White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-21
GRIM REAPER CALLS
BELOVED ELY CITIZEN

cTeeQ Dy ldte tu6 one u set dSlue tut
cares of life and take up his abode
in the home of eternal rest.
| Angus N. Mcdonald died at his
home on Murry street, in Ely. last
Thursday at IL o'clock noon after
sixty-seven years of life well spent
| in which the separate milestones are
indelibly marked and will remain as
monuments to the deeds of charity
| kind which characterized his entire
career. Death was due to double
pneumonia.
Angus Mcdonald was born at Big
Baddeck. Nova Scotia, sixty-seyen
years ago and at an early age came
with his parents to this country
where the family first settled in the
midst OF the vineclad hills of New
England. AS vocation in life he
first chose that of a painter and fol
lowed that profession until it began
to interfere somewhat with his health
and he then turned his eyes to the
west, where the broad expanSe and
health-giving hills presented field OF
opportunity for young men of energy
and spirit and where the call for such
men to develop the resources of the
nation struck tender spot In the
brave heart of the gallant pioneer.
Coming TO Nevada about 1878 he
| first settled in the town of Eureka
when the mining activities of that
now historic camp attracted the at
tention of such men as Angus n. Nc
! Donald. He later moved to Cherry
| Creek and spent some time there dur
| ing the early sos, after which he
moved to Taylor, following along the
| line of development of the country
and during those early days, which
marked the opening up of this now
prosperous section, he was a conspic-
uous figure. defying the winter blasts
as well as the torrid rays of the sun
on mountain tops and across arid
lands as he blazed the trails which
others have since travelled to fortune.
Turning his attention from mining
to the development of the agricul-
tural resources OF this section he be-
came foreman of the Comins ranch,
now known as the Three c ranch, in
Steptoe valley, and there met Henri
eta Comins. then the charming
daughter of the ranch owner and now
the widow of the pioneer of happy
memory.
He spent about two years In Ari-
zona and California but his ties to
the battleborn state soon prompted
his return and he assumed charge of
a large ranching industry near Elko.
Me-. Il was whisc thus engaged that
he married the daughter of his for
mer employer and returned to the
Comins ranch. In March, 1918, he
came to Ely and engaged as janitor
of the public school. which position
he filed until a week ago. He con-
tracted a cold about ten days ago,
but such matter was deemed too
small to be given serious considera-
tion by man of his brave and fear.
less type, and ii was not until Sat
urday night that he went to his bed
under the advice of his physician. As
pneumonia developed he realized the
seriousness of his illness but the kind
ly smile never left his lips and as he
spoke in loving terms 10 the members
of his family who surrounded the
bedside with his doctors and nurses
in heroic but vain attempts to stay
the hand of the grim reaper he bade
them all be of good cheer. and when
the final summons came he calmly
but affectionately said goodby and
turned his eyes toward heaven TO re-
ceive the welcome of his sacred Re-
deemer
While the entire community
mourns the loss of one of its best and
most useful citizens and the sympathy
of all human hearts goes out to the
hearthroken widow and grief-stricken
family. no less noticeable is the unmis-
taxable grief of the children, in
whose young hearts, by his acts OF
kindness and tender affection, he had
won a place now left vacant and
which all the riches of this world can
never fill. He was to them all that
true manhood implies, and during his
short hut fatal illness In steady
streams they sought the attending
physicians nurses and members of
the family, and with tears streaming
from their bright. childish eyes they
made earnest inquiry as to the con-
dition of the health of their idol.
During the week that he remained OH
the threshold of death there was q
most noticeable feeling OF profound
sorrow In the hearts of the children
as they attended the public school
where he had been TO them the source
OF all comfort in their childish tribu-
lations. In all matters which arose
between them he was their court of
last resort and their little differences
were taker to him for final settle
ment. where they always found q
ready listener and one who would
smooth over the little ripples in a
way that sent them on rejoicing. To
the children he gave to the limit of
his purse, which was always open to
supply them with those sweets OF life
which make an impression upon the
Young heart that even time and the
worldly cares never eiface.
The funeral services will take place
this afternoon from the late residence
of the deceased. on Murry street,
where they will be conducted by Rev.
James Mclaughlin, vicar of ST. Bar
tholomew' Episcopal church, after
which the remains will be taken I'm
charge by the Masonic lodge and in
terment will be in the Ely cemetery,
where under the Masonic ritual tbs
services will be conducted by Acting
Master A. j. Proctor, for many years
friend OF the revered pioneer and
In accordance with one of his last
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