Nathan Roy Moore 1872-1896

MOORE

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/12/2002 at 04:25:32

OBITUARY
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NATHAN ROY MOORE was born in Birmingham, Iowa, August 1(3), 1872. Here he spent his boyhood days until the winter of '92, when he went to Chicago to work with an uncle, learning the trade of a plasterer, returning in the fall. During the fall and winter of '92 and '93 he was a student of Elliott's Business College in Burlington. He returned home in the spring, remaining home until the following August when he again returned to Chicago to finish his trade. He was there the greater part of the time until January 9, 1896, when he returned home to engage in business with his father. January 26, he was taken sick, and his life ebbed away until February 27, at twenty minutes past eleven p.m. he answered the call of his Maker, and the tide of eternitie's [sic] white sea bore him away on its flow. He was 23 years, 6 months and 14 days old.

Thus it seems the sun of his life has gone down in the morning, and the home he gladdened by his loving kindness will never know him more on earth. But the influences of his pure life are with us yet, leading us onward and upward to the Heavenly Home where he awaits our coming.

Born and raised to manhood in Birmingham, he counted as friends all his acquaintances. On his return in January he was pleased to think he was again home with friends, and expressed his determination to remain, be with and assist his parents in their declining years, and went to work at once to fix up the place of business and get it started. He worked beyond his strength, as the germ of that dread disease typhoid fever had a deep hold on him, and in less than a week after getting fairly started was compelled to give up and take his bed. Slowly but surely he grew worse, and while the family expressed themselves as hopeful of his recovery, those who had watched him and were not bound by the close ties of father and mother saw different and expressed doubts of his ever leaving the bed. Alas, the hope and love of parents often blind them, and they are not prepared for the sad parting that strangers see is near at hand.

The funeral services were held in the M.E. church Saturday at 2 p.m. Rev. Fraker, assisted by Rev.'s Monteith and Bollman, conducted the sad services over the remains of one of our promising young men, in the presence of a large congregation of sorrowing relatives and sympathizing friends.

The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. His fellow-workmen and the place he boarded in Chicago sent beautiful Easter and calla lillies, roses, etc., while his comrades and friends at home placed on his bier lillies, [?]milax, roses and other flowers wrought into wreaths and boquets [sic].

The sorrowing family have the sympathy of everyone in Birmingham in their sad bereavement. And they assured the writer they appreciated and felt the many kind acts and words of the host who had assisted in making the burden lighter.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 57 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, Iowa Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in November 1999. Name and date of newspaper not given.)

I am NOT related to this person and am posting it for those who may find him/her in their family tree.

[Original Post 21 January 2000]