The Obituary of Stephen Dykeman (from an unknown newspaper source)
I was given this obituary in photocopy form and part of it is not on the page. I have transcribed what I was able to read.
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ST. AUGUSTINE
Stephen Dykeman, an account of the? death appeared in the Friday issue of the daily republican ...ster, was a patient sufferer for many? months. Death was due to ...ge of the heart and dropsy. ...deceased was a man who earned his bread by the sweat of his brow.: He was not a shirker. ...was most happy when he had something to do. From his youth, ...was schooled to hard labor, and ...ngly shared his earnings with ...less fortunate. While he did ..possess much of this world's ...s and comforts, he was hap-...and more content with his ..than the average, who possess .. The old adage was exemplified in his life that : it is more ...ed to give than to receive."
The deceased was born at Fair-..., Ill., December 4, 1851. He was one of eleven children, born to ...m and Jane (St. Clair) Dykeman, of whom the following sur-...: Gilson of bushnell; Mrs. ...abeth Felty, of blunt, South Dakota; Cornelius, who made his ...e here with the deceased; ... and Mrs. Josephine Baugh-... of Galesburg and Mrs. Es... Walters, of Creston, Iowa. He was united in marriage November ... 1882 to Miss Julia Adkisson of St. Augustine. Except for short periods lived at Avon, Canton and ..ray, Iowa, S. Dykeman and ... lived at St. Augustine. Two ...were born to this couple. Charles E., of Avon, and Arthur, St. Augustine, both, together ...the wife, survive. Besides their own children, this couple raised two orphan children, Mrs. ... Bain of Des Moines, Iowa, .. Miss Blanche Powell, who still ..in the home. The funeral was ... from the Christian church on ..day afternoon conducted by .. Sailor of Avon and was ..ly attended. The casket bearers were T. J. Sailor, George Aringdale, Edwin Babbitt, Charles ..n, James Fogarty ad S. Gray. Interment was in the Babbitt cemetery ...at Old Town.
Card of Thanks
We wish to ecpress our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for the any evidences of kindness shown us during our re-.... bereavement. -Mrs. Julia Dykman, Charles and Arthur Dykeman.
If you have a copy of this obituary, please contact me so that I may make the proper corrections. Thank you.
I was given this obituary in photocopy form and part of it is not on the page. I have transcribed what I was able to read.
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ST. AUGUSTINE
Stephen Dykeman, an account of the? death appeared in the Friday issue of the daily republican ...ster, was a patient sufferer for many? months. Death was due to ...ge of the heart and dropsy. ...deceased was a man who earned his bread by the sweat of his brow.: He was not a shirker. ...was most happy when he had something to do. From his youth, ...was schooled to hard labor, and ...ngly shared his earnings with ...less fortunate. While he did ..possess much of this world's ...s and comforts, he was hap-...and more content with his ..than the average, who possess .. The old adage was exemplified in his life that : it is more ...ed to give than to receive."
The deceased was born at Fair-..., Ill., December 4, 1851. He was one of eleven children, born to ...m and Jane (St. Clair) Dykeman, of whom the following sur-...: Gilson of bushnell; Mrs. ...abeth Felty, of blunt, South Dakota; Cornelius, who made his ...e here with the deceased; ... and Mrs. Josephine Baugh-... of Galesburg and Mrs. Es... Walters, of Creston, Iowa. He was united in marriage November ... 1882 to Miss Julia Adkisson of St. Augustine. Except for short periods lived at Avon, Canton and ..ray, Iowa, S. Dykeman and ... lived at St. Augustine. Two ...were born to this couple. Charles E., of Avon, and Arthur, St. Augustine, both, together ...the wife, survive. Besides their own children, this couple raised two orphan children, Mrs. ... Bain of Des Moines, Iowa, .. Miss Blanche Powell, who still ..in the home. The funeral was ... from the Christian church on ..day afternoon conducted by .. Sailor of Avon and was ..ly attended. The casket bearers were T. J. Sailor, George Aringdale, Edwin Babbitt, Charles ..n, James Fogarty ad S. Gray. Interment was in the Babbitt cemetery ...at Old Town.
Card of Thanks
We wish to ecpress our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for the any evidences of kindness shown us during our re-.... bereavement. -Mrs. Julia Dykman, Charles and Arthur Dykeman.
If you have a copy of this obituary, please contact me so that I may make the proper corrections. Thank you.
The Obituary of Stephen Dykeman (from an unknown newspaper source)
I was given this obituary in photocopy form and part of it is not on the page. I have transcribed what I was able to read.
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ST. AUGUSTINE
Stephen Dykeman, an account of the? death appeared in the Friday issue of the daily republican ...ster, was a patient sufferer for many? months. Death was due to ...ge of the heart and dropsy. ...deceased was a man who earned his bread by the sweat of his brow.: He was not a shirker. ...was most happy when he had something to do. From his youth, ...was schooled to hard labor, and ...ngly shared his earnings with ...less fortunate. While he did ..possess much of this world's ...s and comforts, he was hap-...and more content with his ..than the average, who possess .. The old adage was exemplified in his life that : it is more ...ed to give than to receive."
The deceased was born at Fair-..., Ill., December 4, 1851. He was one of eleven children, born to ...m and Jane (St. Clair) Dykeman, of whom the following sur-...: Gilson of bushnell; Mrs. ...abeth Felty, of blunt, South Dakota; Cornelius, who made his ...e here with the deceased; ... and Mrs. Josephine Baugh-... of Galesburg and Mrs. Es... Walters, of Creston, Iowa. He was united in marriage November ... 1882 to Miss Julia Adkisson of St. Augustine. Except for short periods lived at Avon, Canton and ..ray, Iowa, S. Dykeman and ... lived at St. Augustine. Two ...were born to this couple. Charles E., of Avon, and Arthur, St. Augustine, both, together ...the wife, survive. Besides their own children, this couple raised two orphan children, Mrs. ... Bain of Des Moines, Iowa, .. Miss Blanche Powell, who still ..in the home. The funeral was ... from the Christian church on ..day afternoon conducted by .. Sailor of Avon and was ..ly attended. The casket bearers were T. J. Sailor, George Aringdale, Edwin Babbitt, Charles ..n, James Fogarty ad S. Gray. Interment was in the Babbitt cemetery ...at Old Town.
Card of Thanks
We wish to ecpress our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for the any evidences of kindness shown us during our re-.... bereavement. -Mrs. Julia Dykman, Charles and Arthur Dykeman.
If you have a copy of this obituary, please contact me so that I may make the proper corrections. Thank you.
I was given this obituary in photocopy form and part of it is not on the page. I have transcribed what I was able to read.
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ST. AUGUSTINE
Stephen Dykeman, an account of the? death appeared in the Friday issue of the daily republican ...ster, was a patient sufferer for many? months. Death was due to ...ge of the heart and dropsy. ...deceased was a man who earned his bread by the sweat of his brow.: He was not a shirker. ...was most happy when he had something to do. From his youth, ...was schooled to hard labor, and ...ngly shared his earnings with ...less fortunate. While he did ..possess much of this world's ...s and comforts, he was hap-...and more content with his ..than the average, who possess .. The old adage was exemplified in his life that : it is more ...ed to give than to receive."
The deceased was born at Fair-..., Ill., December 4, 1851. He was one of eleven children, born to ...m and Jane (St. Clair) Dykeman, of whom the following sur-...: Gilson of bushnell; Mrs. ...abeth Felty, of blunt, South Dakota; Cornelius, who made his ...e here with the deceased; ... and Mrs. Josephine Baugh-... of Galesburg and Mrs. Es... Walters, of Creston, Iowa. He was united in marriage November ... 1882 to Miss Julia Adkisson of St. Augustine. Except for short periods lived at Avon, Canton and ..ray, Iowa, S. Dykeman and ... lived at St. Augustine. Two ...were born to this couple. Charles E., of Avon, and Arthur, St. Augustine, both, together ...the wife, survive. Besides their own children, this couple raised two orphan children, Mrs. ... Bain of Des Moines, Iowa, .. Miss Blanche Powell, who still ..in the home. The funeral was ... from the Christian church on ..day afternoon conducted by .. Sailor of Avon and was ..ly attended. The casket bearers were T. J. Sailor, George Aringdale, Edwin Babbitt, Charles ..n, James Fogarty ad S. Gray. Interment was in the Babbitt cemetery ...at Old Town.
Card of Thanks
We wish to ecpress our sincere thanks to our friends and neighbors for the any evidences of kindness shown us during our re-.... bereavement. -Mrs. Julia Dykman, Charles and Arthur Dykeman.
If you have a copy of this obituary, please contact me so that I may make the proper corrections. Thank you.
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