of shock t. u.au &
ne had been Ill hu. f., nour
r.ture the iiLal summo1- c.l'e.
!arusha French wa, ho at Proctor
ale, Vermont, on SepJembtr IS, i8l:
4ud lived there with her parents unn
January Is, 1869, when she was unit
ed in marriage to II. q. Day. Ic
this union five children were born,
three sons and two daughters. One
son died in infancy. Two sons and
two daughters survive her. They are
George G., who is at present Captain
Of the L. S. ). Brooklyn, and Is sta
toned at Manila, Philippine Islands,
Warren f.. who resides at Lincoln,
Nebraska, Miss Anna V, who is res
ident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where
she is dean of women at the Wiecon-
sin State Normal School, and Mrs.
Helen @. Coon, who resides at Spo
kane, Washington.
Immediately after her marriage she
and her husband removed to Brad
ford. Vermont, where her husband
vas engaged in the drug business TN
til the year 1SSS. when the family re-
moved to Beatrice, Nebraska where
thev resided until the spring OF 1872,
when Der husband, being one OF the
lucky ones to draw n number in the
opening of Mellette county, came to
Wood and filed on quarter section
about three miles northwest of this
place. where this couple has resided
ever since.
While the deceased was not mem
Der of any particular church organi
,asion, early in life she took great
interest in church work 'snd through
ont her life has been an active worker
slong religious and Humanitarian
lines. She was devotet and faith
ful wife aud true and kind mother
and those who knew hor best loved
her most, for her many Eindiv deeds
.udeared her to very large circle OF
~.ands.
Rasldes the two sons and two
iurhters mentioned above, apd her
,sbayl. she leaves to mourn her
..ta one sister, Mrs. Mary & Gan
not proctorville, Vermont. and two
4ndaaus and two grauddaughters.
rhr deceased was i'll but few
1..Yrs Her husband noticed she was
,.seIl about six O'Clock last Friday
ming and she soon lapsed into
,,,. ousciousness. He Immediately
aent it quest of assistance and sum
mo ed medical aid, but his beloved
viii aassed away quietly at l2:lO the
san, day. The children were noti
6ed and her son, Warren f., OF Lin
col, : abraska. arrived here Sunday
even pQ, and her daughter, Anna V,
xrrivtI in Winner Sunday evening
from Milwaukee, but did not come
o,it ,, Wood on account OF the bad
,g.sther aud the condition Of the
roads
Tmsral services were conducted at
tha sn.,ool house in Wood Monday
,nor,irg at 1000 o'clock by Rev. Il.
&. NanValkenburgh, after which the
body was taken to Winner, and Mr..
wand his son and daughter accom-
,nnied he remains to Bradford, Yer
nlont. 8 here the remains will be laid
10 rest
The entire community join the
Pioneer i n extending to the bereaved
children md especially to the bereaved
husband their heartfelt sympathies,
10 this dark hour of their bereavement
Lead. kindly Light: amid tn enclrc-
ling gloom,
Lead Thou me on.
The night is dark, and am far from
home:
Lead Tnou me on.
Keep Thou my feet;
| do not ask to see.
The distant scene: one step enough
ior me.
+ was not ever thus, nor prayed that
Thou Shouldst lead me on.
lHoved to choose and see my path'
But now Lead Thou me on.
loved the garish day, ard spite OF
fears,
Pride ruled my will.
Remember not past years.