Esther and Van Dyck were married in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 3, 1902.
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Tuesday, April 4, 1922, p. 4:
"MRS VAN DYCK FORT PASSES IN CHICAGO
Illness of Several Weeks terminates Saturday
Mrs. Van Dyck Fort passed away Saturday night, April 1, at 9:40 o'clock, at her home in Chicago, after an illness of several weeks' duration. She is survived by her husband and her daughter, Rachel, of Chicago; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Witwer of this city; her brother Robert Witwer of Mason City, and her sisters, Miss Rachel Witwer and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, of this city. Her husband, daughter and sisters were with her at the last.
Esther Carpenter Witwer was born and reared in Cedar Rapids and was graduated from the high school in 1890. She was one of the most successful kindergartners in the public schools and her preparation for this work was made in Buffalo, N. Y. She was married to Van Dyck Fort of Chicago formerly of Cedar Rapids, Feb. 3, 1902, and with the exception of eight years in Memphis and New Orleans, their home has been in Chicago. Mr. Fort is assistant traffic manager of the freight department of the Illinois Central Railway company.
Mrs. Fort was one of the original members of the Art club of this city and assisted in its organization. She had always visited frequently in the home of her parents and had retained her girlhood friendships. While living in this city she was affiliated with the First Christian Church. In Chicago she became affiliated with the University church of the same denomination. She was a devoted wife and an ideal mother. She possessed many womanly graces and a sunny disposition and was an inspiration to all who knew her.
Of her might have been written Lowell's lovely lines:
'She is a woman; one in whom
The Spring-time of her childish years
Hath never lost its fresh perfume, Though knowing well that life hath room
For many blights and many tears."
Services were held in Chicago Monday afternoon. The funeral party will arrive from Chicago in a private car Tuesday morning at 10:10, over the Illinois Central. Services will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Oak Hill cemetery, the Rev. E. R. Burkhalter, D.D., officiating."
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Wednesday, April 5, 1922, p. 4:
"SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. VAN DYCK FORT
Among the relatives and friends who were in the city to attend the services for the late Mrs. Van Dyck Fort, besides Mr. Fort and duaghter, Miss Rachel, of Chicago, were Robert Witwer of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Fort of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. James Adams of Omaha, Miss Mary Couch of Des Moines, E. J. McVann of Washington, D. C., and a number of Illinois Central officials, business associates of Van Dyck Fort. They were William Haywood, general freight agent, B. J. Rowe, coal traffic manager,; F. C. Furrey, assistant general freight agent, all of CHicago; Frank E. Wallace, traveling freight agent, Waterloo; L. E. McCabe, superintendent, Dubuque.
The services at Oak Hill cemetery at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning were simple. Dr. Burkhalter reading the Episcopal burial service and the beautiful hymn, 'Now the Laborer's Task is O'er.'"
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Tuesday, April 4, 1922, p. 4:
"MRS VAN DYCK FORT PASSES IN CHICAGO
Illness of Several Weeks terminates Saturday
Mrs. Van Dyck Fort passed away Saturday night, April 1, at 9:40 o'clock, at her home in Chicago, after an illness of several weeks' duration. She is survived by her husband and her daughter, Rachel, of Chicago; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Witwer of this city; her brother Robert Witwer of Mason City, and her sisters, Miss Rachel Witwer and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, of this city. Her husband, daughter and sisters were with her at the last.
Esther Carpenter Witwer was born and reared in Cedar Rapids and was graduated from the high school in 1890. She was one of the most successful kindergartners in the public schools and her preparation for this work was made in Buffalo, N. Y. She was married to Van Dyck Fort of Chicago formerly of Cedar Rapids, Feb. 3, 1902, and with the exception of eight years in Memphis and New Orleans, their home has been in Chicago. Mr. Fort is assistant traffic manager of the freight department of the Illinois Central Railway company.
Mrs. Fort was one of the original members of the Art club of this city and assisted in its organization. She had always visited frequently in the home of her parents and had retained her girlhood friendships. While living in this city she was affiliated with the First Christian Church. In Chicago she became affiliated with the University church of the same denomination. She was a devoted wife and an ideal mother. She possessed many womanly graces and a sunny disposition and was an inspiration to all who knew her.
Of her might have been written Lowell's lovely lines:
'She is a woman; one in whom
The Spring-time of her childish years
Hath never lost its fresh perfume, Though knowing well that life hath room
For many blights and many tears."
Services were held in Chicago Monday afternoon. The funeral party will arrive from Chicago in a private car Tuesday morning at 10:10, over the Illinois Central. Services will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Oak Hill cemetery, the Rev. E. R. Burkhalter, D.D., officiating."
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Wednesday, April 5, 1922, p. 4:
"SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. VAN DYCK FORT
Among the relatives and friends who were in the city to attend the services for the late Mrs. Van Dyck Fort, besides Mr. Fort and duaghter, Miss Rachel, of Chicago, were Robert Witwer of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Fort of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. James Adams of Omaha, Miss Mary Couch of Des Moines, E. J. McVann of Washington, D. C., and a number of Illinois Central officials, business associates of Van Dyck Fort. They were William Haywood, general freight agent, B. J. Rowe, coal traffic manager,; F. C. Furrey, assistant general freight agent, all of CHicago; Frank E. Wallace, traveling freight agent, Waterloo; L. E. McCabe, superintendent, Dubuque.
The services at Oak Hill cemetery at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning were simple. Dr. Burkhalter reading the Episcopal burial service and the beautiful hymn, 'Now the Laborer's Task is O'er.'"
Esther and Van Dyck were married in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 3, 1902.
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Tuesday, April 4, 1922, p. 4:
"MRS VAN DYCK FORT PASSES IN CHICAGO
Illness of Several Weeks terminates Saturday
Mrs. Van Dyck Fort passed away Saturday night, April 1, at 9:40 o'clock, at her home in Chicago, after an illness of several weeks' duration. She is survived by her husband and her daughter, Rachel, of Chicago; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Witwer of this city; her brother Robert Witwer of Mason City, and her sisters, Miss Rachel Witwer and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, of this city. Her husband, daughter and sisters were with her at the last.
Esther Carpenter Witwer was born and reared in Cedar Rapids and was graduated from the high school in 1890. She was one of the most successful kindergartners in the public schools and her preparation for this work was made in Buffalo, N. Y. She was married to Van Dyck Fort of Chicago formerly of Cedar Rapids, Feb. 3, 1902, and with the exception of eight years in Memphis and New Orleans, their home has been in Chicago. Mr. Fort is assistant traffic manager of the freight department of the Illinois Central Railway company.
Mrs. Fort was one of the original members of the Art club of this city and assisted in its organization. She had always visited frequently in the home of her parents and had retained her girlhood friendships. While living in this city she was affiliated with the First Christian Church. In Chicago she became affiliated with the University church of the same denomination. She was a devoted wife and an ideal mother. She possessed many womanly graces and a sunny disposition and was an inspiration to all who knew her.
Of her might have been written Lowell's lovely lines:
'She is a woman; one in whom
The Spring-time of her childish years
Hath never lost its fresh perfume, Though knowing well that life hath room
For many blights and many tears."
Services were held in Chicago Monday afternoon. The funeral party will arrive from Chicago in a private car Tuesday morning at 10:10, over the Illinois Central. Services will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Oak Hill cemetery, the Rev. E. R. Burkhalter, D.D., officiating."
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Wednesday, April 5, 1922, p. 4:
"SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. VAN DYCK FORT
Among the relatives and friends who were in the city to attend the services for the late Mrs. Van Dyck Fort, besides Mr. Fort and duaghter, Miss Rachel, of Chicago, were Robert Witwer of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Fort of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. James Adams of Omaha, Miss Mary Couch of Des Moines, E. J. McVann of Washington, D. C., and a number of Illinois Central officials, business associates of Van Dyck Fort. They were William Haywood, general freight agent, B. J. Rowe, coal traffic manager,; F. C. Furrey, assistant general freight agent, all of CHicago; Frank E. Wallace, traveling freight agent, Waterloo; L. E. McCabe, superintendent, Dubuque.
The services at Oak Hill cemetery at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning were simple. Dr. Burkhalter reading the Episcopal burial service and the beautiful hymn, 'Now the Laborer's Task is O'er.'"
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Tuesday, April 4, 1922, p. 4:
"MRS VAN DYCK FORT PASSES IN CHICAGO
Illness of Several Weeks terminates Saturday
Mrs. Van Dyck Fort passed away Saturday night, April 1, at 9:40 o'clock, at her home in Chicago, after an illness of several weeks' duration. She is survived by her husband and her daughter, Rachel, of Chicago; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Witwer of this city; her brother Robert Witwer of Mason City, and her sisters, Miss Rachel Witwer and Mrs. Arthur Taylor, of this city. Her husband, daughter and sisters were with her at the last.
Esther Carpenter Witwer was born and reared in Cedar Rapids and was graduated from the high school in 1890. She was one of the most successful kindergartners in the public schools and her preparation for this work was made in Buffalo, N. Y. She was married to Van Dyck Fort of Chicago formerly of Cedar Rapids, Feb. 3, 1902, and with the exception of eight years in Memphis and New Orleans, their home has been in Chicago. Mr. Fort is assistant traffic manager of the freight department of the Illinois Central Railway company.
Mrs. Fort was one of the original members of the Art club of this city and assisted in its organization. She had always visited frequently in the home of her parents and had retained her girlhood friendships. While living in this city she was affiliated with the First Christian Church. In Chicago she became affiliated with the University church of the same denomination. She was a devoted wife and an ideal mother. She possessed many womanly graces and a sunny disposition and was an inspiration to all who knew her.
Of her might have been written Lowell's lovely lines:
'She is a woman; one in whom
The Spring-time of her childish years
Hath never lost its fresh perfume, Though knowing well that life hath room
For many blights and many tears."
Services were held in Chicago Monday afternoon. The funeral party will arrive from Chicago in a private car Tuesday morning at 10:10, over the Illinois Central. Services will be held at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at Oak Hill cemetery, the Rev. E. R. Burkhalter, D.D., officiating."
Cedar Rapids Republican and Times (Cedar Rapids, Iowa), Wednesday, April 5, 1922, p. 4:
"SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. VAN DYCK FORT
Among the relatives and friends who were in the city to attend the services for the late Mrs. Van Dyck Fort, besides Mr. Fort and duaghter, Miss Rachel, of Chicago, were Robert Witwer of Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Gerritt Fort of Boston, Mass.; Mrs. James Adams of Omaha, Miss Mary Couch of Des Moines, E. J. McVann of Washington, D. C., and a number of Illinois Central officials, business associates of Van Dyck Fort. They were William Haywood, general freight agent, B. J. Rowe, coal traffic manager,; F. C. Furrey, assistant general freight agent, all of CHicago; Frank E. Wallace, traveling freight agent, Waterloo; L. E. McCabe, superintendent, Dubuque.
The services at Oak Hill cemetery at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning were simple. Dr. Burkhalter reading the Episcopal burial service and the beautiful hymn, 'Now the Laborer's Task is O'er.'"
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