Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Moe, Thomas 1895
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The Belding Banner, Thursday, August 15, 1895


The remains of Thomas Moe, mention of whose death was noted in these columns 
last week, were tenderly laid to rest in the family lot at the Smyrna 
cemetery, Sunday afternoon, the attendance of neighbors and friends to pay 
their last tribute to the departed being very large.

Tom died in Boulder, Colorado after a brave struggle with death, having fought 
it unflinchingly several years.  He was courageous in the battle with the grim 
monster and full of hope that at last he would be victorious.  His friends, 
and they were limited only by the number of acquaintances formed, are sorrow 
stricken at the untimely end of so promising a young life.  In his efforts to 
release himself from the grasp of the destroyer, he tried the western air of 
the Dakotas, Montana and Colorado, but relief came for a brief season only and 
after returning from a trip the mountains, in a few days passed to the summer 
land where all suffering is at an end, in the presence of his mother and 
sister.  He was conscious in his last moments, the end came suddenly and for a 
moment the dark curtain which death unrolls just before the breaking of life’s 
link, was before his eyes and he remarked to Bertha of the darkness which was 
overshadowing him.

He was born December 6, 1869, in Smyrna; educated in the Smyrna and Belding 
schools and graduated from both; taught school two terms and was elected 
school inspector two terms.

The funeral services were held in the church near the old home which he loved 
so dearly, under the auspices of the Masonic order and at his request Rev. R. 
A. McConnell officiated.  His uncles acted as pall bearers also at his 
request.  Members of the Belding graduating class were present and brought a 
beautiful floral offering, as did the Masonic order and many other friends.  
The casket was nearly buried with these tokens of love and respect.


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