Duke Cimber Lathem After an illness of eighteen months Duke Lathem gave up the fight for life and answered the call of his Master. The end came at 4 p.m. on Friday, August 15, at the Community Hospital, where he was a patient. Duke Cimber Lathem was born in Davy county, North Carolina, on September 9, 1881, being aged 70 years, 11 months and 6 days at the time of his death. He was a son of David and Anna Robinson Lathem, and came to Kansas when a boy of 4 years. On March 18, 1901, in Beloit he was married to Etta Louisa Duley and they settled in the Victor neighborhood, where he followed the vocation of faming for 38 years until 1939, when removal was made into Beloit. His wife preceded him in eternal sleep on August 6, 1947. Born to this union were six children. One, Blanche, died in infancy, leaving to mourn his death, the following: Mrs. Charles Hinkson, Salina, Kansas; Mrs. Lawrence Briney, Beloit; Mrs. Eugene Lawler, Clayton Lathem and Junior D. Lathem all of Wichita Kansas. There are six grandchildren. Duke Lathem was a man who had shown many traits that marked him as a good man. Kindly to his family and especially his wife who was an invalid for nine years, honest in his dealings, and helpful neighbor and warm friend his death leaves sorrow to many. Funeral services were held on Monday, August 18, 1t 10 a.m., at the McDonald Funeral Home, with the Rev. Geo. W. Eller officiating. The Misses Glenda Ann Parrish and Peggy Cooper sang, "Sometime We'll Understand," and Beyond the Sunset" with Mrs. Maurice V. McDonald as organist. Carl Seehafer, Otto Seehafer, Bill Heidrick, E. Peavey, Ernest English and Carl Wood, as pall bearers, bore him to his last resting place in Elmwood Cemetery.—The Beloit Daily Call, Aug. 16, 1952 -------------------------