Col. Isaac Stanley

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Obituary- Stanley, Isaac

Died, Friday afternoon, April 24th, at his residence in this city, aged 67, Col. I. Stanley.

The Colonel had been sick for several weeks, but his death came as a thunder clap upon the village, as but few people had any idea that his end was so near. He was a most exemplary citizen, an upright business man, and a kind husband and father. He was a quiet man, making no loud professions, but laboring persistently to round out his character and build substantially for both worlds. He was born at Athens, Ohio, and came to Kansas in 1880. He leaves behind him six sons and one daughter. The children are scattered through several states, one son, only, remaining at home.

Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church last Sunday afternoon, when the Rev. J. G. Mayer preached a funeral discourse, taking as his text Rev. XXI, last clause of 1st verse: - “And there was no more sea.” He explained that the sea, in its extent and its tossings, emblemstized separation, trouble, change and perpetual unrest. Also that the words of the text – “no more sea” – told of a time and a place when and where separation and disquietude will have no part or lot, and where perennial peace and perpetual joy will lave each and every inhabitant.

Col. Stanley was a Freemason, and the services were conducted under the auspices of the Order, by request of the deceased. In addition to the members of Hesperian Lodge, a number of Masons from St. Marys, Silver Lake and Topeka were present. The church was crowded with relatives, friends, and members of the Order. The cavalcade and foot procession was one of the longest that ever wended its way to our cemetery.