Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1918-04-05
7. II. Mcguire Passes Away Tuesday
Lived Here Nearly Twenty
Years
WORKED FOR COMMUNITY
Summons Comes also to II. o. Sher-
stad Of Donnelly, and Henry
Busch Of Pepperton.

T. Ell. Mcguire, resident of Nor
ris for nearly twenty years, passed
away Tuesday after an illness of sew
eral weeks. From the time he was
taken sick the doctors thought there
was little chance for his recovery and
the news of his death was not en-
tirely unexpected, altho his daugh-
ters and friends did everything pos
sible to relieve his sufferings with the
hope there might be change for the
better.
Since coming to Morris some eigh-
teen years ago, Mr.. Mcguire has con-
Quoted real estate Office and during
that time he has been a hard worker
and has had the welfare Of the COM
munity and the farmers in mind. He
has done a great deal to help develop
the farming community and when
ever anything has come up for the
betterment of the farmer he was al
ways ready to help push it. He was
instrumental in organizing the Nor
r1s Federal Farm Loan Association.
of which he was secretary and trea-
surer, and also worked hard to Sc
cure the necessary number of men,
bers for the new Stevens County
Farm Bureau and was temporary
secretary of that organization.
Mr.. Mcguire was one of the fore
most Democrats of the county and on
several occasions was chairman of the
Stevens county democratic commit
tee. He was also prominent Mason
and belonged to the Commandery
here and was also member of the
Consistery at Milwaukee, Wis.
Mr.. Mcguire was born in Wauke-
gan, ILL.,, Sept. 21, 1852, being over
65 years of age at the time of his
death. His early life was spent at
Waukegan, where he attended school
and later graduated from the Wauke-
gan Seminary. For many years he
was state agent for the Fairbanks
Morse Company with headquarters in
Milwaukee and was at one time a
member of the Chamber of Commerce
in Milwaukee. From Milwaukee he
moved to South Dakota, where he
conducted hardware stores at Volga,
Lake Preston and Ho1abird, and in
1886 he moved to Rock Valley, Iowa,
and engaged in the hardware busi-
ness there until coming to Mime
sofa. He was married in January,
1873, to May Fordham, at Rochester,
Mimi, his wife having died "a years
ago.
Mr.. Mcguire is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. A. G.. Wells and Mrs.
Frank Pierce, both of Duluth, and
by two sisters, Mrs. Mahoney and
Mrs. McVeagh of Chicago.
The funeral was held yesterday
from the Methodist church, DR.. Ma
hattie, one Of Mr.. Maguire's closest
friends, conducting the service. The
Masons of Norris attended the church
in body and escorted the remains
to the cemetery, where a Masonic
burial took place. The honorary
pail bearers were r. J. Hall, John
House, L. G. Spooner, J. H. Deven-
ney, G. F. Kirk, M. P. Mecklenberg
and DR.. Caine
Those from out Of town who at
tended the funeral were Mrs. Boyer
Of Ames, Iowa, and Miss Mae Bios
som of Howard Lake.
Death of II. o. Sherstad.
III. o. Sherstad, one of the pioneer
settlers of this county, died at his
home north of Donnelly on Wednes-
day after having been in poor health
for some time. He is survived by his
widow and two sons, Adolph and
Conrad, the former of whom is in q
training camp in Texas. Mr.. Sher-
stad would have been "A years of age
in July, and he has been a resident
Of this county for forty years or
more, having worked here in Morris
for several years for Larson and Nil
son, after which he moved to the
farm north of Donnelly. The fun
eral will be held on Tuesday at 1880
from the house and at $3.50 from the
Norwegian Lutheran Church OF Am
erica in Morris.
Death of Henry Busch.
Henry Busch, one Of the pioneers
Of this county, died last Saturday at
the home Of his son, Ben, in Pepper
ton township, and the funeral was
held in Morris Monday from the As
sumption church. Mr.. Busch had
lived in Stevens county since 1887
and was one Of the early farmers to
settle here.