Isaac B Alter

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Obituary- Alter, I.B. 1

SIMPLE CEREMONIES FOR DEAD ROSSVILLE BANKER

Funeral services for I. B. Alter, who took his life last Thursday morning, were held Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home on east Pottawatomie street.

A short service was conducted by Rev. O. E. Brown, former pastor of the Rossville M. E. church. Music was furnished by Mrs. Albert Reser and Mrs. A. B. Jamieson without instrumental accompaniment.

Sorrowing friends and patrons of the institution founded by the deceased man filled the house and overflowed into the yard. The burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery at Topeka, a large number of Rossville people being in the procession that accompanied the body to its last resting place.

The active pallbearers included Messrs. A. E. Moore, William Howerton, L. O. Parr, George Reser, A. A. Cless and A. B. Jamieson. The honorary pall bearers included Messrs. Teodore Fields, W. V. Hook Albert Reser, E. E. Witter and Frank Stumbaugh.

The news of Mr Alter’s suicide came as a bolt out of a clear sky. People were stunned and horrified. Even his most intimate friends did not realize he was in such financial straights as to cause him to take his own life.

But Alter’s was a high strung, sensitive nature. He could not bear the criticisms and sensure [sic] that would have come with the closing of the banks doors.

There were expressions of sorrow and regret from the crowd that pressed around the bank doors following the news of his death. Had it been known he needed help to [missing portion]
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Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Carpenter, are away on a vacation in the lake region and may not be found in time for the funeral.
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There has been little or no expressions of censure or bitterness---only expressions of pity and sympathy. Sympathy over the hours of agony he must have suffered in his lone struggle to bolster up his financial affairs.
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Mr. Alter had always taken an active part in the business affairs of the community. He had been mayor, a member of the city council and a member on the school boards of directors for tweney-flve [sic] years. Only the last few years had he dropped out of active participation in civic affairs.

Mr. Alter came to Rossville thirty-three years ago from Longton, Kans. and entered the Rossville State bank as cashier. He soon gained controlling interest. He made friends and prospered. A few years later he started the Delia and Silver Lake banks and was president of both institutions. He had the finest residence and grounds in town—the furnishings being such as only a man of culture and refinement would surround himself.

His passing casts a pall of gloom over the town and surrounding community and only expressions of sincerest sympathy for the grief stricken widow and relatives is heard from all.

No statement has been made this week as to the condition of the affairs of the dead banker. The people of all the communities affected by the tie-up of funds,has been remarkably calm and will be the means of assisting the authorities in straightening out the troubles to the best interest of all concerned.

Four people have been at work constantly since last Thursday and it is thought a statement will be forthcoming later this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Marcotte, come to Rossville this morning and funeral arrangements were announced late this afternoon.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the home. The body will be taken to Topeka for burial.

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