The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-12

Funeral services for Mrs. r.. n.
Brewer. who passed away Tuesday.
will be Held at p. m. today at her
late residence. so Blaine street. Rev.
]. n. Maclean officiating. 1ntermcnt
will be in the Missonla cemetery.
Mrs. Brewer before her marriage.
wass Miss Anna r. F'reek. She was
born IN ontario. Canada. With her
parents she moved to Albany. H.. IN
her youth. Forty years ago she be-
came tho wife Of r. n. Brewer. who.
with daughter Miss Hntti" Brewer
and two sons. V. r. and F. r. Brewer.
survive her She also leaves two
brothers in Illinois.
Most Of Mrs. Rrewer's ,fc was
passed in Eau Claire. Wis. from where
she moved to the Flnthead reservation
near Perma. when that region was
onened to the public. Two years ago
Missoula became her home.
Mrs. Brewer was member OF tho
congregational church whicv recently
united with the Presbyterian church
with which she was affiliated ut the
time of her death. Her MANY friends
both here and in former residences.
bear tribute to her exemplary Christian
character
Naomi Roberts Avery. wife OF Cyrus
r. Avcry. died last evening at her
home. 44s Edith street Mrs. Avery
was born in Galena. H.. August 8.
1857. She was married to CYRUS r.
,,s, -,
school DAYS and many wears Of her life
We're passed In her native state. Mrs.
Avery came to Missoula to live III 1905.
When she came here. she intended
/, only to visit in tho city. hut the eli
mate and scenery of the region won
both her heart and her husbands and
they decided to make the Garden city
their home.
Beside her husband. she leaves q
sister Mrs. Mabel Snowlen Of Seattle,
Wash. and numerous relatives In mi
nois, California. Colorado and Montana.
Pnrial will be made In the family rlot
at Gafena. beside the bodies of her
father, mother and two sisters.
ST. Regis, July ll.--(Spccial 1.-The
people Of this town were profoundly
shocked to learn of the death last
evening Of Ross y. Lee II was not
known that he was seriously III. Mr..
Lee was n. =. agent here for many
years and at the time Of his death he
held the position of deputy assessor of
Mineral county.
The sympathy of the community
goes out to his stricken mother and
father. The funeral will be held In the
Marsh chapel. Missoula. at 5: 80 p. III.
Thursday. Rev. Charles d. Crouch Of
Floating. Burial will be in Missoula
cemetery.
james O. Newconb. proprietor Of the
Vienna cafe. has received word of the
death of his brother. John Guy New
, comb. which occurred In Honolulu on
June Il. Mr.. Ncwcomh had enlisted
for the third time in the United States
infantry. and was en- route to Fort
Shaffcr when he was stricken with
pneumonia. His home was at Hutch
inson. Kansas. His mother and sew
eral brothers and sisters survive him.
Mr. Newcomb was So years old and
unmarried. Burial was made In the
Philippines.
The funeral of Ben I'irdson OF the
reservation, who dropped dead of heart
disease in the Grand Pacific hotel. was
held from the Eagles hall in West
Main street yesterday afternoon. Rev.
II. S. Galley officiated and burial was
in Missoula cemetery.
Yesterday morning at the Catholic
church was held the funeral Of Frank
Gareau and burial was in St Mary's
cemetery. Mrs. J. Barber, a daughter
of Pratt Kansas. was here for the
funeral