Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: G. Homer WAITE ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Sad Accident at Brooklyn G. Homer Waite, a young farmer residing near Brooklyn, was seriously injured by a passing train in the Northwestern yards at that place, Saturday evening, from which effects he passed away at a Madison hospital Monday afternoon. It seems that Mr. Waite and a few friends were waiting at the main street crossing in Brooklyn for a north-bound train to pass, and immediately after passage of the train, he with others started across the track and found themselves directly in front of a freight going in the opposite direction. All got safely across but Waite who was struck by the engine and thrown some forty feet, striking on the track. Onlookers noting the accident hastened to the assistance of Waite, and he was carefully and tenderly taken to his home for treatment. Late in the evening the surgeon of the road at Madison, Dr. Torney, arrived, and noted a square fracture on the left side of the head, and immediately made arrangements for transportation to the hospital where proper medical treatment could be rendered. It was soon found that the brain was also injured, and although all was done that science and skill could do, life could not be saved. George Homer Waite was born in Milford, Jefferson county, April 10, 1882. In October 1902, he was united in marriage to Miss Elsie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Slauson of this city. With his bride he settled in Adams county, where they resided till March 1908, and took up his residence in Brooklyn in November last, where his parents reside. Just entering into manhood with the future promising bright and propitious; possessed of sterling character and upright in his dealings, he was respected and admired by all. To his wife and little son his pleasures were to see them happy, and during his short life he was unfailing in his endeavors to formulate a life of respect and honor. The sudden blow to his loved ones has cast a gloom of sadness over which time alone only can heal. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Brown officiating, and the remains interred in Maple Hill cemetery here, to await the loved ones to follow. March 11, 1909, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin