Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1926-03-05

he was baptized and Joined the Con-
gregational Church.
For a young man a wide career
awaited Lyman Longfellow. To
quote from History of Gilmore
County's Part in the World War, In
Camp and Trench" is portion of
his record.
He was employed by the govern
ment as surveyor in Idaho, Arizo-
ma and Alaska. In December 1917,
he made a perilous trip of 400 miles
with dog-team, from the interior of
Alaska, to enlist Tin the World
War;, and as First class sergeant.
He was attached with his regiment
to the 9Th division in France and
was successfully in the Alsace-Lor-
raine sectors, Metz and Sedan. Aft
ter the signing of the Armistice Ser
geant Longfellows regiment was at
tached to the Army of Occupation
and sent into Germany. While there
he was made editor of the regimen
tai paper, ''The Sappar."
Following his army career, he was
employed by the Ada county high
way commission at Boise, as assis-
tant to the highway engineer. He
was next located with headquarters
at Payette in charge of the highway
district and 2, Payette County
engineer. From county, he has held
a position in the state department
year last January, with headquar-
tiers at Boise. His last work was on |
the state highway pavement between
Nampa and Caldwell. He had en-
gineered the work when i'll, but |
cold weather coming on and the ill
ness increasing, the paving was post
poned until the coming spring, like
many other workmen, the last job
begun, and left for others to finish.
One of the most important chap
tiers in ones life is that made up of
family ties. Lyman became ia
therless boy at II years of age, when
in May, 1908, his father left behind
his bereaved family. On that occa-
sion the text used had been previous
ly chosen by the departed Easter
cards had been brought from the s.
s. school into the fathers sick room,
and being read to him, one card in
the form of a cross contained these
words, 81 am the Resurrection and
the Life. THAT is worth all the
rest, said the sick husband and ia
Their The text used then, has been
requested to be the text used at Ly-t
mans funeral, John 1925, Jesus
said unto her, l am the resurrection
and the life" What consolation
those words of their wonderful
Friend, Lord and Master, brought to
those bereayed sisters, Martha and
Mary of Bethany, at the death of the
brother Lazarus. Jesus wept, and is
today the same sympathizing Savior.
An affectionate son and brother,
be was the loving. and beloved cent
Or of his other family of his own ma
King. On February Is, 1921, at
Salt Lake City, he took to wife Miss
elizabeth Foster of Long Beach,
California. To this wedlock two ba-
~ boys have been given, Lyman Ed
on, Jr., 4, and Jack Richard, 8. 1t
8 very easy to see how the widowed
wife could speak OF these five years
Il wedlock, ''They have been the
lappiest years of my life" Out of
he severity of his sickness, he ex-
laimed," / must get well for the
AXE of my boys" He was especial
y family man.
Lyman Longfellow was member
{ the Elks lodge of Nampa. Lyman
vas Mountain Home boy and as we
ave followed him with many 9TH
rs Of our worthy sons, with pride in
is progress, we join with these be-
eayed in deep sorrow and sympathy.
The deceased is survived by his
life and two children, his mother,
IRIS. M. q. Longfellow and sister,