Peter Stein
Marriages
Louise Barth Stein - April 10, 1883
Died in 1924.
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - December 11, 1936
DEATH CALLS A HARDY PIONEER OF EAGLE COUNTY. PETER STEIN ANSWERS LAST CALL OF NATURE--EARLY SETTLER, BUILDER AND PROGRESSIVE CITIZEN--LAID TO REST AT EAGLE TUESDAY.
One by one the Grim Reaper is making his inroads upon the ranks of those hardy man and women who pioneered the Eagle River Valley and remained to build it into an empire of wealth, a modern community where every facility for health and happiness are to be had, as compared to the wild and rugged wilderness they first encountered when seeking a new home.
Such a man was Peter STEIN who answered the summons of Death at his home in Eagle early Saturday morning, December 5, 1936. Born of rugged German parents in Schepenbach, Germany, February 24,1856, the desire to participate in the conquering of new lands led Mr. STEIN to migrate to far western United States when a young man. He landed in the then flourishing mining camp of Breckenridge, Colo., in April 1882, where he engaged in his trade, that of blacksmith. Two years later, in 1884, he moved to Alma, Colo., and opened his own business, and it is characteristic of the man, that he had worked only for himself from that time until the end of his active years. Peter STEIN was a man of progress and a builder. He never stopped at merely making a "living" and this spirit moved him forward in every move he made. He came to the valley in 1888, and located in Gypsum valley on a ranch, still known as the "Stein ranch," though he left it thirty-nine years ago.In addition to his ranch activities, Mr. STEIN opened a shop for the pursuit of his trade, blacksmithing, at Gypsum and conducted this until 1897, when he moved to Eagle. Here he built the two story residence and the adjoining blacksmith shop nearby, still owned by the family. He prospered in business and built up a comfortable fortune. But, unsatisfied, he sought "new worlds to conquer," and a huge irrigation and reclamation proposition in Grand county in Middle Park attracted his enterprise. He spent seven years of his life, from 1900 to 1907, prosecuting this project, which he finally abandoned and returned to his home in Eagle to devote the remainder of his life to his trade at which he always prospered.
On April 10, 1883,he took as his wife, Louise BARTH. This was a move he never regretted,for the couple lived and pioneered together, side by side, raised their family of children, shared one another's joys and sorrows in happiness until Mrs. STEIN's death in 1924. This was a severe blow to the husband, and the memory of his devoted and beloved helpmeet ever remained with him. To their marriage came five children, three daughters and two sons, all of whom grew to womanhood and manhood, and survive, as follows: Mrs. Paulina COULTER, Burlington, Colo.; Mrs. Louise TANDY, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Mina KRACAW, Blackfoot, Ida.; William STEIN, Oakland, Calif.; and Herman A. STEIN of Eagle, Colo., all of whom, with a considerable number of grandchildren, mourn the demise of a grand old gentleman and a devoted parent.
He was a charter member of Castle Lodge No. 122, A.F.&A.M., of Eagle, having joined the order August 18, 1906, when the local lodge was organized, and remained a faithful member to the end, active in all of its affairs until the infirmities of the creeping years interfered with his participation in the usual activities of the community. Mr.STEIN was also a charter member of the Woodmen lodge when it was organized at Eagle.
For several years, his health has been failing, and he had lived with his children quietly most of the time for the past 6 years. He loved to work with growing life, and spent his last years caring for his garden and fruit vines and trees with which he took great pleasure. But he finally had to give up even that pleasure, and for the past year had patiently awaited the end which he realized was approaching and, no doubt, welcomed its arrival--and early Saturday morning the end came, death creeping up quietly and he had answered the summons alone and without struggle. And the end had come to one of the Eagle Valley's most beloved citizens.
Funeral services were held from the Eagle Methodist Community church Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock in charge of Mortician Paul Andre. Rev. T. B. McDIVITT delivered a very appropriate discourse on the constructive life of Peter STEIN. A male quartet, consisting of Chester MAYER, Richard DOORN, Alvin WEBB and Melvin EATON, sang "Ivory Palaces," "Consolation" and "Crossing the Bar,' Mrs.Marvin J. GAUT accompanying at the piano. Castle Lodge No. 122, A.F.&A.M. had charge of the burial services, and the body was escorted from the church to the burial grounds by members of that order and laid in its last resting place, beside that of his beloved wife, with the solemn rites of the order.
