Harry Stevens Dickerson
Marriages
Ida Kollnig - 1908
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - October 28, 1938
County Treasurer Dickerson Passes Away
DEATH ANGEL ENDS LONG FIGHT FOR LIFE—FUNERAL SERVICES IN EAGLE IN THE MASONIC HALL AND BURIAL IN MINTURN THURSDAY ,
"I've Finished the Fight,', was the theme of Rev. C. E. Copley's discourse at the funeral of County Treasurer harry S. Dickerson, Thursday afternoon at the graveside when the body of the deceased official was laid to rest in Minturn. It was a very fitting subject, for if ever a man made a brave and courageous fight against the relentless Angel of Death, harry Dickerson did. Suffering for months with a malady against which there was little hope of victory, Harry fought a determined battle until the last moment, when following an attack of great agony, he lay back and said, "This is the end," and was dead, at 10:30 o'clock Monday evening, October 24.
The death of Mr. Dickerson, although it was expected by those close to him, was a distant shock to the people of the county generally, and is deeply regretted.
Harry Stevens Dickerson was past 59 years of age, having been born in Ness county, Kansas, April 5, 1879. He came to Colorado and Red Cliff in the year 1900 and for thirty-eight years, without intermission, had been a resident of Eagle county. He was employed in the mines on Battle mountain and by the Fleming Lumber Company at Red Cliff for many years after going to Red Cliff.
In 1908, he was united in marriage to Miss Ida Kollnig of Minturn. To this marriage no children were born.
He entered the Forest Service as a range, and in 1917 was appointed to the Eagle district as ranger, and have made this their home since.
In 1920, he resigned from the Forest Service, and with Thos. E. Pharo, established the Eagle Garage, and for twelve years this partnership prevailed, the cement garage building now occupied by the Koonce Chevrolet company having been erected for their occupancy.
In 1932, Mr. Dickerson was elected treasurer of Eagle county, when the partnership of Pharo & Dickerson was terminated. He had served the county a few weeks less than six years, and had been re-nominated for the office and was a candidate for reelection this fall.
In 1918, he became a member of the Eagle lodge of Masons, and the work of that order and that of the Eastern Star were dear to him, he devoting much time to Masonic activities. The funeral services held in the Masonic hall in Eagle Thursday afternoon were in charge of that body attended by Masons from various parts of the county.
Burial services were at the Minturn cemetery in charge of Mortician Paul Andre of Eagle, with Rev. Claude Copley delivering a short address in the theme quoted above, and with the impressive burial service of the Masonic lodge, conducted by E. J. Bindley of the Eagle lodge. Mrs. Frank Brown and Mrs. Phillips of Leadville sang "Life's Sunset," and Mrs. Dorothy Gerard, Miss Marion Stanley and Mrs. Elmer Lundgren of Gypsum sang "Sunrise Tomorrow," and "Whispering Hope."
Only near relatives surviving are his beloved wife, Ida, and one brother, Fred, now living in Kansas.
Mr. Dickerson was a good neighbor, loyal citizen, faithful to any trust, private or public, placed on him, and his demise will make a strongly felt vacancy in the community.
