Hunter, Ralph Bertrand 1886-1935

HUNTER, SULLIVAN

Posted By: Linda Mohning, volunteer (email)
Date: 6/27/2012 at 14:46:41

Burial Service for Dr. Hunter Sunday. Masonic Rites Held for Remsen Man Who Passed Away October 23.
Funeral services for Dr. R. B. Hunter, who died in St. Mary’s Hospital at Rochester, Minn., last Wednesday, were held in Remsen Sunday afternoon, and friends from far and near were present to join the sorrowing family in a last earthly tribute to a man who had won among them a place in the highest esteem. Services at the home at St. Paul’s Evangelical church were conducted by the Rev. Paul Wuebben, while officers and members in the Masonic Order had charge of graveside rites.
Dr. Hunter had been in failing health for about three months but was able to look after his veterinary practice for several weeks in spite of this handicap. Six weeks ago his condition forced him to abandon his professional activities, and after a confinement at his home for a time he was taken to Rochester on Monday, October 14, suffering with a brain tumor. Five days later an operation was performed, and specialists immediately pronounced his case hopeless, finding a malignant tumor and a condition which defied all attempts to correct. He passed away at 5:10 o’clock last Wednesday evening. With him during his last sickness and at his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Hunter; the doctor’s two sisters, Mrs. Inez Raupp of Warsaw, N.Y. and Mrs. Blanche Foster of Ellsdale, N. J., and Mrs. Hunter’s mother, Mrs. Frances Sullivan, of St. Paul.
The body was brought to Remsen, arriving here Thursday evening.
Ralph Bertrand Hunter was born at Salt Vale, N.Y., on March 26, 1886, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter. There he grew to manhood and remained with his parents until 1910 when he came to Sioux City and spent two years in the employ of Armour & Co. In 1912 he returned to join his father, who had moved to Warsaw and was engaged in the meat business. He spent two years with his father and then turned west again, going to Chicago where he entered the Chicago veterinary college, from which he was graduated in 1917. April 11 of that year was a day of double importance to Dr. Hunter, for besides having the honor of graduation conferred upon him that evening, it was also his wedding day. His marriage to Florence Sullivan took place a few hours before the graduation exercises were held.
The young couple came to Iowa immediately after their marriage and settled in Castana, Monona county, where Dr. Hunter practiced his profession for more than two years. They moved to Cherokee where for two years he was employed as a livestock inspector for the National Livestock Insurance Co., and in November, 1921, the family came to Remsen where they have resided ever since.
Dr. Hunter was successful in his profession, and a man who made warm friends through his genial ways and because of his loyalty to those who won his confidence. He was a devoted husband and loving father, and one of his prime characteristics was his extreme devotedness to his family, for whose welfare he was ever solicitous. He was a man of quiet demeanor, never seeking popular preferment, but choosing rather, to devote himself to his family and close friends, among whom he was regarded as a man of splendid character and who valued his friendship and will cherish his memory in the years to come. His popularity in the profession as well as the general favor in which he was held by his many acquaintances and close associates, was shown by the large attendance of old friends from the various places in which he has resided, who came to attend the burial services.
Surviving are the sorrowing widow, and the following children: William, 16; Evelyn, 14; Russell, 12; and Donald, 10. Surviving also are his parents, who still reside in Warsaw, N. Y., and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Inez Raupp, Warsaw; Mrs. Blanche Foster, Ellsdale. H. J.; Mrs. Ethel Billingsley, Detroit; Mrs. Ida Hawkins, Batavia, N. Y.; Mrs. Mildred Brown, Sonya, N. Y.; Wm. Hunter, Fond-du-Lac, Wisc.; and Le Mars Hunter, Warsaw.
Services at the home Sunday afternoon were at 1;30 o’clock followed immediately by services in St. Paul’s church by Rev. Wuebben. A large delegation of visiting and resident members of the Masonic Order honored the deceased and the family with their presence, and the attendance was one of the largest seen at a funeral service here in years. Pallbearers were: Frank Hewicker, M. M. Milfs, Dr. F. A. Mylan, Leonard Recknagel, M. M. Griepenburg, and Richard A. Meyer. Flower bearers were: Miss Helen Hunter, Mrs. Alfred Moeller, Mrs. S.E. Meyer and Mrs. E. E. Wilson – Remsen Bell-Enterprise