White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-26
SUDDEN DEATH or =.
WILLIAM T.GEIGER

William 7. Geiger died suddenly
last Sunday afternoon ard by a sin
gular coincidence death occurred in
the same place where, less than an
hour before, his friend, Charles VIII
son, had passed away in a like man.
ner.
Heart failure, from which Mr..
| Geiger had been known to suffer for
several years, was the cause of his
sudden demise.
To a legion of friends William 7.
Geiger was Familiarity known as
Denver Bill" This name he ac-
CURED among those intimately &C
quainted with him by reason of the
fact that he had spent much of his
younger life in the city of Denver
and always took keen delight in o n
versing with friends mere who had
previously resided in the Colorado
city and with whom he had many
interests in common.
During the major portion of his
life he was engaged in the cafe BUSH
I ness and for a time conducted a soft
drink establishment in Ely. He sold
his business in Ely a year ago last
summer and took a short pleasure
trip. Since his return he had been
employed in establishments of. a like
nature until his death.
Friends who have known him in
timately say he was born in Colo
RADIO and was closely approaching 50
years of age. His father was a prao-
ticing physician and surgeon II Col
orado Springs but has been dead for
2 number of years. His aged moth
er, Mrs. j. T. Geiger, now resides in
Colorado Springs. She raj commun-
icated with by Coroner D. c. Ne
Donald Immediately following the
death OF her son but she was unable
to come to Ely and expressed the de-
sire that the remains he inferred
here.
The funeral services will take
place this afternoon from the VIII
son-Bates mortuary and will be con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Pc
~neolent and Protective Order of Elks.
of which the deceased was a member,
belonging to Tonopah lodge No. 1862.
William T. Geiger will always he
remembered as a man of kindly ais
position who was always not only
ready and willing to aid a friend in
need but anxious 10 do those things
which make the world at least appear
brighter to those who unfortunately
meet with reverses in life. He was
generous to a fault and his purse
was always open TO such a free ey-
tent that he frequently strained his
W resources.
A coincidence in connection with
his death is that he was one of the
last whom his friend. Charles VIII
son. addressed just before the latter
died. Denver Bill was in the Pull
cafe when Wilson entered and
following the death of his friend he
appeared deeply grieved. In speak
ing of Wilson's good qualities ieiger
remarked to other friends that it
was in his opinion the pest way to
GO. and he hoped when his time came
he would meet a like death, without
pain or long suffering. When I was
engaged in the undertaking business
myself" he said, Il answered many
calls and when 1t was one of sudden
death l always felt that the deceased
vas far better off than those left be-
hind him to mourn and face the
troubles of this world" From this
statement 1t is gathered that during
his life he was engaged in the un-
~dertaking business and friends now
say that they nave known him to re-
call incidents which occurred while
he was engaged in that business in
the city of Denver.
All Elks of this district have been
requested to attend the last rites,
which will be performed this after
noon, and with the, wide circle OF
friends which Denver Bill" enjoyed
and in whose hearts he had won d
spot which all the events Of future
years will never be able to fill, his
funeral will doubtless be of such a
character as will tax the capacity of
the chapel from which he will be
buried. There will hereafter rest in
Ely cemetery the remains OF one who,
as he sleeps that sleep which Is ac-
companied by. eternal rest, will ever
be remembered as a man with q
heart of gold; who never wronged a
friend, but who gave until there was
no more to give. Ger him may well
be inscribed:
His faults we write upon the sands;
His virtues upon the tablets of love