Death of L. S. Hummel.

    Leroy S. Hummel was born December 17, 1868, near Pennsville, Ohio, and died on January 11, 1912 at the age of forty-three years and twenty-five days.

    About twenty-two years ago he came to Iowa where he has ever since made his home. His first labor after coming to this county was for Robert Reed, which proved so satisfactory that these men have ever since been fast and close friends.

   He was buried with Christ by baptism and gave himself over to a new life during a meeting held at Griswold by Geo. F. Hall, during the fall of 1890. His convictions came to him after a close study of the Word of God and nothing even shook his faith in Christ in all the years since.

    He was married to Maud Wright, May 15, 1898. To this union were born three children, Gladys Juanita, who died in infancy, March 15, 1901. Dwight Russell and Donovan Hugh, live to sympathize, help, and encourage their Mamma to honor the memory of a good father and husband. Besides his wife and children he leaves to mourn his early departure, his father and mother, three brothers and a host of friends throughout the entire community. Mr. Hummel loved his home passionately and his pastor can testify that he and his good wife knew how to make others happy and enjoy themselves when in that home. He believed in the Golden Rule and tried hard to practice it. He loved his neighbors and was honored in many ways in the community in which he lived.

   Mr. Hummel was unusually healthy, the sickness which caused his death being the first severe case ever contracted. His sickness was of a short duration. About six weeks ago he husked corn on the Lyman Botts farm and had also helped paint the school house, and contracted a severe cold which settled in his head and being unable to find any home remedy that proved satisfactory called a physician who pronounced it a gathering in his head and one that needed close attention and asked that he be brought to town to his father’s where the doctor could call any time, but after coming to town his eye swelled and he had no use if it and his ear became affected, then it was deemed best to take him to a specialist at Red Oak who pronounced it a cancer. He was treated there a week and then was accompanied to Omaha by Howard Hummel and Dr. Meyers where three different specialists examined him and each pronounced it a bursted blood vessel, but said no operation could be performed but set to work to absorb the blood and get the poison out of the system.

    For a time it was thought he was better and the family was given some encourage-ment, but on last Saturday night he had a hard chill and word was sent here Tuesday that someone had better come out. Dr. Meyers went and on his arrival found Mr. Hummel worse than they had stated and found him praying for his dear ones and his many good neighbors and friends and at this time told the Doctor he was prepared to die. Word was sent home that he could not live twenty-four hours and Mrs. Hummel and the children and Howard Hummel were at the depot on their way when the sad message of his death came. Howard went on to accompany the remains back home arriving here Saturday morning. The remains were taken to the home of his father.

   Funeral services were held at the First M. E. Church, Sunday at 1:30 o’clock, con-ducted by Rev. D. S. Thompson, assisted by a Rev. J. O. Carder, and attended by a large gathering of relatives and friends. The Woodman lodge of which deceased was a member attended in a body. The music was furnished by Mesdames J. N. Kinney, C. H. Vannordstrand, Wm. Kirby, Misses Juanita Thompson and Perle Reynolds, Messrs. R. C. Logan, L. E. Burris, W. G. Burris and O. J. Powell, Mrs. R. C. Logan at the piano. The floral offerings from the family and friends were very beautiful. The pallbearers were Frank DeWitt, Will Rawlings, Robert Reed, Vet Woodling, W. L. DeWitt, and B. O. Mullen.

   Although the day was cold, a lengthy procession followed the hearse to the Elliott Hillside Cemetery where interment was made.

   Those who attended the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Hummel of Oakland, S. Hummel, of Villisca, Gus Spellenberg of Garden Grove, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood from near Griswold.

THE ELLIOTT GRAPHIC, Elliott, Iowa, January 18, 1912.