Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-03-06
DEATH OF JOHN d. ROSS

The startling announcement of the
death of John D. Ross was received nv
relatives and friends III Wausau Iast
Saturday afternoon, and it was a great
shock to those who had known him
so many years, as a citizen of Wan
sau and as the head of one of the larg-
est numbering institutions in the Wis
consin river valley.
Mr.. Ross was in Pasadena. Cali
fornla, in which city, with Mrs. Ross
and members of his family, he was
spending the winter. On Saturday
morning, March Sd, 1917, he was or
the golf links in that city, when he was
taken violently ill with an acute at
TACK OF gastritis. He was taken to his
quarters at the hotel, where he passed
away shortly afterwards. At his bed
slde were his wife, and daughter, Mrs.
NJ. +. Mccullough, and his sister, Miss
Jennie Ross. There were perhaps
with him from Wausau when he was
stricken, W. H. Bissell, Walter Alex
ander, b. f. Wilson, Hiram Stewart.
James McCrossen, and others, as they
are also sejourning in that citys
The funeral services were held in
Pasadena at two o'clock Monday after
noon, and later in the season the re-
mains viii be brought to Wausau for
interment in the family lot in Pine
Grove cemetery.
On the 18th day of February, 1S4f
John ID. Ross was born in Lancaster
Ontario. At an early age he entered
upon his I1fe'S work, that of lumber
ing, giving to it his best energies and
the great ability with which he was
endowed, enabled him to accomplish
Things. Close attention to details:
strict attention to business; to deal
Justly with all; wonderfully kind and
generous disposition and quick. com
prehensive mind, were his prominent
characteristics, which combined. en-
abled him to take the lead and finally
be classed among the leading lumber
men of our country
Mr.. Ross came to the United States
the year he became of age and he To-
Gated IN Michigan at Ford River. In
1888, with A. w. Brooks, he purchased
the saw mill, lumber yard and timber
owned by G. P. Haseltine at Schofield.
Wis, three miles below Wausau. Mr..
Brooks, on account of failing health,
sold his interests in the property in
1910, and the business has continued
up to the present time under the firm
name of the Brooks & Ross Lumber
company.
Mr.. Ross and family came to Wau-
sau to reside in 1883, and he built the
nome now owned by Walter Alexander.
at 410 McIndoe street, and it was their
home until they went to Oak Park, Ill.
to reside in the latter part of the sos.
\ Mr.. Ross was engaged in many large
enterprises since coming into the val
ley, among the largest being the Ross
Lumber Co., at Arbor Vitae, where
large mills were erected and for many
years an enormous lumber business
was conducted. The Wisconsin
Valley Lumber Co., an ally of the
Brooks & Ross Lumber Co., operating
extensively at Merrill and Harrison,
was another of the, large concerns in
which he was an active member. He
was largely interested in lumber COM
panies in the south and west; was in
terested in our paper mills and other
institutions. He was director in the
National German American bank of
our city and of the Avenue State bank |
of Chicago.
Notwithstanding his large business
interests, he gave much of his time to
matters which tended to the uplift and
betterment of conditions along human
itarian lines, wherever he had inter |
ests. He gave freely of his wealth to !
charity and to charitable institutions;
to the building and sustaining of |
churches and other institutions, which |
are so essential in every walk Of life. |
1t was this philanthropic work and the |
interest taken in those about him that |
so endeared him to his acquaintance. !
He was long and valued member of |
the Presbyterian church. He was a |
member of our Country club and was
one of those Instrumental in getting |
it started.
He was married to Annie Louise |
of Fond du Lac, by whom he is |
as he is also by two daugh- |
ters, Mrs. Albert T. Evans of Oak Park, |
ILL.,, and Mrs. M. P. Mccullough, Scho- |
field, and one son, John F. Ross, of |
Schofield. He is also survived by three |
Mrs. Margaret McRoe and Miss |
Barbara Ross of Lancaster, and Miss |
Jennie Ross, who resided in his home |
in Oak Park.