The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-11-29
+, F. EASTON
PASSES AWAY
LAST MONDAY

Frederick Falley Easton, husband
OF Mrs. F. F. Easton, and father of
Mrs. j. c. Wagner of this city, pass
ed away at the Wagner home in Jules
burg Monday morning, November 26,
after an illness of only few days.
The deceased was born in Pulaski
county, New York, July 7, 1847, and
at the time of his death was 76 years,
4 months and 10 days of age. He was
one of family of six children, three
daughters and three sons.
When he was three years of age the
family moved to La Porte county, In
diana, where they lived until 1872,
when they moved to southwestern
Iowa. where they took up home
stead. In 1872 he returned to Indi-
ana, to La Porte county, where on
April 2s, 1875, he was united in mar
riage with Miss Marietta Weed. Soon
after their marriage they returned to
Iowa and lived there until 1892, when
they moved to Gallatin, Missouri. In
1909 the family came to Julesburg,
Colo, which place has since been the
family home.
There were four children born in
the family, two daughters and two
sons. The daughters are Mrs. w. H.
Hargis of Pattonsburg, Mo. and Mrs.
j. c. Wagner, of Julesburg, Colo. The
sons are DR.. M. w. Easton of Oil
City, Pa, and Mr.. F. C. Easton, of
Milwaukee, Wis. Of his immediate
family there survive the wife and
mother, the four children and one
sister. Mrs. s. A. Holt of Grand Rap
ids, Michigan, and one sister of Hol-
lywood, Calf.
Mr.. Easton's active life was spent
as farmer. He was a very success
full and progressive farmer, and al
ways interested in building up the
community where he lived. In his
early days he saw much of pioneer
life both in Indiana and in Iowa.
Those states were pioneer territory
when he was young man and he lit
rally grew up with the country. He
was always a quiet persevering and
industrious man, and was always
wide-awake and pleasant to meet and
talk with. He was of happy and
hopeful disposition and shed sunshine
around him as he went through life.
He was a great lover of home and he
took great pride in his children. He
was happy in their success in life, as
they established homes for them
selves. He was especially thankful
that up to the last week of his life
he was able to be up and around and
read and enjoy life, and that he could
60 while in the possession Of all of
his faculties. He said few days be-
fore his death and after a few days
of not feeling we'll, II am ready to
go at any time now, it is all right"
He was member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, having united with
the church when a young man in
Iowa. Those who knew him best can
testify of his faithfuiness to the
church through all the years, until
compelled by old age to miss the SER
vices. He loved the Bible and only a
few days before his death he finished
reading it for the last time. He was
so glad to think that he had finished
the reading before he was stricken in
his last illness. He was conscious al
most to the last and only an hour or
SO before he died, when an expression
of thankfulness was made for the
good life he had lived and that he was
ready to go he said 81 have always
tried to live white life" He was a
member of the Masonic and I. o. o. F.
lodges.
Funeral services were held from
the family residence in this city at
two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the
Rev. John Eldridge, pastor of the
Methodist church having charge of the
services, preaching from the text:
"Thou Shalt Come To Thy Grave In
a Full Age AS Shock of Corn Com
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