McDonald, William Dale 1905-1918

MCDONALD

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Date: 10/30/2014 at 13:22:10

Algona Courier
January 3, 1918

Dale McDonald Dead.

Dale McDonald, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McDonald, who has been ill for a year with diabetes, died early Wednesday morning at the home of his parents. The little fellow was taken to Battle Creek sanitarium last summer and every effort made to save his life but he grew steadily weaker until the end came. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the home and burial made in the Burt cemetery.
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Kossuth County Advance
January 9, 1918

Funeral Services Friday Afternoon for Little Dale McDonald—Buried at Burt.

Funeral services for little Dale McDonald, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McDonald, who died just before dawn Wednesday morning, were conducted at the home Friday afternoon, Rev. J. J. Jones officiating. Relatives and friends of the family crowded the house to its capacity. The wasted body lay in a casket all in white under a coverlet of beautiful flowers. Arthur Smith, accompanied by M. J. McCall on the harp, sang “Asleep in Jesus” and “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.” Dale was a member of Miss Jennie Pettibone’s Congregational Sunday school class and six of his classmates, Howard Harrington, Wm. Mann, Kenneth Seeley, Robt. Van Ness, Harold Osier, and Perry Johnston were the Pallbearers. The body was taken to Burt, where it was buried in the McDonald family lot.

Little Dale was born June 19, 1905, when his father was sheriff, and was thus only a half year past his twelfth birthday when he died. A year ago last summer it was discovered that he was afflicted with diabetes. Everything was done to cure hi, but nothing stayed the steady progress of the disease. Last summer he spent seven weeks at Battle Creek, under skilled treatment, but the disease did not yield. After his return he gradually grew weaker, until at last the end came. Fortunately he never knew he could not get well. He did not suffer, and his passing was like going to sleep.

Dale was one of the best little boys in Algona. He was bright and quick to learn, and excelled in his studies at school. His good record excused him from all but one of his last tests. He liked to play, and all his playmates were fond of him, for he was always considerate, never rough or quarrelsome. To his parents and near-by friends the saddest thing about his long illness was to see him wistfully but uncomplaining watching the children of the neighborhood at play after he had become too weak to take part in their sports himself.
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Algona Courier
January 10, 1918

Dale McDonald Buried Friday

The funeral of little Dale McDonald, which was held Friday was attended by a large gathering of friends who filled the home to overflowing. Rev. J. J. Jones officiated and Arthur Smith, accompanied by M. J. McCall on the harp, sang, “Asleep in Jesus” and “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.” Six members of Miss Jennie Pettibone’s Congregational Sunday school class, of which Dale was a member, served as Pallbearers. The body was taken to Burt for interment in the family lot.

Dale was a bright, sunny little chap who was beloved by his young friends and old alike. That he should be taken from them in his thirteenth year has grieved them all and all extend to the bereft family their unstinted sympathy.