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Ernest Derby

Birth
Wisconsin, USA
Death
9 Dec 1915 (aged 63)
Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Greenwood, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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E. DERBY DEAD-- (1851-1915)

Ernest Derby, a well driller of Loyal, and a former resident of this city, who was on his way from Loyal to Granton on business, died at the Juneau Hotel in Marshfield, Monday night at 10 o'clock, the cause of death being heart disease. He arrived there on the morning train from Loyal and had intended leaving on the 10:40 Omaha train for Granton, but, as he was not feeling well, stopped at the hotel to rest. He grew worse and was given a bed following which medical aid was summoned. He was sixty-four years of age and is survived by his wife and several children. The remains were shipped to Loyal Tuesday afternoon.

Thursday morning the funeral was held at the home in Loyal and the body brought to this city and interred in the Greenwood cemetery.
SOURCE: Greenwood Gleaner 12/16/1915

Marshfield Times Wednesday December 8, 1915
FOUND DEAD
Ernest Derby, 64, a resident of Loyal passed away at the Juneau hotel Monday, death resulting from heart failure. He was found dead in bed yesterday morning.
Deceased was one of Loyal's best known business men. He was a well driller by occupation.
The body was sent to Loyal Tuesday night, from where it will be taken to Greenwood where the funeral services and interment will take place Thursday.
E. DERBY DEAD-- (1851-1915)

Ernest Derby, a well driller of Loyal, and a former resident of this city, who was on his way from Loyal to Granton on business, died at the Juneau Hotel in Marshfield, Monday night at 10 o'clock, the cause of death being heart disease. He arrived there on the morning train from Loyal and had intended leaving on the 10:40 Omaha train for Granton, but, as he was not feeling well, stopped at the hotel to rest. He grew worse and was given a bed following which medical aid was summoned. He was sixty-four years of age and is survived by his wife and several children. The remains were shipped to Loyal Tuesday afternoon.

Thursday morning the funeral was held at the home in Loyal and the body brought to this city and interred in the Greenwood cemetery.
SOURCE: Greenwood Gleaner 12/16/1915

Marshfield Times Wednesday December 8, 1915
FOUND DEAD
Ernest Derby, 64, a resident of Loyal passed away at the Juneau hotel Monday, death resulting from heart failure. He was found dead in bed yesterday morning.
Deceased was one of Loyal's best known business men. He was a well driller by occupation.
The body was sent to Loyal Tuesday night, from where it will be taken to Greenwood where the funeral services and interment will take place Thursday.

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Grave is unmarked but in the family plot.

Listed as Ernest Denby in their cemetery index



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  • Created by: CJeanealogy
  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77124059/ernest-derby: accessed ), memorial page for Ernest Derby (13 Dec 1851–9 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77124059, citing Greenwood City Cemetery, Greenwood, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by CJeanealogy (contributor 47474846).