The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-10
DEATH SUMMONS COMES
TO THEODORE Roosevelt

Forne. President Dies Suddenly at
Home on Sycamore HiIl-FuneraI
Held "Wednesday.
Oyster Bay, Jan. Cool. Theodore
Roosevelt. 26th president of the Unit
sed States, who died at his home on
Sycamore Hill early today, will be
laid to rest without pomp Or ceremony
in Young's Memorial cemetery in this
village Wednesday afternoon. He will
The buried on a knoll overlooking Long
Island Sound, plot which he and
Mrs. Roosevelt selected soon after he
left the White House.
In the words of the clergyman who
will conduct the funeral services:
~.America's most typical man, known
in every corner of the earth, will go
to his grave as quiet domestic, coun-
try gentleman, beloved by his neigh
borS."
After prayers at the Roosevelt home
at which only members of the family
will be present, the funeral service
will be held at 12:45 o'clock in Christ
Episcopal church, the little old frame
structure, where for years the colonel
and his family attended divine wor-
ship.
At the request of Mrs. Roosevelt, no
flowers will be sent. The altar will be
decorated only with laurel placed on
it for the Christmas season. Also in
conformance with Mrs. Roosevelt's
wishes, there will be no music and no
eulogy, but only the simple service of
the Episcopal church conducted by
the pastor the Rev. George Taimage.
The church, founded in 1705 and re-
built in 1878, will accommodate less
than 500 persons, so that admittance
will be by card only. These cards, it
was announced, would be issued from
the coloners Office in New York and
will be given only to relatives and in
timate friends.
Cable messages and kilograms of
coincidence, not only from fellow coun-
trymen of high and low degree, but
from distinguished citizens of many
nations were pouring into Oyster Bay
tonight by IL hundred. All express
heartfelt grief at the passing of a
great man and deepest sympathy for
Mrs. Roosevelt, always devoted to her
distinguished husband and one of his
most trusted advisers: The widow is
bearing up bravely under the shock
of his sudden death coming so soon
after that of their youngest son,
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt, who lost his
life in battle with German airman
last July.
The death of Colonel Roosevelt is
believed by the physicians, who at
tended him, to have been hastened By
grief over Quentin,s death, coupled
with anxiety over the serious wounds
suffered by Capt Archie Roosevelt
while fighting in France.
He was proud of his soldier sons
and their heroism. but he was de-
voted father and he grieved for the
eone who gave his life for his country
sas well as for the other who was
wounded He hid his suffering from
the world, however, in the hope that
he might set an example for other
fathers and mothers who had given
their sons to the nation.
To the last Colonel Roosevelt had
been preaching "Americanism" and
few realized that his<health had been
shattered. 1t was believed that the
rugged constitution which had stoo{.
him in such good stead through so
many years OF strenuous" life would
not fail him and that he would re-
gain his usual health. His message Of
late. however. had been delivered
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public statements instead of addresses.
Even to his neighbors in Oyster Bay
ii seemed impossible that life had end
ed SO suddenly for the Rough Rider
hero of Spanish war days; the states
man who. as governor of New York
and as president had welded the big
stick" so fearlessly, the big game
hunter of tropical countries; the citi-
zen who preached preparedness long
before his country entered the world
conflict.
Apparently neither Colonel Roose-
welt nor his wife had any foreboding
that death would so soon still his ac-
wind ond bodv