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- OBITUARY
- Died: At his home near this city, Frank Elmer BRINK,
of apoplexy, Tuesday,
- September 17, 1895, aged 16 years, five months, and six days.
- The deceased was born in the town of Brooklyn and has spent
his life in this vicinity.
- To all appearances he was in usual health up to within a
week of his death, when he
- was suddenly stricken. From the first his condition was very
serious, and the last day or two of his life, his death was looked
for momentarily by those with him.
- Frank BRINK was, while yet a boy, a man in physical
and mental development, a
- youth of unusual attractiveness and from his appearance and
disposition, and that he was beloved by his associates was clearly
shown by their concern during this illness.
- In the course of his remarks at the funeral, the Rev. J.
Scott Davis summed up the life
- of the deceased when he said, "He was true to all the
trusts given to his keeping."
- The broken shaft, sometimes erected at the grave of a youth,
will find no fit place near
- the last resting place of Frank E. BRINK. His life
was short, but it was fully developed, and was a lesson to his
friends.
- The funeral was held at the M. E. church at 2 p.m., Thursday,
and was very large, his
- classmates attending in a body.
- The words spoken by the pastor were intended to comfort the
mourning ones. Mr.
- Davis was assisted by the choir, Mrs. Alice WILDER,
Miss Ella JONES, and Messrs. Wm. WOOD and J. C.
GILLIES, who rendered some beautiful selections. They
hymn, directly following the prayer, "Nearer, My God, To
Thee," was especially well rendered.
- Mr. and Mrs. I. H. BRINK and the sister, and three
brothers of the deceased, have
- the sympathy of a large circle of friends in their great
afflicition. [p. 1, col. 4]
- Courtesy of Ruth Ann Montgomery
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