The Alaska daily empire., 1924-10-20
W!.W.CASEY DIES
OF AP 0PL Exy
At KETCHIKAN
Leading Juneau Citizen Pass
es Away : News Causes
Shock Here : Body
on Northwestern.

William w. Casey. a Lending clu-
zen of Juneau for more than
quarter of century and prominent
in Territorial affairs, dropped dead
on the street at ketchikan yester-
day afternoon at 3 O'Clock. ket-
thikan physicians pronounced death
10 be due to apopleXy.
Acting under instructions from
Juneau, the Masons took charge o.
the remains and they will be
/ ori.ht 10 Juneau on the North
western due here tomorrow. They
will be accompanied by Frank \.
Poyle and James ] Connors, who
were In Ketdhikan with Mr.. Casey
in the interests of the Democratic
Terlrta.ial campaign. Judge Thomas
NJ. REED. and either officers of the
Unitcd State5 District Court will
also probably accompany the body
of the dead Citizen II this place.
Terrific Shock
News of the sudden death OF Mr.
Casey was received in Juneau at
5 D. m. yesterday, two hours after
is occurrence, and quickly spread
throughout the town, causing a ter
life shock. Expressions OF regret
are heard everywhere and among
these of every walk in life. None
attempted to minimize the severity
of the blow to this community OF
.y.lli6lh the. :. dead Was such an in. in
fiuential citizen.
Hanorcd by Offices.
Twice a member cf the Terrtol ial
Legislature, for twenty or more
years a member of the Juneau
School Board, for eight years a
member of qhe Board of Trustees
CT the Pioneers Home, for q score
of years member of the Democratic
Territorial Committee and the Demo-
cratic Committee of the First Di-
vsien, chairman of the latter for
eight years and formerly chairman
of if,a former, prominent in the
vsl;.'ll Masonic bodies, the Odd Eel
low aud Elks' Lodges, the owne.
cf q ;rsnSfer and storage warehouse
businc 3, one of the owners of the
June Il Hardware Company. and one
who hs, been active in all things
with witch he was associated. Mr..
Care h IS lived very active life.
The reumstance that he was one
who M yer sought office or position
of any kind, accepting tasks assign
cd him because HE was never one
to shirk duty, recital of his ac-
divides tells its own story of his
stability, dependability and integ-
rdty--it shows how his nei3hbors
regarded him.
Pioneer of West.
Mr.. Casey was born at Theresa
New York, June 26, 1859, and was
G5 years of age. He came West in
1876 and was in the Rocky Noun
tain country for a year or more
returning to New York for a visit.
He came West again in 1878 and
Fer TEN years was resident of
Montana, living at Glendiye most oil
THE time. Ten years siater he came
to the Pacific Coast going in bhsi-
ness at Seattle, where his business
was destroyed by fire. From there
he went to Snohomish living fol
eight years in that town. He came
to Juneau in 1896. For time in
1897 he was at Dyea and Skagway
but came to juneau again in thu
winter of 1898 and has been {
raident of this city ever since tha'
time.
Interested in School Work.
Mr.. Casey has been interested il
public schccl work all his life. H,
graduated from the high school il
his native town in New York ant
was active while in Snohomish. il,
WAS a member aof the first Schoo
Beard elected at Juneau in 189.
and except for two years has beer
on the Board all the time sine
ahen. He was elected to the Ter
ritorial Lec'eleture in 1916 and re
elected in 1918. He was appointe,
member of the Board of Trus
tees of the Pioneers Home at Sitk;
when it was first organized in 191;
and continued on the Board unit
1921.
High in Masonry.
He was a thirty-second degre
Ma on, holding membership Il
Mount Juneau Lodge No. lat. F
& A. NJ, of which he was Pas
Master. He held membership Il