Theodore Hatcher, whose serious illness was mentioned in the UNION of last week, died at the family home in Princeton last Saturday morning at 3o'clock, the immediate cause of his death being septic pneumonia. He lost consciousness on Friday afternoon and remained in that condition untilhis death. He was member of Co. G and also of Princeton camp, M. W. of A.
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, and there of the Modern Woodmen,- while the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen conducting the funeral ceremony at the grave, while the members of Co. G gave their late comrade a military burial. The funeral procession left the house and proceeded to the Methodist church where Rev. Gratz
officiated. The church was crowded to its; utmost capacity and there was alarge number who could not gain admittance to the church and were obliged to remain on the outside. Rev Gratz inside brief remarks on the life and untimely
death of the deceased and took as his text for his sermon Job 14:14, "If a man die shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change comes." Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Burgan, E. A. Ross and Miss Watie Ross. At the conclusion of the funeral services the procession took up the march to Oak Knoll cemetery where the interment was made. The procession was led by Co. G, followed by members of the Modern Woodmen, who immediately preceded the hearse bearing the remains of their dead brother. Following the hearse came the carriages
with the members of the family and mourners. The fact that the funeral was to be a military one brought out a large crowd at the cemetery, and the sight from the cemetery of the funeral procession winding its way out from the village and into the city of the dead was an impressive and sad one.
At the cemetery the members of the Woodmen circled around the grave;the militia drew up at rest, while the pall bearers, members of the Princeton camp, lifted the coffin from the hearse and set it down beside the grave. The
flag which had been wrapped around the coffin was removed and the Woodmen funeral service was read by the officers of the camp. There was music by a special quartet composed of Rev. Shults and Messrs. Wicklund, Ludden and White. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Woodmen took from their coat lapels sprigs of evergreen and cast them into the grave. Rev.Gratz offered a prayer, a salute was fired over the grave by the militia, the bugler approached the head of the Grave and sounded the plaintive notesof the bugle call for taps and the body of Theodore Hatcher was consigned
to mother earth.
Theodore Hatcher was twenty-two years of age on the sixteenth of last month. He was one of a family of nineteen children, and is survived by his father, Floyd Hatcher, two sisters and ten brothers. All were presentat the funeral with the exception of three brothers who live in the west
and were unable to be present. Mr. Hatcher had been in t he employ of A.J. Barrett of Milaca for whom he had worked for some time. He enlisted in Company M, of the fourteenth regiment at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war and joined Co. G when it was organized last spring.
He was a young man who was well liked and his untimely death is a sad one.
Princeton UNION May 8, 1902
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, and there of the Modern Woodmen,- while the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen conducting the funeral ceremony at the grave, while the members of Co. G gave their late comrade a military burial. The funeral procession left the house and proceeded to the Methodist church where Rev. Gratz
officiated. The church was crowded to its; utmost capacity and there was alarge number who could not gain admittance to the church and were obliged to remain on the outside. Rev Gratz inside brief remarks on the life and untimely
death of the deceased and took as his text for his sermon Job 14:14, "If a man die shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change comes." Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Burgan, E. A. Ross and Miss Watie Ross. At the conclusion of the funeral services the procession took up the march to Oak Knoll cemetery where the interment was made. The procession was led by Co. G, followed by members of the Modern Woodmen, who immediately preceded the hearse bearing the remains of their dead brother. Following the hearse came the carriages
with the members of the family and mourners. The fact that the funeral was to be a military one brought out a large crowd at the cemetery, and the sight from the cemetery of the funeral procession winding its way out from the village and into the city of the dead was an impressive and sad one.
At the cemetery the members of the Woodmen circled around the grave;the militia drew up at rest, while the pall bearers, members of the Princeton camp, lifted the coffin from the hearse and set it down beside the grave. The
flag which had been wrapped around the coffin was removed and the Woodmen funeral service was read by the officers of the camp. There was music by a special quartet composed of Rev. Shults and Messrs. Wicklund, Ludden and White. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Woodmen took from their coat lapels sprigs of evergreen and cast them into the grave. Rev.Gratz offered a prayer, a salute was fired over the grave by the militia, the bugler approached the head of the Grave and sounded the plaintive notesof the bugle call for taps and the body of Theodore Hatcher was consigned
to mother earth.
Theodore Hatcher was twenty-two years of age on the sixteenth of last month. He was one of a family of nineteen children, and is survived by his father, Floyd Hatcher, two sisters and ten brothers. All were presentat the funeral with the exception of three brothers who live in the west
and were unable to be present. Mr. Hatcher had been in t he employ of A.J. Barrett of Milaca for whom he had worked for some time. He enlisted in Company M, of the fourteenth regiment at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war and joined Co. G when it was organized last spring.
He was a young man who was well liked and his untimely death is a sad one.
Princeton UNION May 8, 1902
Theodore Hatcher, whose serious illness was mentioned in the UNION of last week, died at the family home in Princeton last Saturday morning at 3o'clock, the immediate cause of his death being septic pneumonia. He lost consciousness on Friday afternoon and remained in that condition untilhis death. He was member of Co. G and also of Princeton camp, M. W. of A.
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, and there of the Modern Woodmen,- while the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen conducting the funeral ceremony at the grave, while the members of Co. G gave their late comrade a military burial. The funeral procession left the house and proceeded to the Methodist church where Rev. Gratz
officiated. The church was crowded to its; utmost capacity and there was alarge number who could not gain admittance to the church and were obliged to remain on the outside. Rev Gratz inside brief remarks on the life and untimely
death of the deceased and took as his text for his sermon Job 14:14, "If a man die shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change comes." Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Burgan, E. A. Ross and Miss Watie Ross. At the conclusion of the funeral services the procession took up the march to Oak Knoll cemetery where the interment was made. The procession was led by Co. G, followed by members of the Modern Woodmen, who immediately preceded the hearse bearing the remains of their dead brother. Following the hearse came the carriages
with the members of the family and mourners. The fact that the funeral was to be a military one brought out a large crowd at the cemetery, and the sight from the cemetery of the funeral procession winding its way out from the village and into the city of the dead was an impressive and sad one.
At the cemetery the members of the Woodmen circled around the grave;the militia drew up at rest, while the pall bearers, members of the Princeton camp, lifted the coffin from the hearse and set it down beside the grave. The
flag which had been wrapped around the coffin was removed and the Woodmen funeral service was read by the officers of the camp. There was music by a special quartet composed of Rev. Shults and Messrs. Wicklund, Ludden and White. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Woodmen took from their coat lapels sprigs of evergreen and cast them into the grave. Rev.Gratz offered a prayer, a salute was fired over the grave by the militia, the bugler approached the head of the Grave and sounded the plaintive notesof the bugle call for taps and the body of Theodore Hatcher was consigned
to mother earth.
Theodore Hatcher was twenty-two years of age on the sixteenth of last month. He was one of a family of nineteen children, and is survived by his father, Floyd Hatcher, two sisters and ten brothers. All were presentat the funeral with the exception of three brothers who live in the west
and were unable to be present. Mr. Hatcher had been in t he employ of A.J. Barrett of Milaca for whom he had worked for some time. He enlisted in Company M, of the fourteenth regiment at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war and joined Co. G when it was organized last spring.
He was a young man who was well liked and his untimely death is a sad one.
Princeton UNION May 8, 1902
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, and there of the Modern Woodmen,- while the Modern Woodmen, the Woodmen conducting the funeral ceremony at the grave, while the members of Co. G gave their late comrade a military burial. The funeral procession left the house and proceeded to the Methodist church where Rev. Gratz
officiated. The church was crowded to its; utmost capacity and there was alarge number who could not gain admittance to the church and were obliged to remain on the outside. Rev Gratz inside brief remarks on the life and untimely
death of the deceased and took as his text for his sermon Job 14:14, "If a man die shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change comes." Music was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Burgan, E. A. Ross and Miss Watie Ross. At the conclusion of the funeral services the procession took up the march to Oak Knoll cemetery where the interment was made. The procession was led by Co. G, followed by members of the Modern Woodmen, who immediately preceded the hearse bearing the remains of their dead brother. Following the hearse came the carriages
with the members of the family and mourners. The fact that the funeral was to be a military one brought out a large crowd at the cemetery, and the sight from the cemetery of the funeral procession winding its way out from the village and into the city of the dead was an impressive and sad one.
At the cemetery the members of the Woodmen circled around the grave;the militia drew up at rest, while the pall bearers, members of the Princeton camp, lifted the coffin from the hearse and set it down beside the grave. The
flag which had been wrapped around the coffin was removed and the Woodmen funeral service was read by the officers of the camp. There was music by a special quartet composed of Rev. Shults and Messrs. Wicklund, Ludden and White. At the conclusion of the ceremony the Woodmen took from their coat lapels sprigs of evergreen and cast them into the grave. Rev.Gratz offered a prayer, a salute was fired over the grave by the militia, the bugler approached the head of the Grave and sounded the plaintive notesof the bugle call for taps and the body of Theodore Hatcher was consigned
to mother earth.
Theodore Hatcher was twenty-two years of age on the sixteenth of last month. He was one of a family of nineteen children, and is survived by his father, Floyd Hatcher, two sisters and ten brothers. All were presentat the funeral with the exception of three brothers who live in the west
and were unable to be present. Mr. Hatcher had been in t he employ of A.J. Barrett of Milaca for whom he had worked for some time. He enlisted in Company M, of the fourteenth regiment at the breaking out of the Spanish-American war and joined Co. G when it was organized last spring.
He was a young man who was well liked and his untimely death is a sad one.
Princeton UNION May 8, 1902
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