Rock Springs Rocket no. 18 March 17, 1911
Pay Loving Tribute to Dead
Friends from all over the state came to Rock Springs last Sunday to pay a last tribute of love and respect to the memory of Mr. Morgan Griffith who passed away last Friday after a lingering illness which covered a period of two years. It was the most largely attended funeral ever witnessed in this town, many of them being close friends, others who had known him and had been associated with him in his official capacity as superintendent of mines, and his long residence of twenty-eight years in this community. The funeral was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Keplinger preaching the sermon. The casket was carried from the home to the church by loving hands of friends, followed by the sorrowing relatives and friends. The pall bearers were: W.K. Lee of Cheyenne; David Thomas, Evanston; Robert Muir and W. Pride.
The deceased is survived by a wife, daughter, several sons and many relations, all of whom have the sympathy of the community.
The deceased was a man of excellent habits, sound sense and strong convictions, eminently fitted for the position he so ably filled. It would be a tribute to trace his influence and charities through direct channels as husband, father, friend and neighbor, but suffice to say, he lived nobly and died peacefully, and the stern Reaper found him, “as a shock of corn, fully ripe for the harvest.” It is particularly pathetic in that this father died on the night following the funeral of his boy for whom he had shown such care during his long months of illness. All business of the town was suspended during the hours of the funeral.
Pay Loving Tribute to Dead
Friends from all over the state came to Rock Springs last Sunday to pay a last tribute of love and respect to the memory of Mr. Morgan Griffith who passed away last Friday after a lingering illness which covered a period of two years. It was the most largely attended funeral ever witnessed in this town, many of them being close friends, others who had known him and had been associated with him in his official capacity as superintendent of mines, and his long residence of twenty-eight years in this community. The funeral was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Keplinger preaching the sermon. The casket was carried from the home to the church by loving hands of friends, followed by the sorrowing relatives and friends. The pall bearers were: W.K. Lee of Cheyenne; David Thomas, Evanston; Robert Muir and W. Pride.
The deceased is survived by a wife, daughter, several sons and many relations, all of whom have the sympathy of the community.
The deceased was a man of excellent habits, sound sense and strong convictions, eminently fitted for the position he so ably filled. It would be a tribute to trace his influence and charities through direct channels as husband, father, friend and neighbor, but suffice to say, he lived nobly and died peacefully, and the stern Reaper found him, “as a shock of corn, fully ripe for the harvest.” It is particularly pathetic in that this father died on the night following the funeral of his boy for whom he had shown such care during his long months of illness. All business of the town was suspended during the hours of the funeral.
Rock Springs Rocket no. 18 March 17, 1911
Pay Loving Tribute to Dead
Friends from all over the state came to Rock Springs last Sunday to pay a last tribute of love and respect to the memory of Mr. Morgan Griffith who passed away last Friday after a lingering illness which covered a period of two years. It was the most largely attended funeral ever witnessed in this town, many of them being close friends, others who had known him and had been associated with him in his official capacity as superintendent of mines, and his long residence of twenty-eight years in this community. The funeral was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Keplinger preaching the sermon. The casket was carried from the home to the church by loving hands of friends, followed by the sorrowing relatives and friends. The pall bearers were: W.K. Lee of Cheyenne; David Thomas, Evanston; Robert Muir and W. Pride.
The deceased is survived by a wife, daughter, several sons and many relations, all of whom have the sympathy of the community.
The deceased was a man of excellent habits, sound sense and strong convictions, eminently fitted for the position he so ably filled. It would be a tribute to trace his influence and charities through direct channels as husband, father, friend and neighbor, but suffice to say, he lived nobly and died peacefully, and the stern Reaper found him, “as a shock of corn, fully ripe for the harvest.” It is particularly pathetic in that this father died on the night following the funeral of his boy for whom he had shown such care during his long months of illness. All business of the town was suspended during the hours of the funeral.
Pay Loving Tribute to Dead
Friends from all over the state came to Rock Springs last Sunday to pay a last tribute of love and respect to the memory of Mr. Morgan Griffith who passed away last Friday after a lingering illness which covered a period of two years. It was the most largely attended funeral ever witnessed in this town, many of them being close friends, others who had known him and had been associated with him in his official capacity as superintendent of mines, and his long residence of twenty-eight years in this community. The funeral was held from the Methodist church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Keplinger preaching the sermon. The casket was carried from the home to the church by loving hands of friends, followed by the sorrowing relatives and friends. The pall bearers were: W.K. Lee of Cheyenne; David Thomas, Evanston; Robert Muir and W. Pride.
The deceased is survived by a wife, daughter, several sons and many relations, all of whom have the sympathy of the community.
The deceased was a man of excellent habits, sound sense and strong convictions, eminently fitted for the position he so ably filled. It would be a tribute to trace his influence and charities through direct channels as husband, father, friend and neighbor, but suffice to say, he lived nobly and died peacefully, and the stern Reaper found him, “as a shock of corn, fully ripe for the harvest.” It is particularly pathetic in that this father died on the night following the funeral of his boy for whom he had shown such care during his long months of illness. All business of the town was suspended during the hours of the funeral.
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