New-York tribune., 1922-06-25
Conscious Till End;
Family at Bedside
Stricken Last Sunday AZ
fer Exposure to Chilling
Rain and Wind Storm

u,u,ar, Rockefeller. brother or 1oi-
poctefellcr. and ono o. ,he riches
io,he world. died yes,cri." mont
IS, his home. lockwood Hal North
-,,r,town. lie had been .ll since last
,-,s,v whcn. in the heavy rains. he
..,,,se.ed A cold which developed into
,,,umonia. Many Of the family were
:, the bedside when the end came al
tE o'clock. Five physicians, under
-. direction OF DR.. ". j. Robertson,
v,r, in attendance. but Mr.. Roeke-
oilers eigh'y-one years Of lie and
many years o. 81 health proved a
t.,desp in fght.ng tho disease.
Although his condition vas known 70
h, serious for several days no public
,s,ee OF h.s illness was issued. Pneu-
-onia developed la-t Monday. ana when
M Hermann !. B.gcs was called in his
diagnosis did not arouse much anxiety.
Until Ny. Rockefeller expressed de-
,,re 70 sec his brother it was thought
,Lat he would recover. lie talked with
lis brother FOR several hours. and on
TUESDAY his condition became worse.
Even then his condition was not con-
sdered serious. and no word was sent
"A his nephew. John ID. Rockefeller jr.,
who was az Brown University attend
;rg "a reunion. On Friday relatives ex-
pressed the first signs Of alarm over
his condition.
Dinner Party Postponed
A dinner party which had been ar
ranged by John d. Rockefeller sr. for
Friday nigh, was not postponed until
late IN the afternoon. During the day
Mf Rockefeller weakened rapidly. but
rallied again toward evening, and John
D. Rockefeller and his son went TO
their home az Pocantico Hills TO spend
the night. They were not present at
the time Of his death. Mr.. Rocke-
ieller's children were AZ his bedside
when the end came. and It was said
that he remained conscious until life
LETT. Al the bedside were his daugh-
nrs Mrs. Marcellus Hartley Dodge and
krs. D. Hunter McAlpin, formerly
Aind William & Rockefeller.
AtNfUaNN WI
risd by his brother, made a motor trip
70 their old home al Richford. n. y.
This was said 10 be the first time that
william Rockefeller visited his home
town since his boyhood days. They
vts driven by John d. Rockefeller jr.,
ls trip covering 700 miles and taking
four days % complete. Five autos were
u the party. The party returned to
New York on June 10. AZ that time
M. Rockefeller seemed in good health.
He went 20 his office the day follow
ing and on Saturday attended num-
Der Of board meetings.
Planned Own Mausoleum
Il was also made known yesterday
that a ma1soieum, costing S25O,OOO, was
built from plans drawn by Mr.: Roeke-
i,lleT himself, and was completed IN
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery only recently
News Of Sir. Rockefeller's death was
= serious shock 90 his associates IN the
financial district because OF the TACT
that the seriousness OF his illness was
not generally known. For several years
his physical condition had given his
family much concern ana had pubic
significance.
in 1918 lll Physician certiheo that
his appearance before Congressional
committee would probably cause death
This announcement created great ex-
element in financial circles. At that
time surgeons said that he was suf.
iering from cancer Of the throat. and
little hone was hold out that even an
operation would cure him. His recov-
cry from such q serious illness was re
spOnsibIc for tho hope held out By his
,ccAtinued on paes slS)