The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-16

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~ I1aeteonth street, IN Old and
s.se1ol citizen Of Rock Island ana
I s.sSsr IN business. civic and re-
\ ssne cifcles In the city for many
\ .ssss. lied very suddenly this morn
E r pneumonia, ct Estes Park.
\ - where he had gone for the
rnoss vacation.
VeVo Of his unexpected demise
~ without warning to family and
4 Sasada n Rock Island this mofning.
I snSourh his resistance was some
~ deplsted by . long and serious
ises cf penumania last winter md
\ - "a gone to the west IN the hope
y realizing his strength, nothing
q "A critical condition had bsen
I. tsovn until kilograms told Of his
/ 11oah.
~ Stewart, accompanied BY his
I ianshter, Miss Rosabelle. left for
& stss Park . week ago last Tues
u ~. 10 spend the summer with his
I, 11nshtsr, Mrs. H. w. Randolph Of
/ nm. Okla, at cottage in the
3Douutains.
Almost coincidental with the an
/ .ouucement of his death this morn
I ine . friend received a card from
u Dr. Stewart, in which he comment
4 on the clean light air Of the
4 mountain country, and stated Eat
/ he was profiting in health by the
I high altitude.
Resident Here 30 Years.
Dr.. Stewart came to Rock Island
I more than fifty years ago, from
4 Dayton, Ohio. where he was q prac-
| ticing physician. Never since re-
/ suming his practice, he had been
I engaged In business occupation
\ since that time.
He was not only prominent in q
business way, but was one Of the
4 most enthusiastic and untiring
| workers in the field Of Christian
sndeavor. To the Broadway Pres
4 byterian church, OF which he was
/ member and an elder at the time
gof his death, he gave unstintingly
4 Of himself in devoted service. For
Y period Of 30 years he was SUPER
,intendent Of the Broadway Sunday
ichool.
He also gave his help and pat
rcnage To the Rescue Mission, the
Associated Charities and other
charitable organizations, to whose
interest and welfare he was always
ksenly alive.
Living in full accord with his
convictions. DR.. Stewart was recog-
nissd as a splendid example of the
finest manhood and as q true ex-
application Of the power of a 81 l.
cere Christian worker in a COM
nunity.
Former Merchant.
Entering the hardware business
b Rock Island, he was a member
athe firm of Stewart & Montgon-
~ Several years ego the bust
nsss was sold to the Rock Island
4usAoWoiC SOMRohyt 0AA 49,
Stewart took up the real estate
WITNESS, in which he was actively
Engaged at the time Of his death.
John W. Stewart was born in
gmmetsburg, Md, Jan. Fl. 1845. He
kttended the La Fayette college in
4 Pennsylvania and received his de-
gree in medicine at the University
Of Pennsylvania. In 1869 he came
10 Rock Island from Dayton.
He was united in marriage in
Pennsylvania to Rosa B. Mclean
who preceded him in death in
March. II years ago. The sur
vivors are one sister, Mrs. Coch-
ran AMMAN of Emmetsburg, Nd,
and the following children: Will
liam Mclean Stewart of Rock Is
land: Alexander Stewart of Seat.
tie, Wash; John S. Stewart Of Sc
attle; James E. Stewart Of Ell Paso
Texas; Mrs. H. w. Randolph OF
Tulsa, Okla; Mrs. Hiram Norton Of
Portland, Ore, and Miss Rosabellt
stewart OF Rock Island.
Funeral arrangements are moi
yet made. They will be announced
later.