Husband of Sarah Eloisa Randall. Son of Harrison Fletcher Orvis and Joanna C. Corbin.
OBITUARY
THE MONTROSE DAILY PRESS
Montrose, Colorado
Wednesday, March 27, 1929
L.F. ORVIS, ONE OF RIDGWAYS FIRST SETTLERS PASSES AWAY AT HOME OF HIS SON AFTER TRIP FROM SEATTLE.
Lewis F. Orvis, Sr., of Ridgway passed away Monday evening at the home of his son, L. F. Orvis, Jr., at the age of 74 years.
He was born in Wisconsin May 12, 1855. His parents moved to Nebraska while he was still a small boy, and he lived there until he came to Colorado in 1875. He first settled at Central City and in 1877 came to this valley where he engaged in trading and mining, the latter occupation causing miner's consumption, the cause of his death.
In June, 1882, he was married to Mrs. B. (Billy) Jarvis at Ouray, and the couple made their home a short time at the hot springs near Ouray, and later moved to the ranch at Ridgway, now occupied by their son, and where they made their home until a few years ago when they moved to Seattle, Washington.
From the Ridgway ranch they witnessed and took part in some of the most stirring of the incidents of the Uncompahgre valley history, as the vicinity of the ranch was a popular camping spot both for Indian and white man.
Mr. Orvis is survived by his son, three daughters, Mrs. S. B. Hurst of Seattle, Mrs. J. J. Burns of Price, Utah, and Mrs. W. H. Pruter of Mullan, Utah, and his wife, whom he left in Seattle a short time ago when he came to Colorado to be with his son. There is also a step-daughter, Mrs. Lucy Bond of Long Beach, Calif., and three brothers living in Oklahoma. There are 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday at one o'clock from the Community church of Ridgway.
Mr. Orvis was a man of sterling worth; sober, industrious and unafraid. Of him, it was truthfully said, "Lew Orvis never knowingly wronged any man."
What fortitude and courage it required of him, after four years of decline from incurable illness, his doctors giving him but a few days to live, to rise from his sick bed, leave loved ones to whom he had said farewell, and travel half way across the continent to be with his son at the end, and in the valley he loved and had helped develop. Of the entire trip he had not a complaint to make, and gave special praise for the treatment he received from the trainmen and traveler's aids along the way of his last journey.
Thus ends the life of another pioneer, who did his duty as he saw it, never flinching, never afraid even of death.
OBITUARY
THE MONTROSE DAILY PRESS
Montrose, Colorado
Wednesday, March 27, 1929
L.F. ORVIS, ONE OF RIDGWAYS FIRST SETTLERS PASSES AWAY AT HOME OF HIS SON AFTER TRIP FROM SEATTLE.
Lewis F. Orvis, Sr., of Ridgway passed away Monday evening at the home of his son, L. F. Orvis, Jr., at the age of 74 years.
He was born in Wisconsin May 12, 1855. His parents moved to Nebraska while he was still a small boy, and he lived there until he came to Colorado in 1875. He first settled at Central City and in 1877 came to this valley where he engaged in trading and mining, the latter occupation causing miner's consumption, the cause of his death.
In June, 1882, he was married to Mrs. B. (Billy) Jarvis at Ouray, and the couple made their home a short time at the hot springs near Ouray, and later moved to the ranch at Ridgway, now occupied by their son, and where they made their home until a few years ago when they moved to Seattle, Washington.
From the Ridgway ranch they witnessed and took part in some of the most stirring of the incidents of the Uncompahgre valley history, as the vicinity of the ranch was a popular camping spot both for Indian and white man.
Mr. Orvis is survived by his son, three daughters, Mrs. S. B. Hurst of Seattle, Mrs. J. J. Burns of Price, Utah, and Mrs. W. H. Pruter of Mullan, Utah, and his wife, whom he left in Seattle a short time ago when he came to Colorado to be with his son. There is also a step-daughter, Mrs. Lucy Bond of Long Beach, Calif., and three brothers living in Oklahoma. There are 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday at one o'clock from the Community church of Ridgway.
Mr. Orvis was a man of sterling worth; sober, industrious and unafraid. Of him, it was truthfully said, "Lew Orvis never knowingly wronged any man."
What fortitude and courage it required of him, after four years of decline from incurable illness, his doctors giving him but a few days to live, to rise from his sick bed, leave loved ones to whom he had said farewell, and travel half way across the continent to be with his son at the end, and in the valley he loved and had helped develop. Of the entire trip he had not a complaint to make, and gave special praise for the treatment he received from the trainmen and traveler's aids along the way of his last journey.
Thus ends the life of another pioneer, who did his duty as he saw it, never flinching, never afraid even of death.
Husband of Sarah Eloisa Randall. Son of Harrison Fletcher Orvis and Joanna C. Corbin.
OBITUARY
THE MONTROSE DAILY PRESS
Montrose, Colorado
Wednesday, March 27, 1929
L.F. ORVIS, ONE OF RIDGWAYS FIRST SETTLERS PASSES AWAY AT HOME OF HIS SON AFTER TRIP FROM SEATTLE.
Lewis F. Orvis, Sr., of Ridgway passed away Monday evening at the home of his son, L. F. Orvis, Jr., at the age of 74 years.
He was born in Wisconsin May 12, 1855. His parents moved to Nebraska while he was still a small boy, and he lived there until he came to Colorado in 1875. He first settled at Central City and in 1877 came to this valley where he engaged in trading and mining, the latter occupation causing miner's consumption, the cause of his death.
In June, 1882, he was married to Mrs. B. (Billy) Jarvis at Ouray, and the couple made their home a short time at the hot springs near Ouray, and later moved to the ranch at Ridgway, now occupied by their son, and where they made their home until a few years ago when they moved to Seattle, Washington.
From the Ridgway ranch they witnessed and took part in some of the most stirring of the incidents of the Uncompahgre valley history, as the vicinity of the ranch was a popular camping spot both for Indian and white man.
Mr. Orvis is survived by his son, three daughters, Mrs. S. B. Hurst of Seattle, Mrs. J. J. Burns of Price, Utah, and Mrs. W. H. Pruter of Mullan, Utah, and his wife, whom he left in Seattle a short time ago when he came to Colorado to be with his son. There is also a step-daughter, Mrs. Lucy Bond of Long Beach, Calif., and three brothers living in Oklahoma. There are 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday at one o'clock from the Community church of Ridgway.
Mr. Orvis was a man of sterling worth; sober, industrious and unafraid. Of him, it was truthfully said, "Lew Orvis never knowingly wronged any man."
What fortitude and courage it required of him, after four years of decline from incurable illness, his doctors giving him but a few days to live, to rise from his sick bed, leave loved ones to whom he had said farewell, and travel half way across the continent to be with his son at the end, and in the valley he loved and had helped develop. Of the entire trip he had not a complaint to make, and gave special praise for the treatment he received from the trainmen and traveler's aids along the way of his last journey.
Thus ends the life of another pioneer, who did his duty as he saw it, never flinching, never afraid even of death.
OBITUARY
THE MONTROSE DAILY PRESS
Montrose, Colorado
Wednesday, March 27, 1929
L.F. ORVIS, ONE OF RIDGWAYS FIRST SETTLERS PASSES AWAY AT HOME OF HIS SON AFTER TRIP FROM SEATTLE.
Lewis F. Orvis, Sr., of Ridgway passed away Monday evening at the home of his son, L. F. Orvis, Jr., at the age of 74 years.
He was born in Wisconsin May 12, 1855. His parents moved to Nebraska while he was still a small boy, and he lived there until he came to Colorado in 1875. He first settled at Central City and in 1877 came to this valley where he engaged in trading and mining, the latter occupation causing miner's consumption, the cause of his death.
In June, 1882, he was married to Mrs. B. (Billy) Jarvis at Ouray, and the couple made their home a short time at the hot springs near Ouray, and later moved to the ranch at Ridgway, now occupied by their son, and where they made their home until a few years ago when they moved to Seattle, Washington.
From the Ridgway ranch they witnessed and took part in some of the most stirring of the incidents of the Uncompahgre valley history, as the vicinity of the ranch was a popular camping spot both for Indian and white man.
Mr. Orvis is survived by his son, three daughters, Mrs. S. B. Hurst of Seattle, Mrs. J. J. Burns of Price, Utah, and Mrs. W. H. Pruter of Mullan, Utah, and his wife, whom he left in Seattle a short time ago when he came to Colorado to be with his son. There is also a step-daughter, Mrs. Lucy Bond of Long Beach, Calif., and three brothers living in Oklahoma. There are 13 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Friday at one o'clock from the Community church of Ridgway.
Mr. Orvis was a man of sterling worth; sober, industrious and unafraid. Of him, it was truthfully said, "Lew Orvis never knowingly wronged any man."
What fortitude and courage it required of him, after four years of decline from incurable illness, his doctors giving him but a few days to live, to rise from his sick bed, leave loved ones to whom he had said farewell, and travel half way across the continent to be with his son at the end, and in the valley he loved and had helped develop. Of the entire trip he had not a complaint to make, and gave special praise for the treatment he received from the trainmen and traveler's aids along the way of his last journey.
Thus ends the life of another pioneer, who did his duty as he saw it, never flinching, never afraid even of death.
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