William Henry Peate
Marriages
Effie L. Porter - February 8, 1910
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterpirse page 1 - May 24, 1935
WILLIAM HENRY PEATE
William Henry Feate was born in Yeadron , Englaud , April 24 , 1882 . Departed this kfe at his home in Wolcott , Colo ., on May 20 , 1935 , at the age of fifty-three years and twentyaix days . At the age of two years he came to America ^ with his parents and spent the early part of his life m Nebraska , working on a farm . Later he learned the blacksmithlng trade , which ho followed more or less d . trIng his life time . This trade and the opportunity for work in the lumber and construction camps enabled him to travel considerable during the early part of his life when ho came to Colorado and later made Wolcott his home , locating here In 1921 , two years later including the garage with his blacksmith shop . He was united in holy matrimony to Effle L . Porter on Februaiy 8 , 1910 , and to this union were born two children : Roy W . of Wolcott , and Clyde M ., deceased , being killed while at work on the , Dotsero cutoff construction in January , 1933 Everywhere Mr . Peate went or lived he was true to his trade and welded many into his group of friends , as he so often welded iron in the forge and on the anvil . His philosophy in life seemed to be , Get into tho habit of looking for the silver lining of the cloud and when you
have found It , Continue to look al it rather- than at the gray in the middle . It will help you over many places . He was a member of the nights of Pythias lodge . His unexpected and untimely death > ave to mourn his departure of tHa life , his widow , of the home ; his son , Roy W . of Wolcott ; two sisters , Mayme Burhans and Lena ; five brothers , Ray , Frod , Leslie , Sydney and Herbert , of Lincoln , Nebr . In answering the call of the Great Smith and Moulder of Life , he goes to join his parents and two sisters In tho land of unending day . We bow and worship before Him who takes from as well as gives to us life . Blessed be the Lord . Funeral services were held from the home in Wolcott at noon Thursday , the discourse being delivered by Rev . T . B . McDlvltt of the local community Methodist church . A grea number of friends , who admired Bill Peate in his life time gathered at the home to pay their last respects to his memory . A mixed quartet , Mrs . Ray Angel , Mrs . Alvin Rule , Melvm Eaton , and W . S . Brown , with Alvln Webb at the piano , sang during- the services . Following the home services the funeral cortege moved to Glenwood Springs where the body was laid to rest in tihe family plot In the cemetery at that place beside the body of his son , Clyde .
