Unknown newspaper
March 25, 1937 written in pencil
FORMER EDITOR DIED SUDDENLY

DEATH OF N. E. DENISON WAS SHOCK TO ENTIRE COMMUNITY

Funeral services for NEWTON E. DENISON were held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon at two thirty following a short prayer service in the home at two o’clock. The church was filled with relatives and friends, many coming from a distance. The chancel was banked with flowers of exceptional beauty.

REV. LAWRENCE BEALS, pastor of the church, had charge of the service in which he gave a message of comfort. Knowing MR. DENISON’S deep interest in the Boy Scout movement he founded his talk on the theme, “A Great Scout.” He opened his remarks with the poem, “The Lord Knows Why.”

MRS. LAWRENCE BEALS, MRS. R. E. MCKENZIE, EDWARD BERGE and OSCAR WETZELL sang two hymns, “Sometime We’ll Understand” and “Sweetly Resting.” MR. & MRS. V. R. OLMSTEAD of Prophetstown sang a duet, “Goodnight and Good Morning.” MRS. R. F. WOODS was accompanist.

Members of the Tampico Boy Scout Troop No. 101 under the direction of their Scoutmaster, EGBERT CAIN, attended the service in a body and took care of the flowers.

Members of Yorktown Lodge No. 655 A. F. & A. M. also attended in a body and conducted the Masonic rites at the grave. Burial was in the family lot in the Tampico Memorial cemetery with six Masons serving as pallbearers. They were R. F. NELSON, R. E. MCKENZIE, F. G. BAKER, A. E. BENNETT, R. F. WOODS and JOHN WOODS. At the conclusion of the service at the grave taps were blown by a Boy Scout.

MR. DENISON passed away suddenly Friday morning about 10:30 after an illness of several months. Last fall he bumped his toe and the injury became infected. He was ill and in great pain for several weeks during which everything was done to prevent the spread of infection. Early in February he entered the Perry Memorial hospital in Princeton and submitted to the amputation of the leg above the knee. In a couple of weeks he returned to his home and although very weak seemed to be recovering as rapidly as could be expected. His death came as a great shock to his family and friends who held high hopes for his complete recovery.

Among those from out-of-town attending the [service] were: MR. & MRS. H. H. DENISON of Madison, Wis.; MR. & MRS. E. C. BURCH of Caledonia; MR. & MRS. K. C. BURCH, MISS DORIS BURCH, MR. & MRS. HOWARD WELLS and son CHESTER, of Rockford; MR. & MRS. LLOYD NEWTON and son GORDON and MRS. JESSIE NEWTON of Winnebago; MR. & MRS. ARTHUR WOODRUFF and MRS. FRANK LOFGREN of Pecatonica; MR. & MRS. HOWARD MORGAN, MR. & MRS. ARLIE INGLE, MR. & MRS. WILLIAM LONG and DR. & MRS. ELMER PETERSON of Sheffield; MR. & MRS. ARTHUR GRAMMER of Kasbeer; MR. & MRS. WARREN MORGAN of Davenport, Iowa; MR. & MRS. WESLEY OSBORNE of Lombardville; MR. & MRS. ASA STEWART and son MERLE of Como; MR. & MRS. FRANK ALLEN and MRS. EDWARD BRANDT of Lyndon; MRS. C. L. BEAN and son HERBERT of Geneseo; MR. & MRS. HARRY CLARK, S. E. GIVENS and MR. & MRS. EZRA ROBINSON of Fenton; MR. & MRS. HENRY COLBY and LYNN ROBINSON of Moline; JOHN SHAHEEN of Chicago; MR. & MRS. IRVING DENISON and MR. & MRS. ARTHUR JAMES of Erie, MR. & MRS. HAROLD STEWART, ROY NEWCOMB, MARCUS THACKABERRY, MR. & MRS. JOHN WOLFE, HENRY CLARK, H. C. JOHNSON of Sterling; GLENN CRADDOCK of Morrison; MR. & MRS. MARTIN JANSSEN, MRS. HATTIE DENISON and son PAUL and daughter BEULAH,an MR. & MRS. JAY CANTLIN d daughter, MR. & MRS. H. H. MATHIS, MRS. EARL LUTYENS, MRS. SADIE BLEITZ, MR. & MRS. LEO ROYER, MR. & MRS. LOWELL LEWIS, MR. & MRS. HENRY MATHIS, MRS. RAYMOND MATHIS, MR. & MRS. ORVILLE ACKERBERG and son of Rock Falls; AMOS OTT, OTIS RICHARDS, MISS LUCILLE SWANSON, FRED MCCORMICK, HENRY STONE, MR. & MRS. V. R. OLMSTEAD, MR. & MRS. VERNON VAN DE MARK and sons, MR. & MRS. WM. OBENDORF and MRS. BRIDGET MAXFIELD, of Prophetstown; MR. & MRS. ED FOX and son MARVIN and BERT WALLIS of Walnut; WM. WELCH and son CHARLES of Elmira. F. J. PERRIN, OGDEN PERRIN, ROY MATHIS, C. R. WILDMAN and JOHN JOHNSON represented the Prophetstown Band, and WILBUR SHIFFLET, BERNARD WIBERG and HENRY GLAFKA, the Walnut Band. MR. DENISON had played with both organizations for some time.

The Boy Scout organization was represented by VERNON WOOD and son of Rockford, the former a commissioner of Winnebago County and representing the officials of the Blackhawk area; DRS. RANDALL and MARSHALL of Morrison, members of the Whiteside country board; LAWRENCE KINER, scoutmaster, and ROBERT BAYLES, bugler, of Prophetstown; Wm. Loos, Skipper of the Sterling Sea Scouts, and EUGENE THORNHILL, Whiteside County Field Executive, of Sterling.

Obituary

NEWTON EVARD DENISON was born in Tampico on March 9, 1872, and lived here all of his life. He was the son of the late HENRY & LOUISA DENISON. He attended the Tampico schools and was a graduate of the Tampico high school. He was married on Oct. 8, 1902, at Morrison, to MISS NEVA C. JONES of Tampico.

MRS. DENISON survives, as does one daughter, MRS. VESTA LOUDENBURG, and one son, VERNON DENISON, both of Tampico. He is also survived by three brothers and one sister: TRACY E. DENISON and L. W. DENISON of Tampico, H. H. DENISON of Madison, Wis., and MRS. ELLEN STEWART of Grand Forks, N. D. The following grandchildren also survive: RALPH J., HARRY and MILTON LOUDENBURG, BEVERLY JOYCE and VERNA LEE DENISON, all of Tampico. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, MRS. LUNA CUMMINGS, and a brother, ELMER.

On Aug. 8, 1906, while doing some carpenter work he fell and suffered a severe injury to his back and legs which resulted in partial paralysis forcing him to walk with canes. Despite his handicap, he managed to take an active part, not only in the affairs of his own community, but throughout the county. He was secretary of Yorktown Lodge A. F. & A. M. and a member of Morning Star chapter of the O. E. S., of which he served last year as associate patron and was elected worthy patron last year, but never qualified because of illness.

He was also a member of the Tampico Methodist church and of the grade school board, of the Modern Woodmen and served in various capacities in the Boy Scouts. At the time of his death he was a member of the county board and chairman of the county court of honor. On October 1, 1936 he was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for distinguished service to boyhood. This is the highest recognition given to men who have distinguished themselves in voluntary work for Scouting and has been awarded to only a few in this area.

He was a musician of ability and for a number of years directed the Tampico Band. Mr. Denison was editor and publisher of the Tampico Tornado for a decade, selling out his interests in 1931. He loved mankind and was always foremost in every activity which led to the betterment of this community.

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