Burton Gorton died at his home last Wednesday at 2 o'clock, Sept. 26th, 1906 of spinal meningitis. By his genial manner and many other good traits of character Mr. Gorton won the good will of those who knew him.
The funeral was held at Huntington Center on Friday at 1 o'clock. The bearers were three brothers: Dayton, Ernest and Ralph Gorton, two bothers-in-law, Vernon and Willie Sargent and a cousin, Frank Bean. The burial was at Maplewood Cemetery. The service at the grave were conducted by the MWA Camp 9967 of Huntington, of which the deceased was a member. He is survived by a wife Josie (Sargent) Gorton, four children: Blanche, Ruth, Grant, and Guy. His father Guy Gorton was alive at this time, he died May 23, 1919. His mother Cleora Dearborn Gorton predeceased him in 1890. Besides his three brothers who were bearers he was survived by one sister, Jeannie Gorton Bissonette.
A large number of friends and relatives were present and the flowers were many and beautiful. Mr. Gorton had lived most of his life in Hanksville and was a kind husband and father and a good neighbor. He will be missed by a large circle of friends and relatives.
"Camp No. 9967 M W A" engraved on stone: The means Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal organization founded in 1883 by Joseph Cullen Root in Lyons Iowa. He was a businessman and a member of several fraternal organizations. He recognized the hardship faced when a family's breadwinner died, and he wished to start an organization that would help them face this delemma. Their chapters were numbered and called "Camps".
Their symbols included an axe, mallet, wedge, five stars, and branches of palm. Postcards depicted men being lumberjacks or "woodmen" cutting down trees. The was symbolic for MWA clearing the forests which referred back to clearing away problems of financial security for members and families. They provided benefits for their members families at death.
The funeral was held at Huntington Center on Friday at 1 o'clock. The bearers were three brothers: Dayton, Ernest and Ralph Gorton, two bothers-in-law, Vernon and Willie Sargent and a cousin, Frank Bean. The burial was at Maplewood Cemetery. The service at the grave were conducted by the MWA Camp 9967 of Huntington, of which the deceased was a member. He is survived by a wife Josie (Sargent) Gorton, four children: Blanche, Ruth, Grant, and Guy. His father Guy Gorton was alive at this time, he died May 23, 1919. His mother Cleora Dearborn Gorton predeceased him in 1890. Besides his three brothers who were bearers he was survived by one sister, Jeannie Gorton Bissonette.
A large number of friends and relatives were present and the flowers were many and beautiful. Mr. Gorton had lived most of his life in Hanksville and was a kind husband and father and a good neighbor. He will be missed by a large circle of friends and relatives.
"Camp No. 9967 M W A" engraved on stone: The means Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal organization founded in 1883 by Joseph Cullen Root in Lyons Iowa. He was a businessman and a member of several fraternal organizations. He recognized the hardship faced when a family's breadwinner died, and he wished to start an organization that would help them face this delemma. Their chapters were numbered and called "Camps".
Their symbols included an axe, mallet, wedge, five stars, and branches of palm. Postcards depicted men being lumberjacks or "woodmen" cutting down trees. The was symbolic for MWA clearing the forests which referred back to clearing away problems of financial security for members and families. They provided benefits for their members families at death.
Burton Gorton died at his home last Wednesday at 2 o'clock, Sept. 26th, 1906 of spinal meningitis. By his genial manner and many other good traits of character Mr. Gorton won the good will of those who knew him.
The funeral was held at Huntington Center on Friday at 1 o'clock. The bearers were three brothers: Dayton, Ernest and Ralph Gorton, two bothers-in-law, Vernon and Willie Sargent and a cousin, Frank Bean. The burial was at Maplewood Cemetery. The service at the grave were conducted by the MWA Camp 9967 of Huntington, of which the deceased was a member. He is survived by a wife Josie (Sargent) Gorton, four children: Blanche, Ruth, Grant, and Guy. His father Guy Gorton was alive at this time, he died May 23, 1919. His mother Cleora Dearborn Gorton predeceased him in 1890. Besides his three brothers who were bearers he was survived by one sister, Jeannie Gorton Bissonette.
A large number of friends and relatives were present and the flowers were many and beautiful. Mr. Gorton had lived most of his life in Hanksville and was a kind husband and father and a good neighbor. He will be missed by a large circle of friends and relatives.
"Camp No. 9967 M W A" engraved on stone: The means Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal organization founded in 1883 by Joseph Cullen Root in Lyons Iowa. He was a businessman and a member of several fraternal organizations. He recognized the hardship faced when a family's breadwinner died, and he wished to start an organization that would help them face this delemma. Their chapters were numbered and called "Camps".
Their symbols included an axe, mallet, wedge, five stars, and branches of palm. Postcards depicted men being lumberjacks or "woodmen" cutting down trees. The was symbolic for MWA clearing the forests which referred back to clearing away problems of financial security for members and families. They provided benefits for their members families at death.
The funeral was held at Huntington Center on Friday at 1 o'clock. The bearers were three brothers: Dayton, Ernest and Ralph Gorton, two bothers-in-law, Vernon and Willie Sargent and a cousin, Frank Bean. The burial was at Maplewood Cemetery. The service at the grave were conducted by the MWA Camp 9967 of Huntington, of which the deceased was a member. He is survived by a wife Josie (Sargent) Gorton, four children: Blanche, Ruth, Grant, and Guy. His father Guy Gorton was alive at this time, he died May 23, 1919. His mother Cleora Dearborn Gorton predeceased him in 1890. Besides his three brothers who were bearers he was survived by one sister, Jeannie Gorton Bissonette.
A large number of friends and relatives were present and the flowers were many and beautiful. Mr. Gorton had lived most of his life in Hanksville and was a kind husband and father and a good neighbor. He will be missed by a large circle of friends and relatives.
"Camp No. 9967 M W A" engraved on stone: The means Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal organization founded in 1883 by Joseph Cullen Root in Lyons Iowa. He was a businessman and a member of several fraternal organizations. He recognized the hardship faced when a family's breadwinner died, and he wished to start an organization that would help them face this delemma. Their chapters were numbered and called "Camps".
Their symbols included an axe, mallet, wedge, five stars, and branches of palm. Postcards depicted men being lumberjacks or "woodmen" cutting down trees. The was symbolic for MWA clearing the forests which referred back to clearing away problems of financial security for members and families. They provided benefits for their members families at death.
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