LeRoy Wolfe 1891-1916

WOLFE, GLENN, VOUCHER

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 5/23/2021 at 17:43:29

25 September 1916 - The Clinton Advertiser
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Lost Nation, Sept. 25--Brief mention was made in these columns of the passing of LeRoy Wolfe, at Mercy hospital, Cedar Rapids, Wednesday evening, September 13th, following an operation for appendicitis. The announcement of his death was indeed a sudden and severe shock to his host of friends, and the friends of the family, for "Bud," as he was familiarly called, was a young man of sterling qualities, a devoted husband and a kind and generous friend to all. For several years he was employed by the C.M. & St. P. railway company, as fireman, but last year realized that a return to the farm and its attractiveness, rather than the uncertainties of railroad work, was more to his liking hence he removed to the Wolfe farm south of this city. Here he and his wife were enjoying happiness and contentment, until he was suddenly stricken with appendicitis, which necessitated an operation, and from which ordeal he never recovered. "Bud" Wolfe was one of the kind of young men whom it was a pleasure to know and associate with. Clean in habits, in thought, and in action, he attracted to his following friends who were true. His associates on the railroad speak of him only in terms of the highest praise, and his admirers around this locality, where he was raised and grew to young manhood, were pained indeed at his sudden calling. To the young wife who is thus deprived of the comfort and companionship of her husband, to the mother bereft of a devoted and faithful son, and to the brother and sister who survive him, the sympathy of the entire community goes out. To the wife bereft, the blow is indeed a hard one to bear, for less than two years ago they were united in the bonds of holy matrimony, and now her position in life seems lonesome indeed.

LeRoy Francis Wolfe, son of Thomas and Catherine Wolfe, was born at Toronto, Iowa, February 16, 1891, and died at Mercy hospital, Cedar Rapids, September 13, 1916, after a short illness. On Wednesday evening previous to his death, he was stricken suddenly with an attack of appendicitis, and on Friday evening, Dr. Murphy of Cedar Rapids was called in consultation with Dr. Robinson. It was decided to rush him to the hospital where an operation was performed on Saturday morning from which he rallied and was doing as well as could be expected until Wednesday evening when he took a sudden change for the worse and at 5:30 passed away. He was fortified by the last sacraments of the Catholic church, of which he was a devoted member. His remains were brought to Lost Nation to the old home Thursday evening, funeral services being held from the Sacred Heart church Friday morning, with Requiem High mass celebrated by Rev. O. J. Small, assisted by Rev. P. McNamara of Toronto, and Rev. T. Vopatek of Oxford Junction. Music was rendered by the Lost Nation choir. Burial was at Toronto. He was married to Miss Laura Glenn on October 14, 1914, who with his mother, one brother, Thomas of this place, and one sister, Mrs. R. Voucher of McAllen, Texas survive him.