Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-13
STEWART iEAsoN DEAD.
Senior Carrier Of Local Poskofgies 0iss
Yecy Suddenly.

Senior Carrier Of Local PostolFies oiss
vsry Suddenly.
Death came with but very little
>SRarning to Stewart Eaeon, Z North
Fifth street, the senior carrier OF the
Marshalltown postofffce. and . man
widely known thruout the city. MI.
Eason died at the Deaconess hospital
at SIS Saturday night Of shock fol-
lowing rupture Of tho intestine.
A post norton examination, which
was conducted by DR.. H. n. Nichols at
the Wilbur morgue, late Saturday
night. proved that the cause Of Mr..
Eason's death probably has not an
exact parallel in the history Of medi-
cal science. The different physicians
who were in attendance 1T tho autopsy
were Of this opinion.
The examination showed that, the
extreme shock which was the immed-
late cause Of death was due to an OBJ
struction Of the circulation caused by
an internal rupture in the large in
testine. A section Of the bowel went
third the mesentery Of the small bowel.
cutting off the circulation Of all Of the
small bowel below the point, or half Of
the twenty feet Of the small intestine.
The ten feel Of the lower bowel be-
low this point was gangrenous.
Mr.. Eason's first experience Of any
thing wrong came Saturday morning,
shortly after he had been down cellar
to fx the furnace for the day. After
he returned up stairs he felt sharp
pain In the abdomen The suffering
continued thruout the forenoon and at
2:30 the patient was taken to the hos
pital
Mr.. Eason was native Of Brooklyn,
=. Y, where he was born June 1, 1887.
He came to this county as a lad Of IA,
and for several years worked Tor far
mers in the Green Mountain neighbor-
hood. AS young man he came to this
city, and for some time worked for the
Ketchum Wagon Company, then one
of the leading manufacturing concerns
of the city. He was elected a constable
Of this township about thirty-two
years ago, and left that office to be-
come letter carrier under Postmaster
s. C. Mcfarland. He was serving in
his thirtieth year Of continuous serv-
ice as letter carrier. He was mem
Der OF the local civil service commits
sion, and for many years was its secre-
tary.
Mr.. Eason was especially well known
in fraternal' society circles, and be-
longed to many organizations. He was
a member of Marshall Lodge, A. F.
and A. NJ, was past master Of the
lodge, and also q member Of the Des
Moines consistory of Scottish Rite
Masons and Za-Ga-Z Zig temple of the
sh,to Ia OILS ior IN
Red Mems organization. and at one
time was one Of the state officers. For
many years he was secretary and
treasurer Of the Knights Of the Macca-
bees, and he belonged also to the
Court Of Honor
Mr.. Eason was united In marriage
in this city. Oct. %, 1882. his wife
having been Mics Lydia Belle Cum
mings OF this city. Mrs. Eason sur
wives her husband together with her
three children, Mrs. Mabel Ahrens and
Miss Irene Eason, Of this city, and Lyle
Eason, Of the naval radio service. who
has been stationed at Pensacola, Fla.
The son was in Brooklyn Sunday and
will leave New Lork for this city to-
night. Ia addition to his immediate
family Mr.. EaSon ID survived
by two brothers, Daniel and Charles
Z. Eason, OF Brooklyn, N. Y.
Funeral services will be private from
the Eason home Wednesday afternoon
at o'clock. Interment in Riverside
will be with Masonic honors. The
( sEason home will be open to friends
3 from a to $3.50 "wednesday.
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