Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....Wing, Yew June 27, 1888
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Reno Evening Gazette June 29, 1888
Death of a Prominent Mongolian

On Wednesday afternoon Yew Wing, an old and esteemed member of the Chinese
colony here, died of softening of the brain, and ever since Chinatown has been
in mourning.   This afternoon the funeral took place under the auspices of the
Chinese Masonic fraternity, of which deceased was an honored member and an
officer of high station.  In life he eked out a precarious existence by
rag-picking, etc., but when death relieved him of his suffering his bruised and
battered clay was the object of the highest reverence.  The funeral procession
consisted of eight or ten carriages, etc., headed by the commissary wagon (carry
food to propitiate the evil spirits) from which towered a red flag (looking
suspiciously like the Democratic bandanna), and bringing up the rear was a
carry-all conveying the musicians, who kept up an unearthly din until the
cemetery was reached.  Deceased was a member of the Gee company, a native of
Canton, and aged 58 years.


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