Grundy County IL Archives Obituaries.....Brown, Everett R 1886
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Morris Herald, Apr 1886
Died

Brown - On Thursday, April 1, 1886, at the residence of his parents, Morris, 
Ill., at 2:30 o'clock, a. m., of pneumonia, Everett R., son of George F. and 
Emma Brown, aged 19 years, 5 months and 10 days.

Everett had never been a strong boy, but he had been comparatively well for 
some time prior to Wednesday, March 24. On that day he caught cold, which at 
once developed into pneumonia from the effects of which he died in one short 
week. His death at such an age, just as he was developing into manhood, was 
peculiarly sad. Last June he had graduated from our high school, and during 
the present school year he had been pursuing some extra studies, hoping thus 
to better fit himself for the work of the ____, which, in his young and 
hopeful imagination, was spread out so beautifully and attractively before 
him. But alas! his plans for this world were not to be realized. His young 
life, so full of hope and promise, was cut short here, and the good Father 
took him to Himself to enjoy the brighter, better, nobler life which can be 
entered upon only through the portals of death. Such a death may seem sad to 
us. We may grieve over it with a bitter and poignant grief that refuses to be 
comforted. But still, if we could catch a glimpse of the "other world," and 
learn just a little of its beauties, its blessedness and its opportunities for 
endless growth in all that is great in intellect and noble in character, how 
should we rejoice that the "departed one" has been called to enter upon such a 
life. Blessed are all those who have been gathered safely into the Father's 
home above.

And yet the blow falls heavily upon Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They had already lost 
four children, and Everett makes the fifth. Only one remains here with them 
out of the six. In their sore affliction they have the warm and heartfelt 
sympathy of many friends.

The funeral will take place at the family residence on Sunday afternoon, April 
4th, at _ o'clock. 

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