GEIB, John (b.abt 1833 d.1901), Sibley Co., MN

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Arlington Enterprise
Thursday 3 January 1901

JOHN GEIB DEAD
The Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners Dies Suddenly Last
Thursday Morning.
	The Grand Master of the Universe has called John Geib to his 
celestrial home; and where once an activity of mind and body, there 
is now nothing but lifeless clay.  Thus must we all be some day brought 
to a termination.
	John Geib died at the home of two of his sons, in Kelso township,
near New Rome, between eight and nine o’clock on Thursday morning.  
He had intended to go out doors to do some work, and was being assisted 
in putting on his overcoat, when he all at once fell back into the arms 
of the one assisting him, and was dead.
	Mr. Geib had suffered two strokes of paralysis previous to his 
death  -  one of them occuring about a year ago  -  and was partly 
helpless being as we have been told, unable to dress himself without 
aid.  Therefore, although his end came so suddenly, relatives and 
friends were in a measure prepared for the event.
	His body was brought to Henderson Sunday morning and laid in 
State at the court house until two o’clock when the funeral services, 
conducted under the auspices of the Masonic order of which the deceased 
was a member.  The deceased was also honored by the attendance in a body 
of the Henderson lodge of G.A.R. and also the Henderson lodge of the 
Order of Hermann Sons, he being affiliated with both of these organizations.
	The funeral was largely attended in spite of the nipping 
weather that prevailed and the body of the court room was crowded till 
standing room was at a premium.
	The service was begun by W. Foulsen of St. Paul, grand president  
of the Order of Hermann Sons, who addressed his brethren and the 
assemblage in the German language.  After that came music by the choir 
and then the solemn and impressive Masonic ceremony for the burial of 
its dead, led by Worshipful Master W. H. Leemen.  Following this the 
choir sang another sacred hymn.
	The audience was then addressed by Rev. Jones of the Episcopal 
church of LeSueur who announced that he spoke that day rather as a 
brother of the Masonic order than as a clergyman of the Christian church.  
But, he said there was not a wide distinction between the two.  Both were 
founded on and actuated by the same principals, except that the 
Christian church was founded by God and the Masonic order was an 
institution founded by men.  
The Holy Bible is the rule and guide for both organizations.  He went
further into the subject than we have space to devote to in these columns,
and then branched out into a eulogy of the deceased.  It was a very able
speech and at its close many eyes were dimmed with tears induced by his
prayerful sympathy for the bereaved and brotherly spirit toward the dead.
	At its close the remains were viewed by those among the assemblage 
who wished to do so, and then the funeral cortege was formed and leaving 
the court house wound its way up the hill to the beautiful cemetery below. 
There amid the sobs of the dear ones he left behind, and the sorrowful
expression of those friends and brothers who had gathered together to pay
the last tribute of love and respect, all that was mortal of John Geib was
slowly lowered into its final resting place.  After the Masonic services at
the grave had been completed, all departed, their thought probably dwelling
on the uncertainty of human life.  In the midst of life, prepare for death,
for we know not how soon we too may be called.
	John Geib was born in Germany about the year 1833, and hence was 
in the neighborhood of 67 years old.  He removed to this country when by 
a boy of seven years and with his parents lived in the state of Ohio until 
he was 22 years of age when he came to Sibley county, Minnesota, in 1855, 
where he has since resided in and near Henderson.
	He was once elected to the state legislature, served as chairman 
of the county commissioners for 16 years, and alderman of the City of 
Henderson for over 20 years.  His record of continuity in offices of 
public trust for so many years bespeaks more for his sterling qualities
than we could do.  
He was a soldier in the Civil War from 1862 until the war was over when 
he received an honorable discharge.
	Sibley county loses in John Geib one of its most sturdy pioneers 
and a prominent citizen whose place in life will be difficult to fill.  
Peace be to his ashes, and may that peace that passeth all understanding  
abide with those sorrowing ones left behind.
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