Obit for Julius Christian ULVESTAD(b.1872 d.1901), Watonwan Co., MN

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JULIUS CHRISTIAN ULVESTAD
17 May 1901---OBITUARY
   Julius Christian Ulvestad was born in Rosendale township this county 
October 18, 1872 and died in Madelia Wednesday morning May 15, 1901, of 
consumption.   Julius was a member of the graduating class of the Madelia 
High School of 1894.  While it had been realized for sometime that the 
dread disease had fastened
itself on him his death came as a shock to everyone and it seemed hard 
to realize that he was gone.  Julius was a young man of much promise and 
by his cheerful disposition and honesty of purpose he endeared himself 
to all with whom he came in contact.  The death of a promising young man 
is a loss to any community and the sympathy of the entire community goes 
out to his bereaved parents and relatives.   
   The funeral will take place tomorrow.  A short service will be 
conducted at the West Lutheran church at 9 o'clock in the morning and 
from there the remains will be taken to the farm in Rosendale where the 
regular services will be held, he will be interred in the Rosendale 
cemetery.  (MADELIA TIMES-MESSENGER, Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota,  
May 17, 1901, Page 1)
   
17 May 1901---In Days of Youth.
   Julius Ulvestad died on Wednesday morning at four o'clock.  
Consumption was the cause of his death and dates from Jan. 2nd when he 
was taken sick with the grippe.
   It seems a cruel fate for a young man, bright and with bright 
prospects for a business career just opening should be smitten, to 
wither and perish in sight of his best years.  And this thought is 
uttered rather in the spirit of sadness and rightful disappointment 
rather than in a spirit of rebellion against the workings of a   
providence whose decrees emanate from a wisdom which transcends mortal 
philosophy.
   Julius Christian Ulvestad was born in Rosendale township, this 
county, Oct. 18, 1872, and his boyhood days were spent on the farm.  
After completing the course of study furnished by the district school, 
he entered the Madelia high school and was graduated from that in the 
class of  94.  Being of a mechanical turn of mind he worked in machine 
shops for a time and in 1896 spent a year at the University of Minnesota 
in the engineering department.  He then associated himself with his 
brother and started the firm of Ulvestad Bros., machinists.  The 
business prospered and last year P. N. Haycraft entered the firm and 
the business was transferred to the Syndicate block, which they built.  
In the success and growth of the business the personality of Julius 
Ulvestad has been a strong factor.
   The funeral will consist of a short service at the West Lutheran 
church at nine o'clock, Saturday, after which the remains will be 
transferred to the old Rosendale home where the funeral proper will be 
held at noon.  The burial will be at the Rosendale cemetery.

(THE MADELIA TIMES, Madelia, Watonwan County, Minnesota, May 17, 1901, 
Page 4, Column 2)