Clem W. Easter d. 1905

EASTER, JOHNSON, FULMER

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 2/14/2012 at 07:10:20

Clem W. Easter.

Clem. W. Easter died at his home in Charleston, W. Virginia, Sunday, Nov. 5, 1905 aged about 29 years. The telegram which came Sunday stated that his death was caused by typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and one daughter.

He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Easter who formerly lived near Bonaparte, and is a brother of H. H. Easter who was killed last June in Cincinnati, Ohio. There is still one brother living, viz., Smith Easter of Colorado.

Death seems to have lurked on his trail since his leaving Des Moines, where for thirteen years he was connected with the Savery hotel. He had been in Charleston but a short time when his brother was accidentally killed in Cleveland by electricity, and he accompanied the body back to Albia. After returning to his work in Charleston he secured a position in Hanawha for Miss Nell Fulmer, a Des Moines woman, who had been bookkeeper in the Savery. Miss Fulmer had been at work in the Charleston hotel but a short time when she was frightfully burned by an explosion in the hotel and died from the injuries.

Mr. Easter accompanied her remains back to Des Moines.

His two visits to this city within so short a time and on such sad missions were the occasion of considerable remark by himself and his friends, no one dreaming, however, that he himself would be the victim of the fated third charm, as it appears he has been. He was sick for four weeks, however, whereas both of the other deaths resulted from accident.

He leaves a wife and a young child. Mrs. Easter was Miss Gertrude Johnson, for five years one of the librarians at the city library.

Mr. Easter was only about 30 years of age. He came to Des Moines from Albia, the home of his parents, when a boy, accepting work in the Savery hotel. For a number of years he was clerk, working in all thirteen years in the one place.

He was active in the local companies of the Iowa National Guard and was anxious to go to the Philippines at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, but was rejected because of poor health.

His death is not alone mourned by his wife and little daughter, but by his parents, who have lost both of their sons within the past few months.
-- Register and Leader, Des Moines.

The remains were brought to Albia for interrment and the funeral will be held Thursday. Mrs. McDonald expects to attend.
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Source: Entler Scrapbook Collection, vol 3, Iowa Historical Library, Iowa City, IA Historical Library, Iowa City, IA