Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-05-06
RITES FOR HENRY
HUNTER ARE HELD
in CITY TUESDAY
Death Comes to Prominent
Citizen Following Long
Illness

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longtime resident of the Dooley
community, county commissioner,
and highly-respected Sheridan u
ty citizen Friday. His death followed
an extended illness from a heart all
ment and complications. from which
no hope had been held for recovery.
Taken i'll shortly after Christmas,
Mr.. Hunter went to Rochester to
seek medical aid and while there I'M
derwent an operation with the hope
that his health would be restored.
He returned to his home in Feb
ruary For several weeks he lay in
a critical condition at the hospital
here until his death, which occurred
shortly after 2 o'clock Friday.
Tuesday Sheridan county paid
homage to his passing. The last
rites, conducted at the Congrega-
tional church here, were attended by
one of the largest gatherings of its
kind in Plentywood.
The Rev. Earle A. Clifford paid
fitting tribute when he eulogized:
Henry Hunter was known as a man
of sterling character. His unstinted
service to his fellow man, as a pub
lie servant and as a man, will not
be forgotten
The fio~wer-ladened casket was
taken to Dooley and Henry Hunter
was laid to rest in the Dooley GENE
tery-located on his homestead,
which was his home for more than
20 years.
Pallbearers were A. j. Olson, Car
Tango, members of the board Of
commissioners, o. Which Mr. Hun
ter was a member, Geo. Leibach. w
d. Dooley of Dooley, Carl b. Peter
son and Britt Chandler, all long
time friends and associates.
Business houses in PlentyWoot
closed during the funeral in humble
respect.
Born i'm 1877
Henry Hunter at the time o
death was SO years old. He was borr
at Fergus Falls, Mimi, August 81
1877, and 26 years ago came t
Montana to homestead and to ente
business. He settled at Antelope ant
along with his farming interests, en-
gagged in the lumber business.
Five years later he moved to Doc
lev where he homesteaded and oper
ated a lumber yard.
Henry Hunter, during his 2
years of residence, was a prominen
citizen of the Dooley community.
A number of years ago he dis
posed of his lumber business to de
vote his entire interest to farming
Two years ago friends induced
Mr.. Hunter to seek the county com
~missionership from his district an
voters by a substantial majority ell
ected him to office. Last Novembe
he was a candidate for reelection
to that office and Sheridan count,
again gave him a large majority.
A true test of Mr.. Hunters char
acter was revealed in his W cam
paigns for public office. In commun
tiles where he had lived, where the,
knew him best and where he hat
rubbed shoulders, con1ded and aid
ed people with their problems, dit
the esteem in which he was he'll
clearly show when the ballots wer
counted.
Friends today recalled Henri
Hunter as a mar of honesty and IN
tegrity. He highly valued his man
friendships and during his tenure i
office gained many new friends b
his faithful service and sound jude
ment.
His wife, a son, Donald, and
daughter, Mrs. Glenn Bartlett, o
Big Fork, Mont, survive. Also tw
brothers, Will and George OF Antel
ope and three sisters, Mrs. Harr
Jones, Ottertail, Mimi; Mrs. X. L
Austin, Bakersfield, Calf; Mrs