John Jacques died 1902

JACQUES

Posted By: cheryl Locher moonen (email)
Date: 8/19/2019 at 22:06:22

The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette, Tues., June 10, 1902, p. 8, col. 3.

A Good Man Gone.
Death of John Jacques, a Sunshine Mission Worker.

At 7:30 last evening occurred the death of John Jacques, a veteran employe of the B. C. R. & N. shops and a prominent worker in the Sunshine Mission, at the age of 51 (sic - 40) years. The funeral will be held at the Mission at 2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, Rev. N. A. Mershon officiating; interment at Linwood.

The deceased was a man of varied career and wide experience. He was born in the Whitechapel, London, and little is known of his parentage or family, save that he leaves one sister, residence unknown. Mr. Jacques was a bootblack on the streets of London before entering the service of Her Majesty as an apprentice on the ship Exmour. This vessel was destroyed by fire and the crew transferred to the Goliath, upon which Jacques traveled to many points of the world. He came to Cedar Rapids about twenty years ago and for seventeen years had been employed as a mechanic in the shops. He educated himself and having an ear for music became a proficient performer on the cornet, leading the singing at the Mission for several years. His bright sunny disposition won him the sobriquet of "Happy Jack," and all who knew him were his friends. For some time he had been a sufferer from tuberculosis, and was taken to St. Luke's in the hope that an operation would restore him to health. Several operations were performed, but without avail. Scores of people who hold John Jacques in the most kindly remembrance will follow his remains to their last resting place. tomorrow.

The Cedar Rapids Republican, Thurs., June 12, 1902, p. 8, col. 5.