Dr. Henry U. Onderdonk, one of Buffalo's best known and most highly respected citizens, passed away at his room at the Capitol hotel in this city Tuesday evening, death being due to heart failure from which he had been a sufferer the past year or more.
Death to this good man came peacefully, quietly, and left no evidence of suffering or struggle, his features presenting a natural repose, indicative of sleep rather than death. Dr. Onderdonk had last been seen about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Shortly after that hour he evidently repaired to his room and retired. He was found by R. E. Taylor, proprietor of the Capitol, about 9:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Mr. Taylor at once called medical aid, and upon arrival of the physicians, some half hour later, they gave it as their opinion that he had been dead about three hours. The body was lying in a perfectly natural position, the head resting upon one hand, eyes closed, the whole body suggesting the peace, the quietude and the self-poise that had characterized the life of this splendid man.
Henry U. Onderdonk was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, November 17, 1850, and was therefore nearing his 60th birthday. He was graduated from the Maryland University and for several years thereafter was a teacher in the St. James preparatory school at Hagerstown, a school which at that time was conducted by his father. A number of years ago he came to Laramie, Wyoming, to assume charge of a school started there by Bishop Talbot. Later he came to Buffalo, since which time he has been in charge of the local Episcopal church. He was one of the best read men in Wyoming, and never for a moment did he cease his search for knowledge. He was a pleasant man, splendid conversationalist, of great pride, and yet the servant of all. He never seemed to tire in aiding others, and to the sick and distressed he was the personification of the good Samaritan.
In a little town like Buffalo a death such as we are now recording comes to every one as a personal loss. We all feel a certain loneliness of the little circle— the anguish of the great sorrow. The fact that this is a little town has its advantages— we are all neighbors, and thus these griefs of others cut us deeper than they do in the big city, where everyone is a stranger to his next door neighbor. The death of Dr. Onderdonk is in a way the whole town's sorrow.
The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Spaulding of Sheridan, and the body was laid to rest in the Episcopal lot in Willow Grove cemetery.
© The Buffalo Voice no. 1 May 11, 1910, page 3
Death to this good man came peacefully, quietly, and left no evidence of suffering or struggle, his features presenting a natural repose, indicative of sleep rather than death. Dr. Onderdonk had last been seen about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Shortly after that hour he evidently repaired to his room and retired. He was found by R. E. Taylor, proprietor of the Capitol, about 9:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Mr. Taylor at once called medical aid, and upon arrival of the physicians, some half hour later, they gave it as their opinion that he had been dead about three hours. The body was lying in a perfectly natural position, the head resting upon one hand, eyes closed, the whole body suggesting the peace, the quietude and the self-poise that had characterized the life of this splendid man.
Henry U. Onderdonk was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, November 17, 1850, and was therefore nearing his 60th birthday. He was graduated from the Maryland University and for several years thereafter was a teacher in the St. James preparatory school at Hagerstown, a school which at that time was conducted by his father. A number of years ago he came to Laramie, Wyoming, to assume charge of a school started there by Bishop Talbot. Later he came to Buffalo, since which time he has been in charge of the local Episcopal church. He was one of the best read men in Wyoming, and never for a moment did he cease his search for knowledge. He was a pleasant man, splendid conversationalist, of great pride, and yet the servant of all. He never seemed to tire in aiding others, and to the sick and distressed he was the personification of the good Samaritan.
In a little town like Buffalo a death such as we are now recording comes to every one as a personal loss. We all feel a certain loneliness of the little circle— the anguish of the great sorrow. The fact that this is a little town has its advantages— we are all neighbors, and thus these griefs of others cut us deeper than they do in the big city, where everyone is a stranger to his next door neighbor. The death of Dr. Onderdonk is in a way the whole town's sorrow.
The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Spaulding of Sheridan, and the body was laid to rest in the Episcopal lot in Willow Grove cemetery.
© The Buffalo Voice no. 1 May 11, 1910, page 3
Dr. Henry U. Onderdonk, one of Buffalo's best known and most highly respected citizens, passed away at his room at the Capitol hotel in this city Tuesday evening, death being due to heart failure from which he had been a sufferer the past year or more.
Death to this good man came peacefully, quietly, and left no evidence of suffering or struggle, his features presenting a natural repose, indicative of sleep rather than death. Dr. Onderdonk had last been seen about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Shortly after that hour he evidently repaired to his room and retired. He was found by R. E. Taylor, proprietor of the Capitol, about 9:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Mr. Taylor at once called medical aid, and upon arrival of the physicians, some half hour later, they gave it as their opinion that he had been dead about three hours. The body was lying in a perfectly natural position, the head resting upon one hand, eyes closed, the whole body suggesting the peace, the quietude and the self-poise that had characterized the life of this splendid man.
Henry U. Onderdonk was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, November 17, 1850, and was therefore nearing his 60th birthday. He was graduated from the Maryland University and for several years thereafter was a teacher in the St. James preparatory school at Hagerstown, a school which at that time was conducted by his father. A number of years ago he came to Laramie, Wyoming, to assume charge of a school started there by Bishop Talbot. Later he came to Buffalo, since which time he has been in charge of the local Episcopal church. He was one of the best read men in Wyoming, and never for a moment did he cease his search for knowledge. He was a pleasant man, splendid conversationalist, of great pride, and yet the servant of all. He never seemed to tire in aiding others, and to the sick and distressed he was the personification of the good Samaritan.
In a little town like Buffalo a death such as we are now recording comes to every one as a personal loss. We all feel a certain loneliness of the little circle— the anguish of the great sorrow. The fact that this is a little town has its advantages— we are all neighbors, and thus these griefs of others cut us deeper than they do in the big city, where everyone is a stranger to his next door neighbor. The death of Dr. Onderdonk is in a way the whole town's sorrow.
The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Spaulding of Sheridan, and the body was laid to rest in the Episcopal lot in Willow Grove cemetery.
© The Buffalo Voice no. 1 May 11, 1910, page 3
Death to this good man came peacefully, quietly, and left no evidence of suffering or struggle, his features presenting a natural repose, indicative of sleep rather than death. Dr. Onderdonk had last been seen about 7:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Shortly after that hour he evidently repaired to his room and retired. He was found by R. E. Taylor, proprietor of the Capitol, about 9:30 o'clock Tuesday evening. Mr. Taylor at once called medical aid, and upon arrival of the physicians, some half hour later, they gave it as their opinion that he had been dead about three hours. The body was lying in a perfectly natural position, the head resting upon one hand, eyes closed, the whole body suggesting the peace, the quietude and the self-poise that had characterized the life of this splendid man.
Henry U. Onderdonk was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, November 17, 1850, and was therefore nearing his 60th birthday. He was graduated from the Maryland University and for several years thereafter was a teacher in the St. James preparatory school at Hagerstown, a school which at that time was conducted by his father. A number of years ago he came to Laramie, Wyoming, to assume charge of a school started there by Bishop Talbot. Later he came to Buffalo, since which time he has been in charge of the local Episcopal church. He was one of the best read men in Wyoming, and never for a moment did he cease his search for knowledge. He was a pleasant man, splendid conversationalist, of great pride, and yet the servant of all. He never seemed to tire in aiding others, and to the sick and distressed he was the personification of the good Samaritan.
In a little town like Buffalo a death such as we are now recording comes to every one as a personal loss. We all feel a certain loneliness of the little circle— the anguish of the great sorrow. The fact that this is a little town has its advantages— we are all neighbors, and thus these griefs of others cut us deeper than they do in the big city, where everyone is a stranger to his next door neighbor. The death of Dr. Onderdonk is in a way the whole town's sorrow.
The funeral services were held at the Episcopal church at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Spaulding of Sheridan, and the body was laid to rest in the Episcopal lot in Willow Grove cemetery.
© The Buffalo Voice no. 1 May 11, 1910, page 3
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