The Glenwood post., 1918-04-27
WILLIAM N. DINKEL
PASSES on

There are no lives unfinished, ineom-
plete.
God gives each one at birth some work
to do,
Some precious stone Of strange pris-
matte hue,
To carve and polish, till it shall be
meet
To place within His temple, still and
sweet.
Ere that be done, the soul may not pass
through
The door to grander worlds, to aim
more true,
To wider life with loves sweet joys
replete.
And if the working time be short, and
earth
With its dear human ties be hard TO
leave,
Be sure that God whose thought hath
given thee birth, 49,
Still holds for thee the best thou canst
receive;
Be sure the soul in passing through
| that door,
Though losing much, gains infinitely
| more.''
The many friends of William NJ.
Dinkel, Garfield county pioneer, build
er, merchant and banker, were saddened
to hear of his passing from this life,
at his Carbondale home, Tuesday morn
ing, April 23rd, at five O'Clock. His
death was not unexpected, for he had
long been a sufferer from cancer of the
stomach, complicated during the latter
months of his life with pernicious
aenemia.
William Mansfield Dinkel was born
in Rockingham county, Virginia, Octo-
ber IA, 1s47, and was therefore seventy
years, six months and nine days of age
when the grim reaper cut him down af-
ter long life of usefulness. He was
one of the pioneers of Garfield county,
: having cTosSeu the laHSe III 1901. Ao
stopped for short time in the new
mining camp of Aspen and then came
down the Roaring Fork and opened a
small store two miles east of Carbon
dale. Two years later he moved his
stock to the present site of Carbondale
and in 1883 erected the corner portion
of the brick block now occupied by the
LARGO gnr"r"l trre &C tic D:nkrl VI =
camille and Lumber company, the hotel,
bank and postoffice. !
Mr.. Dinke served two terms in the
Colorado state legislature, making a
fine record for himself and the county
he represented. He worked hard for the
county and the community il. which ne
made his home and much of the pros
perity of the CarbOndale community is
due to his optimism and his ambition
to subdne the wild and unvelop splen-
did agricultural section. Quite natur-
ally he prospered in his undertakings
and at the time of his death he was
president of the Marble State bank.
president of the First National bank
of Carbondale, president of the Electric
Light company and owner of the Diukel
Mercantile and Lumber company. He,
with others, developed the East Mesa
ranch, now known az the Four Bar or
| Ieomans ranch. This is one of the
most valuable ranch properties in
Garfield county and monument TO
the foresight and developing genius of
Mr.. Dinkel and his partner, the late
w. l.. Girdner.
In 1892 Mr.. Dinkel was married to
Miss Salic Dunlap of Augusta county,
Virginia, and leaves besides his widow,
one daughter, Margaret, the wife of
Lieutenant Wallace DeBeque, recently
stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia, but
now on his way to France.
The high esteem in which Mr.. Dinkel
was held by his fellow citizens in Car
bondale, Glenwood and the surrounding
country was attested by the large num-
acrs who attended his funeral from the
family residence Wednesday afternoon
to pay a last tribute to the sterling
character Of friend. Rev. j. w.
Dean, pastor Of the Methodist church,
spoke in high praise Of the departed.
Interment was in Sunset cemetery
where the beautiful and impressive
burial service Of the Masonic order wa,
carried out, the Knights Templar in
full uniform, also participating.
Chow passing beautiful that sleep,
That gently falls upon the silvered
brow Of yeass