Born Wilhelm Friedrich Buhs on 23 July 1877. No father listed on his birth register. His mother married Peter Rubin 5 months after his birth and Wilhelm was known as Rubin.
Funeral services for William Rubin who died at the Columbus hospital Tuesday morning after a 12-day siege with spotted fever were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Congressional church at Columbus, the Rev W. C. Lasater officiating and interment was in the cemetery there. The pallbearers were Emmet Patten, Walter Hoffman, Elbert Phipps, William Brown, Frank Patterson and Lewis Littlepage, all former neighbors. His mother and a sister of Dexter, Minn., were present for the funeral. The many beautiful floral offerings and the long cortege of friends that followed him to his final resting place bespoke of the high esteem in which he was held.
Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana)
Sun, Jul 22, 1928 – Page 17 Col 2
Funeral services for William Rubin who died at the Columbus hospital Tuesday morning after a 12-day siege with spotted fever were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Congressional church at Columbus, the Rev W. C. Lasater officiating and interment was in the cemetery there. The pallbearers were Emmet Patten, Walter Hoffman, Elbert Phipps, William Brown, Frank Patterson and Lewis Littlepage, all former neighbors. His mother and a sister of Dexter, Minn., were present for the funeral. The many beautiful floral offerings and the long cortege of friends that followed him to his final resting place bespoke of the high esteem in which he was held.
Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana)
Sun, Jul 22, 1928 – Page 17 Col 2
Born Wilhelm Friedrich Buhs on 23 July 1877. No father listed on his birth register. His mother married Peter Rubin 5 months after his birth and Wilhelm was known as Rubin.
Funeral services for William Rubin who died at the Columbus hospital Tuesday morning after a 12-day siege with spotted fever were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Congressional church at Columbus, the Rev W. C. Lasater officiating and interment was in the cemetery there. The pallbearers were Emmet Patten, Walter Hoffman, Elbert Phipps, William Brown, Frank Patterson and Lewis Littlepage, all former neighbors. His mother and a sister of Dexter, Minn., were present for the funeral. The many beautiful floral offerings and the long cortege of friends that followed him to his final resting place bespoke of the high esteem in which he was held.
Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana)
Sun, Jul 22, 1928 – Page 17 Col 2
Funeral services for William Rubin who died at the Columbus hospital Tuesday morning after a 12-day siege with spotted fever were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Congressional church at Columbus, the Rev W. C. Lasater officiating and interment was in the cemetery there. The pallbearers were Emmet Patten, Walter Hoffman, Elbert Phipps, William Brown, Frank Patterson and Lewis Littlepage, all former neighbors. His mother and a sister of Dexter, Minn., were present for the funeral. The many beautiful floral offerings and the long cortege of friends that followed him to his final resting place bespoke of the high esteem in which he was held.
Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana)
Sun, Jul 22, 1928 – Page 17 Col 2
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WILLIAM RUBIN
JULY 21 1878
JULY 17 1928
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