Obituary Record
| Record # | 10568 |
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| Last Name | Herrick |
| First Name | Elmer |
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| Death Date | Jan. 20, 2010 |
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| Notes | JANUARY 20, 1896, WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES, MR. ELMER HERRICK FELL FROM TRAIN NO. 22, JANUARY 20TH, NEAR ROMOLUS SPUR, RECEIVING INJURIES FROM WHICH HE DIED THREE HOURS LATER AT TOMAHAWK, WHERE HE HAD BEEN CARRIED IN A SLEIGH. BOTH LEGS WERE SEVERED FROM THE BODY, ONE BEING CUT OFF TWICE. HE REMAINED CONSCIOUS TO THE END, FIRMLY MAINTAINING THAT HE WOULD RECOVER--BUT THE SCHOCK AND EXPOSURE PROVED TOO MCUH FOR HIS BRAVE SPIRIT. MR. HERRICK LEAVES A WIFE IN DELICATE HEALTH. MR. HERRICK HAD INTENDED GOING TO ST. PAUL, MONDAY, TO VISIT HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM, WHO LIES DANGEROUSLY ILL AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL. THE FUNERAL TOOK PLACE FROM THE M.E. CHURCH, WEDNESDAY, AT 2:30 P.M. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE K.O.T.M. AND THE REV. D. LEE SANBORN OFFICIATING. |
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Weekly Budget, 8 VOL 1 4 The acronym is used followed by the date of the newspaper, the page or pages where the record is found, and occasionally the column. Examples:Rice Lake Chronotype 2 May 1977 p2B is the Rice Lake Chronotype published on May 2, 1977. The obituary or death notice will be found on page 2B. Rice Lake Chronotype 5 Oct 1893 p1, col 4 is the Rice Lake Chronotype published on October 5, 1893. The obituary will be found on column 4 of page 1. |
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