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Obituary of Dexter Field

13 April 1904, Clark County (IL) Herald


Dexter Field, son of Samuel and Jerosia Field, was born in Brattleborough,
Vermont, Feb. 7, 1832, and died in San Bernardina, California, March 7,
1904.  He was married in Iowa to Sabra E. Millard.  To this union were born
six children, five of whom are still living.  In 1884, Mr. Field retired
from business and moved to California where he resided continuously until
his death.  His first wife having died in 1883, he was married again in
1889 to Miss Rose Hammerly.  Dexter Field was of the old Puritan stock.  He
was a Christian from his boyhood days and member of the church from early
age.  He was a teacher in his younger years.  Thorough in discipline,
definite in his ideas and purposes, he did business on the "pay as you go"
principle and never sought benefits through speculation or risks of
indebtedness.  He was temperate in habit, upright in character, regular in
church attendance, a kind neighbor in short a Christian gentleman.  He
loved his home and his family and desired very much to have his children
with him in his last hours, but the long intervening distance so delayed
their coming that he was gone to his reward before his son and daughter
from Colorado arrived.  His fath in in God was of the steady, unwavering
kind.  He always said of his afflictions and conditions, "Well, it is all
right."  When nearing the end he said to his dear wife and loving duaghter,
Mrs. Smith, that he was "going home."  When asked to what home he replied
that he thought "tonight," and it did prove to be his last conscious night
on earth.  "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."

The funeral was largely attended at the First. M. E. church.  The deceased
looked life-like as he reclined in a beautiful casket covered with black
broad cloth and lined with the finest silk.  There was no indication of
death in the calm feature which gave one the idea of peaceful slumber.
Among the floral pieces was a large cross of carnations and calias.  The
remains were laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery in Redlands.  --Daily
Times Index, San Bernardina, Calif. 

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