Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-07-06
4. d. DUCkLEI
DIES, MADISON


or cerebral hemmorrhage In the
Bradley Memorial hospital on the I'm
iversity grounds, Madison, at eleven
thirty Friday night after an illness Of
some three months. The brain lesion
occurred Thursday afternoon, follow
Ing reflective period in which he
made several inquiries respecting his
own condition, whose gravity he fully
recognized and his home affairs. He
had been at the Bradley hospital for
two weeks.
Mr.. Buckley was Baraboo born and
reared, his parents being Thomas and
Priscilla who had Oome from England,
the latter dying May rs, 1918, the
former the very year that Thomas,
the youngest child, was born. The
date of that birth was September rs,
1866. He was educated in the Bara-
boo schools and, like the other chill
dren, early became helpful to his
widowed mother, and he was nearly
her whole support through the last
two decades of her life. Few sons
were more dutiful, more devoted,
more home-loving; and when, as il
happened, he went off for all summer
long with the Ringing circus, nrst
for two years following 1901 as book
keeper, then until the fall OF 1918 as
treasurer, nothing gave him more
content than to get back at the sea.
sons end TO that gently waiting
mother. Many times he joyously car
Tied her away to Chicago for the cir
Gus opening at the Coliseum, and in
all ways at all times was tenderly
Bolicitous for her pleasure and well
fare. He retired to private life in
1918, upon the consolidation of the
Ringing and the Barnum & Bailey
circuses; but when AL. Ringing, ED.
est of the famous brothers, died he
left $4,000 to Mr.. Buckley as an elo-
quent evidence of his appreciation.
He was married fourteen years ago
TO Miss Iva Eva Burton, but separa-
tiOE soon followed, the wife not con-
testing the husbands suit for divorce,
yet they continued friends ever after
and maintained a sympathetic cores
pOndenoe. Miss Burton, who resumed
her maiden name, resides with her
sister at Oklahoma City, and has been
deeply grieving over the sad news
coming from the sick bedside. She is
a sister of Mrs. John Ringing.
OF the large Buckley family only
Arthur N. survives of his generation,
but there are several nieces and
nephews. One brother, Alexander G.,
a leading BarabOo merchant and ex-
mayor, died July Is, 1915, an older
brother, Clarence F., twelve years ago
and a sister, Mrs. M. H, Mould, De-
cember 6, 1917.
,From Tuesdays daily.)
Thomas 3. Buckley
Monday afternoon Thomas b.
Buckley who died in the Bradley
Memorial hospital, Madison. Friday
night, was laid at rest beside his moth
er, father and other kin in the family
plot ION the hill Wonder" the grave
surrounded by a kindly concourse of
sympathetic friends mingled with
sOrroWlng relatives over the gray
casket flowers were strewn in pro-
fusion, flowers coming from far
and rear some from showmen com
paniOns Of other days with the Ring
ling circus, now in Canada, others
flOm the Sank County Historical So
Oiety yet others from he Heart OF
the Hills Walking club and from
many individuals including members
of the Ringing family
Rev. Z. c. HeLke of the Presby-
terrain church. a long time personal
friend officiated at the services, held
at the Overlooking home, and
he dwelt particularly on the uniform
geniality Of the dead of his love of
nature of his affection for his mother,
of his devotion TO his brother, of his
amiability as host. Miss Olga Reink-
ing sang Abide With Me-" and Just
For Today, Mrs. A. CHI Reisz at the
piano.
The bearers were II. II. Taylor,
o. l.. Gust, l.. s. Van Orden, j. b.
Donovan, w. A. Wilcox, F. ]. Potter.
Among relatives present were Mrs.
Clarence F. Buckley, Arthur H.
Buckley and wife and George w. Buck.
ley, Reedsburg and Alexander Emery,
River Forest; T. NJ. Seefeld, Milwau-
kee: c. w. Paddock, GAINESVILLE; Miss
Selma Silverfriend, Chicago.
Numerous letters and kilograms
were received al the sorrowing home,
and they lave continued TO come
each day since.