Willsie, Charles 1849 – 1904

WILLSIE, MANNING

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/15/2019 at 12:20:40

Source: IAGenWeb Special Project Iowa Old Press database, The Decorah Journal January 19, 1904

Former Burr Oak Resident Dead
Mr. Charles Willsie, a former resident of Burr Oak, some 36 years ago, died suddenly at his home in Chicago Saturday night, at the age of 60 years, from organic heart trouble. The remains were brought to Decorah this Tuesday morning, accompanied by the widow and son, Wm. Willsie, and were conveyed to Burr Oak, where interment was made.

Transcriber's Note: Burr Oak Cemetery records indicate he was born in 1849.

Added by Joy Moore June 14, 2019

Source: Decorah Republican Jan. 21, 1904 Page 6

A telegram came to F. C. Schanck this morning informing him of the death in Chicago of Charley Willsie. The body is expected here to-morrow, the 19th, for burial. His mother was buried Dec. 19th.

Source: Decorah Republican Jan. 28, 1904 Page 6

On Monday last week came the sad news to our town by telegram that the remains of another former resident of Burr Oak would be brought here the following day for burial, Charles Willsie of Chicago. His only son William, and the wife, who was known herein her girlhood as Martha Manning, accompanied the body. Funeral services were held at the home in Chicago, and a brief service here. The flowers which loving hearts had contributed were numerous and beautiful. It was thought to be quite a coincidence that his mother, Mrs. Jane Willsie, was buried here Dec. 19th, only one short month before his burial. Charles Willsie was born in Upper Canada, town of Dorchester, twelve miles from London, Aug. 13th, 1843, and died at his home in Chicago Jan. 16, 1904, aged 60 years, in the year 1869 he moved to Kansas, and seven years since to Chicago. He was a faithful member of the M. E. church, and one of its officials. As an indication of his faithfulness, it is said that in the last three years he never missed the weekly prayer meeting but twice, and when his chair was made vacant in the church by death, so great was the sorrow of his brethren that the chair was draped, and a wave of sadness spread so completely over the membership that the usual Sunday service was omitted. Surely such an one will be sorely missed by his neighbors, friends and relatives. But earth’s loss is heaven’s gain. Beloved by his fellowmen and beloved by his God, and gone to be with Him in glory. For this transition he was readv, and expressed his complete reconcilliation{sic} to the Master's will. Heart trouble was the immediate cause of his decease; he was only ill for about ten minutes.

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