The Western news., 1949-02-10
ARTHUR L. BROCK LIVEDALIFE
OF SERVICE AND GOOD DEEDS

at his home in Libby, aged 81 years
three months and one day.
Funeral services were held sat
urday morning at st. Joseph's Cath
olic Church, where Requiem Higr
Mass was celebrated by the Rev
! FIR. J. O'Malley, assisted by JohT
Crotteau and Jim Switzer as altar
boys. The choir composed of Mrs
George Earle, Mrs. Norman Risley
and Mrs. Leo Cloutier, accompan-
led by Mrs. Verna Ann Roberts
organist. furnished the music. The
pallbearers were George Rouse,
Give Roark, Sam Tefeau, Bernhard
Schlumm, James Mahoney and Viii
liam Nelson. Mr.. Brock was laid
to rest in the Libby cemetery among
the scenes he loved so well.
At the turn of the century Mr..
Brooks parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. w.
Brock moved to Montana, locating
in the Tobacco Valley where they
made their home until their death
two years ago Mr.. Brock was
married June 3, 1918 to Miss Alice
O'Conner in Our Lady of Mercy
Catholic Church at Eureka. One
daughter was born to this union,
Guinevere Blackwell who lives in
Libby.
Besides his wife and daughter, he
leaves to mourn his passing, three
brothers, Albert, Roy and Guy
Brock of Rexford, and three sis
ters, Viola Mills, Spokane, Addie
Scott, Eureka, and Gladys Sahnow
Of Portland.
Mr. Brock followed the auto
mobile industry from its infancy
when mechanics were few and but
little equipment for car repairs
was obtainable He showed out
standing skill in this work, and
through study and application to
duty, he became an authority on
every moving part of a car. He
always maintained it to be a great
pleasure for him to take some diff
ficult and unsolved mechanical
trouble and keep at it until the
solution was found His home was
in Lincoln County except for Is
years in the Portland Ore, area.
His health failed in 1885 and he
was advised by his physicians to
live in drier climate. This
brought him to Libby where he re-
his health, and in 1886 he
moved his family here, where they
nave continued to make their home. |
He bought the Libby Motors in
1897, building up one of the 1essl
business enterprises in the conntry.f
lie was found to be honest and
quare in all his dealings, giving
service TO all his Gus
omers.
Due to i'll health and at the ad-
ice of his doctors, he decided af-
er ii years of business in Libby, /,
, retire and attempt to regain his
ealth. March /, 1948 he sold his
usiness to MeSSrs. Smart and Stor-
ock, but while completing the in
entory he was taken seriously i'll j
nd rushed to st. Patrick's Hospital
IisSoula, for emergency care. He
nderwent an operation April /, :
nd remained in precarious con- D
ition until May is when he re-
lrned home to recuperate in pre- (
aration for a second operation. ;
He returned to the operating !
bile August IL, but it was found :
lat the dreadful killer, cancer had
ken its toll and nothing further
'uld be done. In September he :
as advised that his case was hope t
ss. He accepted the verdict with :
smile and complete resignation y
Gods will He spent the last
onths preceding his death cheer n
lily and in preparation to meet :
s Maker. His many friends who
He'd on him, made his last days !
easant, and went away inspired {
his cheerful attitude and com :
etc Christian fortitude in a most
wing affliction.
An ardent sportsman, Mr.. Brock T
7ed the great outdoor, where \
delighted to spend his spare e
1ments fishing and hunting. =
A large gathering of friends and s.
4uaintances gathered to honor =,
IS good citizen at his last rites. -
nong those present from out of
Vn were, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert p
ock, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brock. 7,
d Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Brock. all II
Rexford; Mrs. Viola Mills, Spo- f.
ne, and Mr. and Mrs. Merlin nj
Dit of Eureka. His sister, GLADYS 60
hnow of Portland, was unable 10 ~
present due to road conditions. ar
Perhaps nothing could be more
ing to close this brief history PC
IN to give his favorite quotation. O.
zen from William Cullen Bry-
IS 'Thanatopsis,,:
so live that when the summons ba
come to join tn
The innumerable caravan which re
moves gu
70 that mysterious realm. where fe'
each shall take RE
lis chamber in the silent halls by
of death, ga
'hou 60 not, like the quarry slave Int
at night, tn,
to his dungeon, but sus- ga
tanned and soothed ate
~ an unfaltering trust. Approach hil
thy grave,
ike one who wraps the drapery an
of his couch the
About him, and lies down TO gr;
pleasant dreams ga