Dingman, Samuel H (1854-1904)

DINGMAN, DANIELS

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Daily Freeman Tribune, Webster City, Iowa, Thursday, November 17, 1904

SUDDEN DEATH OF S.H. DINGMAN

After Illness of but a Day and a Half he Passes Away. -Had Abscess on the Brain.

FUNERAL TO BE ON SUNDAY

Taken Sick Tuesday Afternoon.--Life's Uncertainty Receives a Sad Demonstration

S.H. Dingman, whose serious illness was noted in these columns last evening, died last night at nine o'clock. His ailment was finally diagnosed as an abscess upon the brain. A consultation of doctors was held yesterday at which Dr. Alton of Fort Dodge was present. Mr. Dingman was then sinking fast, as he had been all day, and as a last resort the physicians decided to perform an operation. The patient was taken to Fort Dodge for this purpose on the evening train. He sank steadily, however, and at nine o'clock passed away. The funeral services will be held at the Methodist church in this city Sunday afternoon at three o'clock conducted by Rev. Geo. W. Southwell.

Mr. Dingman's ailment came upon him very suddenly. On last Monday he complained of not feeling very well. Tuesday morning he went to work as usual but in the afternoon came home and lay down upon the bed with a headache. He lay there some time and his wife waited upon him. He seemed to grow rapidly worse. After his wife had been at his bedside several times to wait upon him, he had failed so rapidly that he was unable to recognize her. A physician was summoned and worked with him almost continually from that time until he died. He sank into unconsciousness and later became violent and had to be kept under the influence of opiates. His case was diagnosed as an abscess of the brain. His condition was known to be serious from the beginning and all that loving hands could possibly do to save him was done. Last evening Dr. Alton of Fort Dodge consulted with local physicians. They informed Mrs. Dingman that her husband had small chance of recovery and that the only thing they could do in the hope of aiding him was to perform an operation, although this they informed her was a very slim chance for ultimate recovery. In the hope that her husband might get relief, Mrs. Dingman consented to the operation and on the evening train the patient was taken to Fort Dodge. He continued to sink, however, and at nine o'clock passed away.

Mr. Dingman was born in Allen county, Indiana, May 2, 1854. In 1861 the family moved to Iowa and settled in Hardin county. Later they came to Hamilton county and settled at Homer and later came to Webster City. Mr. and Mrs. Dingman have no children. Mr. Dingman was a member of Elmo lodge I.O.O.F., the Superior Rebekahs and the Modern Woodmen of America. Besides the members of these lodges Webster City lodge I.O.O.F. and the Purity Rebekahs will attend the funeral.

The sudden taking away of Mr. Dingman is a severe shock to relatives and friends. He was an exemplary man in all the relations of life and possessed the high regard of all who knew him. The uncertainty of life strikes many a terrible blow upon sorrowing friends and relatives, and in the death of Mr. Dingman the bereaved ones have the heartfelt sympathy of their many friends in this sudden visitation of the death angel.

[He is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Iowa along with his first wife, Almira Adelaide Daniels Dingman b 1856 d 1893}