Bergman, Jack Hayter 1908 - 1912

BERGMAN, HAYTER, BENJAMIN

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 1/11/2010 at 08:44:01

Little Jack Laid to Rest

The funeral of little Jack, the 4-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bergman, whose death occurred in Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, on Tuesday morning, July 2, was held at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. James Hayter, at 2 o’clock on Friday afternoon, July 5, a large number of relatives and near friends being present. Although very sad the services throughout were touchingly beautiful. It is seldom that a mere child has so won the hearts of the entire community as had dear little Jack in his brief four years of life. This was evidenced not only the beautiful flowers, which were in abundance, but by the mingling of the tears of friends present with those of the parents and grandparents, so deeply grieved by his untimely death under such peculiarly sad circumstances.

The beautiful white casket rested in a bed of white roses, carnations and other fragrant flowers, only excel in their beauty by the lovely baby face of little Jack within the casket, with the sweet smile on dimpled cheeks which even cruel death had failed to remove.

Rev. W. H. Perdew of the M. E. Church made brief but beautiful remarks, emphasizing the influence which the lives of these little ones have over their parents and loved ones, and how their death only tends to draw them towards heaven. “It is the going of these baby lives that brings Heaven near, and it’s the little arms outstretched there that makes it real.” The Masonic Quartette sang sweetly, “When He Cometh to Make up His Jewels,” and “Safe in the Arms of Jesus,” and Mrs. T. M. Rodgers with much feeling and tenderness sang the beautiful solo, “Sometime and Somehow,” accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Dr. J. C. Hill. The pallbearers were little Jack’s four great-uncles, Messrs. Henry, Gus, Fred and Adolph Bergman. A large company of friends accompanied the funeral cortege to the cemetery, where the dear tired body of little Jack was laid to rest in a grave which was made by friends a veritable bed or roses.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Benjamin, of Chicago, uncle and aunt of little Jack, came to attend the funeral; and Miss Hayes, the nurse who cared for the little one in the hospital, and learned to love him so dearly, was also present. ~ Newspaper unknown.

Transcriber note: Buried in Newton Union Cemetery, Newton, IA, where birth year and death year info was retrieved.