Cecil Ernest Stanley
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - March 8, 1929
Cecil Ernest Stanley .
Cecil Stanley , at eighteen , has answered the last long call . Ou the threshold of life , Cecil was Just merging into splendid manhood from a boyhood which held promise ot the highest type of American manhood , of more than average ability . There is no blot on the record he left behind and there must be joy among the angels when such a one is heralded in the better land . Cecil Ernest Stanley , third son of County Commissioner and Mrs . Claude G .
Stanley , was born in Denver August 13 . 1 S 10 . His parents moved to Gypsum valley in the spring of 1915 when Cecil was five years old . Here he be gan his first term of school and this spring-would have witnessed his grad nation from the Eagle County High School , as he was one of the seniors ln the Class of 192 & . Six months ago , Cecil , with his two wider brothers and younger sister , united with the Gypum Lutheran church , and he had recently become a member of the I . O . O . F . lodge . He had not been In robust health since an attack of the flu about six weeks ago , and his condition was aggravated by the fact , that he was afflicted with chronic appendicitis . Two weeksago , accompanied by his father and his brother , William . Cecil • went to the Rio Grande hospital in Sallda where he submitted to an operation tor appendicitis . The operation was apparently successful , but two days later , Tuesday evening . Febru
ary 2 f > , 1929 , he died suddenly , from complications , which were , in the opin ion of attending physicians , the aftermath of flu . Friends and associates all over the county , and particularly ln Gypsum , where Cecil grew from Childhood to youth , from youth to manhood , extend the deepest sympathy to the parents , the brothers and sister in their sad bereavement , and share their grief that one of such bright promise should be called away so soon . Funeral services at the Lutheran church Friday afternoon were In charge of the I . O . O . F . lodge . Stu dents of the Eagle Connty High School his young companions , grief stricken by the departure of their comrade and classmates , formed the choir , which rendered three hymns during the service and acted as pall bearers . A large concourse of sorrowing friends followed the flower blanketed casket to Its last resting place in Cedar Hill cemetery in Gypsum .
