Gustaf Juhlin
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - January 29, 1937
Another Eagle County Pioneer Called by Death
GUSTAF JUHLIN PASSES AWAY IN GLENWOOD SPRINGS FOLLOWING STROKE—HAS BEEN CITIZEN OF GYPSUM VALLEY FORTY-SIX YEARS .
Gustaf Juhlin was born April 16 , 1863 , in Peraberg , Wermland , Sweden . For the past months Mr . Juhlin had been in failing health . On Sunday , January 17 , he Became ill . When the doctor was summoned it was that he had suffered a stroke of paralysis . His condition failed to improve and on Friday he was taken to the hospital in Glenwood Springs . He tailed to rally and on Monday , January 25 , 1937 , he answered tue call of his creator , having reached the age of 73 years , 9 months and 9 days . At the age of 22 years he left the land of his birth and set sail for shores of the new world , landing in Now York City during the early part of August , 1885 . From there he came directly to Leadville, Colo ., where he joined an uncle and elier brother . For five years, he made Leadville his home , working in the mines . In the fall of 1890 he came to Gypsum valley , where he located on his uncle's ranch one mile east of Gypsum . There he made his home for about eleven year 3 . Then for a short time he worked on various ranches in the valley . In 1905 , he purchased the ranch south of Gypsum , which remained his home until called by death .
Mr . Juhlin was baptized and confirmed a member of the Lutheran church in the land of his birth . He joined the Lutheran church in Gypsum and remained a faithful member until the end . He was a member of Crown Lodge No . 146 , Order of Odd Fellows , for many years , an active member in its ranks until illness caused him to withdraw from active participation . Mr . Juhlin was known to all as an honest and industrious citizen of our community and slate . A staunch supporter of those things which were beneficial for the community, loved and honored by all who knew him . In a volume entitled Progressive • Men of Western Colorado , published by A . W . Bowen and Co ., in 1905 , we find the following words : When such immigrants as these smite the rock in our wilderness it is no wonder that streams of living water gush forth in abundance—when such us they command it , the opposing forces of Nature are bound to yield a prompt and generous obedience .
Mr . Juhlin was the third child in a family of eight children . Three brothers , Nels , August and Victor , two sisters , Louise and Anna , preceded him in death . He leaves to mourn as he passes on , two brothers , Olaf and Charles ( Carl ) , of Gypsum , two nieces and one nephew , also of Gypsum . Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church in Gypsum Thursday afternoon , with Rev . Geo . Elier , pastor of the church , delivering the funeral discourse . Accompanied at the piano by Mrs . Cbas . Stanley , Mesdames Elmer Lundgren and Kenneth Gerard sang The Old Rugged Cross and Safe in the Arms of Jesus , during the church services . The body was laid to rest in Cedar Hill cemetery , Gypsum , where the burial services were in charge of members of the local Odd Fellows lodge . Thus another of the pioneer land marks of Gypsum valley has passed on , his death being regretted by all those who had known him through the years of nearly half a century .
