William Cutting
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page page 1 - November 28, 1930
| DEATH OF WILLIAM CUTTING . ! I
I Sweetwater anil Gypsum cornmun- ; I lties were extremely sad at the news received Thursday , November 20 , of the death in Fitzsimmons hospital , Denver , of one of their most beloved J citizens , William Cutting ! Mr . Cut- j I ting was a veteran of the world I ! war , a member of Eagle River Val- ; j ley Post No . 150 , American Legion , ! ¦ and had lived with his parents on the | Sweetwater ranch v for the past five j , or six years . Since discharge from i the army , the deceased has suffered 1 terribly with an effection of the I heart , and much of his time has been spent in Fitzsimmons hospital , j j During rare intervals he had been j i able to spend a few months at home j 1 with his parents and during these i periods he made many very warm i ! friends . He was brave and patient , ¦ never showing the constant suffering ! he endured , but always put up a | 1 strong front , was smiling and gen- j ial in his personal contacts , regard- : I less . j j When the shocking news of the end came to the home of his parents , Mr . , and Mrs . A . L . Cutting , preparations ) were at once made for fuenral ser- j vices to be held at Florence , Colo ., and burial , in the family plot in the
, New Hope cemetery at Wetmore . Will s old home and birthplace , and i l the services were held Sunday , Nov . , , 23 . At Florence a beautiful service i I was held at the St . Albans Episcopal , \ church in charge of Rev . L . A . Qrlt1 tenton , pastor of the church . During | the service Mrs . James Fr . ircy sang two beautiful vocal solos , Near to i the Heart of God , and One Sweet- I 1 ly Solemn Thought , while Mr . R . ! M . Booth and Mrs . Cecil Yiesley sang j Saved by Grace . Accompaniments ] and the processional , To Calvary , were beautiful played on the church organ by Mrs . Victor McCandless . i It was a most beautiful and touching service , and a great tribute to the [ place the deceased young * aan held ; in the hearts of al who knew him . j A military funeral was accorded ; the veteran . The casket was decorated with the American flag , which ] had meant so much to the deceased during his life and great banks of , : beautiful flowers crowned ths altar , especially attractive and beautiful j being the floral gift of his ward j mate 3 of Fitzsimmons . j | Color bearers were Chas . Berardi . i and Thos . Gow ; color guards Elmer i Johnson and Leslie Lloyd , while the , casket bearers were Allen McLoney , Lee Carpenter , Paul Ross , Dr . Patterson , Harold Kemble and James Sweeten . The firing squad was from members of the deceased s post of the Legion , being Chas . Hemberger . Herman Stein , Lloyd Bell , James Phillips , Oscar Anderson , Leslie ] Maxon , Arthur Stremme , Burr 3- j Fuller . As the body was lowered j into the grave , taps were sounded i bv Robert Phillios , . xiiswereu by The Echo , played l . y Ceo . Ternn . Others who attaae ed the funeral from here not mentioned above were Fred Kemble , Will Schumm , and Mrs . Margaret Bell , the latter from the local Auxtlliary of the Legion Post . The deceased was born in Wetmore , Colo ., August 19 , 1892 , and is j survived by his parents , Mr . and Mrs . I A . L . Cutting , residing on the SweetI water ranch northeast of Gypsum , ] and one brother , Major Geo . W . Cut- | ting of Denver , all of whom were I present at the funeral services . Heartfelt sympathy go out to the bereaved ones in this loss of their I most beloved one from the entire . community .
