Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-12-01
PARIS 0. MEANS
DIED ON TUESDAY
THIRTY YEARS PROMINENT
AND RESPECTED
CITIZEN

away in this city at ST. Mary's hospital
on Tuesday afternoon, November 20,
1921. Mr.. Means had been in ill health
for long time, suffering with per-
nicious anemia, and although it was
expected that treatment here would
cause improvement, hardly had he be-
come settled at st. Mary's before there
came a turn to the worse and before it
was realized that his condition was
critical, the end had come.
Mr.. Means, although a resident of
Rhinelander, was so we'll known and
beloved in Wausau that our people
looked upon him as one of it's own.
This could not be otherwise, mas
much as Mr.. Means was for thirty
years one of this community's most
prominent business men and during
most of that time at the head of a
large corporation the products of
which entered, daily thousands of
homes. His proverbial kindness, gen.
ial disposition and honorable dealings
made everyone his friend and each
bows his head in sorrow at his pass
ing,
He loved Wausau and when his ill
ness became more annoying, it was
his constant desire to return home.
Born i'm Maine
Paris o. Means was born in Burn
ham, Waldo county, Maine, on the
a 9th day of February, 1857. He re-
manned in the east until 1876 acquiring G
his education, when his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Luther Means, came to Ste
vens Point. The deceased followed
the numbering business for about six
years. His parents came to the town
of Weston in 1882 and settled on a
farm, where the father died in 1895
and the mother in 1897 Mr.. Means
in 1882 came to the town of Weston
also and with his brother, G. r. Means,
purchased the Nick Steller dairy and
stock farm, which they operated until
1885, when the former came to Wau-
sau to reside.
The ice business of Robert Braatz
was purchased and to this Mr. Means
gave his personal and intelligent at
tention, adding coal and wood in due
time and creating an establishment
that came to be one of the large and
successful institutions of the city The
business was incorporated in 1908 and
adopted the name of the Wausau Ice
and Fuel company, of which Mr.. Means
was elected president. The year previ-
Gus he had been elected president of
the Wausau Canning company and had
become its manager.
Mr.. Means was a most influential
man in public affairs, member of the
city council and of the Marathon coun-
ty board of supervisors for ten to
twelve years. He was first elected
in 1902 or 1903 and served faithfully
until 1912 or 1913.
Moved Away
Several years ago Mr. Means and
family moved to Rhinelander where
he entered into the ice and fuel bus
inesS prosperous business was
built up and they have resided there
up to week ago. Mr.. Means illness
has extended over period of two
years and on Saturday last he came
to st. Mary's, his family following,
and it was planned by the family once
again to make Wausau their home
The deceased was an earnest church
man, member of ST. Johns Episcopal
church. He was well known in Ma
sonic circles, being member of For
est Lodge, No. 1870, F. & A. NJ, Wau-
sau Chapter, No. 81, R. A. NJ, and st.
Omer Commandery, No. 19, K T..
Mr. Means was united in marriage
with Miss Lutte Single, daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Single,
on the thirty-first day of September,
1887. Surviving the deceased are his
widow, three daughters, Miss Zelda
Means, who teaches at Edgar, Miss
Grace Means, an Amigo teacher, and
Miss Gertrude Means, of Rhinelander,
and one brother, Justin Means, of Ed
gar.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon st 200 at st. Johns
Episcopal church, the Rev. w. C. Way,
rector, officiating. Services at Pine
Grove cemetery will be conducted by
Forest Lodge, No. 13O, z. & A. M, ac-
cording to ritual.