According to the Lake County Independent (Libertyville IL) Friday, September 5, 1913, page 3:
Mr. John Frost died at his home in this village Aug. 25, 1913. He was taken ill very suddenly on the street Sunday morning, was unconscious when carried home and remained so until the end came. He passed away very peacefully at 2:30 Monday morning.
John Frost was the son of Hubert Frost, was born in Kenosha, Wis., March 24, 1851. When very young his parents moved to Baraboo, Wis., and when he was eighteen years old he came to Illinois to live.
He was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Smith (sic) of Fox Lake, Dec. 31, 1874, and located in Volo where he lived until death. He leaves a widow, five sons and three daughters: N. G. Frost and Mrs. John Dowe of Kenosha, Wis., Peter L., Arthur J., and Edward of Chicago; William of Volo, Mrs. W. M. Huson of Round Lake, Mrs. B. D. Ford of Cary, Ill., and eight grand children to mourn his sudden death.
The funeral was held from the Catholic church here Wednesday morning and laid to rest in the Volo Catholic cemetery.
'Tis hard to break the tender cord,
When love has bound the heart
'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words,
"We must forever part."
Dearest father we have laid thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace.
But thy memory will be cherished
'Till we see thy heavenly face.
According to the Lake County Independent (Libertyville IL) Friday, September 5, 1913, page 3:
Mr. John Frost died at his home in this village Aug. 25, 1913. He was taken ill very suddenly on the street Sunday morning, was unconscious when carried home and remained so until the end came. He passed away very peacefully at 2:30 Monday morning.
John Frost was the son of Hubert Frost, was born in Kenosha, Wis., March 24, 1851. When very young his parents moved to Baraboo, Wis., and when he was eighteen years old he came to Illinois to live.
He was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Smith (sic) of Fox Lake, Dec. 31, 1874, and located in Volo where he lived until death. He leaves a widow, five sons and three daughters: N. G. Frost and Mrs. John Dowe of Kenosha, Wis., Peter L., Arthur J., and Edward of Chicago; William of Volo, Mrs. W. M. Huson of Round Lake, Mrs. B. D. Ford of Cary, Ill., and eight grand children to mourn his sudden death.
The funeral was held from the Catholic church here Wednesday morning and laid to rest in the Volo Catholic cemetery.
'Tis hard to break the tender cord,
When love has bound the heart
'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words,
"We must forever part."
Dearest father we have laid thee
In the peaceful grave's embrace.
But thy memory will be cherished
'Till we see thy heavenly face.
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