The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-24
Local Homes
Saddened By
Two Deaths
Harold Dickinson Passed
Away Early Tuesday
Morning, Jan. %
FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY
William B. Murphy Buried
At Winona Monday
Morning
Harold Dickinson

V1I. duu 3hIS' IcOISc " IdId, VI
this city, received the sad news
from Hillsboro, N. D., Tuesday
morning that their son-in-law, Har-
old Dickinson, had passed away
early that morning, January
%, at three o'clock. He had been
seriously i'll for almost five weeks,
having suffered an attack of pneu-
monia on December 18th. For sew
eral weeks his condition was quite
serious and his death was expect
ed at any moment. He rallied and
up until the evening before his
death he was feeling very good
and it was thought that it was only
a matter of time until he would be
well completely. Harold suffered a
relapse on Monday evening, and
death came suddenly the following
morning, hence the announcement
was a severe shock TO relatives and
friends. The body was brought to
this city Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dickinson and their
little daughter, June, moved from
this city to Hillsboro in July, 1888,
where he was a teiegrapher for the
Great Northern Railway Co.
Harold Dickinson was born in
Anoka, Mimi, August 3, 1897, and
was 81 years, 5 months and 10 days
of age at the time OF death. When
he was but a year old his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester Dickinson,
former Great Northern Station
Agent in this city, moved to AL
bany. Following their residence in
the Stearns county village, they
moved to Brandon, where the fam
lily resided for 81 years.
At the age of about Is years he
engaged in railroad work and be-
came an expert telegrapher At the
age of 10 years in April 1917 he en-
listed in the service OF his country
in the World War. He remained in
the service for % months, the
greater part of this time being
spent in duty overseas.
Harold came to Sank Centre in
1925 and was employed as telegra-
pher at the Great Northern depot.
He resided in this city until July,
1888, when he was transferred to
Hillsboro.
On December Is, 1927, he was
united in marriage to Miss Ethel
O'Gara, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. OGara. The ceremony was
performed in Sank Centre. To this
union was born one daughter, June
who, with the bereaved wife sur
vive. Besides the wire and daugh-
ter, he Is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Sylvester Dickinson, and two
brothers, Sylvester and Everett,
all Of Monticello, sister, Mrs.
Mac Barker, of st. Cloud, and
sister, Mrs. Harland johnson, Of
Garfield. His father passed away
December Is, 1888.
Harold, or Dick as he was known
to his friends, was a member of
the Masonic Lodge at Monticello,
and q member of Robert Swift
Post, American Legion, of this
city.
The last sad rites will be held
Friday afternoon at the Episcopal
church at 2:3O o'clock. The Rev.
L. e. Kempton, rector, will read the
service. The committal service will
be conducted by Star in the West
Lodge, No. 60, A. F. & A. NJ, Of
thus city, and military honors will
be given by a firing squad Of Rob
ert Swift Post, American Legion.
Interment will be made in Green
wood cemetery.
The pallbearers, all brothers-in-
law, will be: Dewey, Frank, Reid,
James and Donald O'Gara and
Donald Barron.