Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Masoner, David 1919
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Payette Enterprise 10-30-1919
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, October 30, 1919

OBITUARY

Mention was made last week of the accidental death of David Masoner. Funeral 
services were on Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church of which he had 
been long time a member. The number of people who came to express sympathy and 
appreciation, was a fine tribute to a man who never thot of himself as any 
more than a plain honest citizen. Probably none of those present thot 
differently; but the occasion made it more certain that in the final estimate 
it is the plain honest citizen that gets closest to our hearts.

He was just two days past, 71 when death took him. Missouri was the state of 
his infancy, but he followed the "advice" and moved west, to Kansas when she 
was yet bleeding; then to Montana before that vast territory had been admitted 
to statehood, and last to Idaho in 1907 where he completed his allotted time.

He was married to Lucy McFadden in Paola, Kansas, in 1875. Five children were 
born to them. One died in infancy, another, Mrs. Card was a victim of 
influenza last November. The other three, Harvey, Albert and Mrs. Lucy 
McPherson, were present also the son-in-law, Mr. Card, a sister, Mrs. Maurer, 
and an old time friend, Mr. Sandy, all of Boise. The "Grange" of which he was 
a member, furnished the pallbearers, but their kindly offices would have been 
rendered by any of the others present if there had been need. The feeling was 
that it was an honor to show him respect. A sudden death is a shock to loved 
ones that we all hope to escape. But so far as "Dave" is concerned, it is 
certain he would have chosen a sudden, rather than a long lingering transition 
from the present form of life to the other form for which he had made full 
preparation. A good man loved by all who knew him. May it be possible for some 
one to write it of each of us when the time comes.

Mrs. Masoner will spend the winter with her sons in Boise. After that her 
plans will be made as events may lead; but wherever she may go she will carry 
precious memories of nearly a half-century of happy wedded life.

Additional Comments:
Note:  Burial at Riverside Cemetery. ch

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