Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dey, Walter H July 9, 1865
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The Norfolk Post, July 13, 1865
In Memoriam
Died, on the evening of the 6th instance, of typhoid fever, Walter H. Dey, 
aged 17 years.
Mysterious are the dispensation of Providence. Life’s journey just begun-ere 
hope had lost it’s rich, romantic hues-ere the bright promises of youth, had 
been realized-an affectionate , dutiful son, a kind, loving brother, a warm 
devoted friend, has suddenly been snatched away. The “insatiate archer” has 
stricken from a happy circle (graciously unbroken by war’s dire ravages) a 
loved member- a bright ornament. A gentle, affectionate disposition, retiring, 
unassuming manner, a generous enthusiasm, unswerving rectitude of character, 
endeared him to all.
“None knew him but to love him, None named him but to praise.”
We shall miss him-oh! How sadly! His memory shall be the shrine of pleasant 
thoughts, and when we reflect upon his many virtues-the hopes he breathed in 
death-the calm serenity on his deathbed- we are happy in the assurance-“not 
lost, but gone before.”
“Weep not for him: it was not his to feel
The miseries that corrode amassing years;
Victorious over death, to him appears
The vista’ d joys of Heaven’s eternal years
Weep not for him.”
May He who tempers the winds to the shorn lamb, in this affliction administer 
balm to the bleeding hearts of the distressed family. 
A Friends Tribute


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