Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Mellen Eugene ROUNDS ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, August 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Daily Northwestern April 6, 1901 p.1 M.E. Rounds Passes Away Last Night Well known citizen unconscious at time of his death His Family Was at His Bedside-Remains Will Reach Oshkosh This Afternoon- Funeral will Be Private and Will Be Held Tuesday Afternoon Mellen Eugene Rounds breathed his last in the Milwaukee hospital shortly before ten o'clock last evening. The announcement in last evening's Northwestern of the dangerous character of his illness partially prepared the friends of the deceased for the worst. On all sides today, profound expressions of sympathy are expressed by the general public. Mr. Rounds was such a picture of health before going to the Milwaukee hospital a few weeks ago that his friends in the business and social world find it difficult to realize his is no more. The disease that led to his death is now termed diffused cerebral meningitis. A portion of the diseased bone was removed at the time of the first operation. A second operation was bound to be necessary, and this occurred a week ago. Mr. Rounds rallied from the operation, and was gradually improving, when he was taken with a violent chill Thursday morning, and he relapsed into unconsciousness from which he never emerged. The physicians in attendance were Dr. Zimmerman and Dr. Burgess, and they realized the seriousness of the case. Mrs. Rounds and her sister, Mrs. Davies, were at the bedside when the change came. On Thursday evening, J. Earl Morgan, a brother of Mrs. Rounds and Mrs. Davies left for Milwaukee. He was followed on Friday morning by Mrs. Luther Davies, Mrs. Maria Rounds, mother of the deceased, and Rev. E. H. Smith. They had barely started before another telegram was received urging the immediate relatives to hasten to Milwaukee at one, as Mr. Rounds had but a few more hours to live. When the end came at ten minutes before ten o'clock last evening, they were all at the bedside. The dying man never recovered consciousness, and his paroxysms of pain were terrible for the family to behold. The physicians, however, stated that he was not conscious of any pain or suffering. Several hours before death occurred members of the family urged the physicians in attendance to secure Chicago specialists if there was the slightest hope, but they said it was useless.