The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-13
ARCHDEAC0N 4.
F, PARSHALL DIES AT
CASS LAKE HOME
Succumbs After Illness of Several
Weeks; Became Ill Thursday
Before Easter.
DID MUCH VALUABLE
WORK AMONG INDIANS
Energetic Church Worker; Loved by
All Who Knew Him; Place
Hard to Fill. "

Archdeacon Heman Franklin Par
shall is dead
He died this morning at his home
at Cass Lake after an illness of sew
eral weeks. He was taken i'll the
Thursday before Easter from typhoid
fever, and since Easter had been con-
other complications set in and al
though specialists were called from
St. Cloud, Minneapolis and Wadena,
their efforts were of no avail.
Services Tomorrow.
Services will be held at the Cass
Lake church tomorrow afternoon at
which Bishop J. D. Morrison will de-
liver the sermon. The body will be
shipped to Faribault Monday morn
ing where the funeral will take place
Tuesday afternoon. Interment will
be made in a Faribault cemetery.
Born in Faribault.
Archdeacon Parshall was born in
Faribault, September 27, 1867. He
attended and graduated from the
Faribault high school and was educa-
ted at the Seabury Divinity school.
In 1898 he graduated as a Bachelor
of Divinity from the Divinity school
and was ordained deacon by Bishop
E. S. Thomas.
He was ordained priest in 1894
and his first work was at Gunnison,
Colo. He remained in Colorado about
one year and on returning to Mime
sofa he was named rector of St.
Johns church at st. Cloud in 1895.
He remained in st. Cloud until his
appointment as archdeacon of Duluth
when he moved to Cass Lake. This
was about IL years ago.
f. Venerable Archdeacon.
His appointment as archdeacon
gave him the title of Venerable
Archdeacon and he became president
of the standing committee. He was
placed in charge of all the missions
in the territory where there were no
resident pastors and was superin
tendent Of all the Indian missions.
He was married to Miss M. Nell
Gilmer of Faribault in that city May,
1894.
Archdeacon Parshall took charge
of the Episcopal church in Bemidji
about eight years ago and held
church for several years in the Odd
Fellows hall. About six years ago
he superintended the construction of
the church here and ever since has
worked energetically decreasing the
debt of the Bemidji church.
Parents Survive.
Surviving are the wife and two
daughters. Mrs. Donald Grant and
Miss Eleanor Parshall of Cass Lake;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Par
shall of Faribault; three brothers,
William of Little Falls, Arthur E. of
Devils Lake, N. D., and Dana of st.
Paul; two sisters, Mrs. T. F. Robin
son of Minneapolis and Mrs. B. D.
Stein of Omaha.
He was a member of the Scottish
Rite, knights Templar and Shrine
and was Past Grand Prelate of the
Grand Commandery. He was life
member of the st. Cloud lodge of
Elks.
Energetic Worker.
Archdeacon Parshall was most en-
ergetic in church leadership. Ee
was an indefatigable worker, visit
ing the Indian missions and many
other places.
There is no one but will regret
the passing of Archdeacon Parshall
He did a mans work and did it we'll
He will be missed from his accus'
toned place in life, but his memory
will ever linger in the hearts OF his
friends and associates and his grave
at Faribault will be adorned with the
tender forget-me-nots of future
years.
It was we'll that he lived for he