L.J. Kelly
September 11, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Kelly will be deeply
grieved to learn of the death of the former, which occurred
at El Palo on the 5th of this month. A letter was received
here yesterday from Mrs. Kelly giving the particulars. She
said that Mr. Kelly had been in failing health since he left
Tempe but had fought bravely for his life. The dread disease
has too firm a grip on him and he gradually grew weaker until
the end.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly spent the greater part of last winter here
and unitl his health reached such a stage that he was obliged
to give up work he was prominently connected with the Wiley B.
Allen Piano Company as a salesman. He was an excellent
musician and he and his wife were thought very highly of
by the people of this place.
W.F. KELSO
December 21, 1905
W.F. Kelso died yesterday, December 20 at his home,
Sixth Avenue Hotel, at 1 o'clock a.m. The cause of
death was paralysis and his serious illness was not of
long duration. He was stricken several days ago and
about four days later suffered another stroke, from
which there could be no recovery. The funeral services
will be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the
undertaking parlors of Easterling and Whitney.
Though Mr. Kelso has not taken an active part in
public affairs, owing to advancing age and infirmities,
he was well known and had many friends. His previous
career was an active one, particularly in Colorado, of
which state he was a pioneer. He was born in Missouri,
May 2, 1833 moving to Colorado in 1859. He engaged
there in silver mining and was very successful, having
sold the first silver mine in the state that was bought
by eastern capatalists.
For seventen years before the territory of Colorado was
admitted, Mr. Kelso was an active citizen and did much in
helping to prepare it for statehood. He has spent almost
his entire life since reaching maturity int he work of
"state building". In 1890 during the depression of
silver mining in Colorado, he moved to New Mexico where
he continued his mining operations for four years with
varied success.
In 1894 the family moved to Phoenix which has been its
home ever since. For several years Mr. and Mrs. Kelso
conducted the Alhambra House and for the last year or so,
the Sixth Avenue Hotel has been run by them. The dead
man is survived by Mrs. Kelso and one daughter, Mrs.
F.J. Feldman, of El Paso, Texas.
Mrs. Serena KOHLBERG
December 6, 1905
Mrs. Serena Kohlberg, mother of John J. Kohlberg of the
Arizona Laundry Company died yesterday afternoon at 1
o'clock at the Kohlberg home, corner of Third Avenue
and Portland Place. The deceased had been a resident
of Phoenix for the past five years having come here
hoping to be relieved of an asthmatic trouble. Her
recent illness extended over a period of three weeks.
She was a native of Norway and has two brothers living
there. Of her immediate family she leaves two sons,
Mr. Kohlberg of this city and E.P. Kohlberg of
Sheboygan Wisconsin. The funeral arrangements
will be announced later. During her residence
in Phoenix Mrs. Kohlberg made many friends by
her cheerful and happy disposition.
FRITZ KRESS
December 28, 1905
The dead body of Fritz Kress, a suicide was found
yesterday morning on the river bank near the foot of
Seventh Avneue. The discovery was made by Mr. Lowe
who told about it at Ed Olsen's and a message was
sent to the office of the sheriff. Acting Coroner
Burnett was informed and he impaneled a jury
consisting of J.O. Toney, James E. Bark, Frank
DeSouza, J.M. Hardee, Jesse Uetz and Ramon Mejia.
The coroner and the jury went to the body which had
not been disturbed. The cause of death was the most
evident thing there except death itself for beside
the body lay a bottle of carbolic acid in which
there was yet a quantity of deadly poison. The
bottle bore a lable of the Miller Pharmacy. The
bottle was open having evidently fallen from the
hands of the suicide after he had taken the fatal
dose.
The name of the man was disclosed by a
letter found in his pocket from the California
Demokrat, a German paper published in San Francisco
enclosing a bill for $15.60 for a subscription.
It was later learned from another source that the
name of the dead man was Fritz Kress, that he was
a baker and had been employed at the Phoenix Bakery.
Ed Eisele, the proprietor of the bakery said later that
Kress had been employed by him for about three years.
He was forty five years of age and a native of
Tauberbishopsheim, Baden, Germany. He had lived in
this country for several years. He came here from
San Francisco where a brother lives. Kress was a
good workman but given to excessive drinking at times.
On Sunday morning he got drunk and about the middle of
the afternoon he returned to the bakery and gave Mr.
Eisele $7.75 which he said was a Christmas gift. Mr.
Eisele saw that he was very drunk and took the money
intending to return it to him when he got sober.
Kress did not return and as his services were badly needed
he was hunted for all over town. It was then thought that
he had gone to the home of a friend, Charles Bauer, who
lives near Mesa, as he had frequently gone there before
to recover from the effect of his debauches.
As he had bene seen by no one after he left the bakery on
Sunday it is now thought that he committed suicide soon
after that time and that he had it in mind at the time
he was talking to Mr. Eisele on Christmas Eve.
J.S. LADUC
February 12, 1905
The funeral of John S. LaDuc will be held at the family
residence on North Center Street this afternoon at 2
o'clock. The services will be conducted by Rev. Penick
after which the body will be removed to the vault in the
Rosedale Cemetery where it will remain until the family
returns to New York. All friends are invited to the
funeral service, but the temporary interment will be
private.
C.A. LAUER
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 31, 1905
Late yesterday evening C.A. Lauer of Omaha Nebraska was found
dead in his room at the Capitol Hotel. From the appearance of
the body, death must have occurred early in the day. Though
there was no doubt of the cause of death--consumption--on
account of the fact that he had died alone and was without
medical attention it was thought best that an inquest should
be held. The remains were taken to the undertaking rooms of
Easterling and Whitney, where the funeral will be held under
the direction of the Eagles, it having been found that Lauer
was a member of that order. Nobody knows how long he had
been in the city, but he had applied for a room at the Capitol
Hotel last Friday.
E. Lawry
October 12, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper
The funeral of E. Lawry will be held this afternoon at 4
o'clock at the undertaking parlors of Easterling and
Whitney. Mr. Lawry came here last Sunday, very ill
of consumption and died Monday morning. His home was
in Republic Washington where his wife and other
relatives are. A son, sixteen years old accompanied
him here. He was quite a prominent man in his county
having served two years as sheriff. He was a member
of the fraternal Order of Eagles which society will
have charge of his funeral.
David T. Lebaron
August 31, 1905
Arizona Republican Newspaper
Uncle David T. LeBaron, another of the old pioneers of
the west, passed away at the home of his son, W.J.
LeBaron in Mesa, Wednesday morning at 6:30 o'clock of
old age. Mr. LeBaron has been very seriously effected
for a number of years, in fact since the 60's when an
accident happened to him while working in a paper mill
in Utah and he has never perfectly recovered. And had
he not had a constitutiuon of iron he would have passed
away years ago.
David T. LeBaron was born in the state of New York in
1822 on the 24th day of December, and would therefore
be 83 years of age. Mr. LeBaron was one of the first
that embraced the faith of the Latter Day Saints and
went through all of the mobbings and trials of that
church. In 1854 he migrated to the west and settled
in Salt Lake City where he resided for about 15 years
then moved to Provo, Utah County remaining thirteen
years when he and his family moved to Arizona settling
in Tempe with his sons, D.T., William J., Ben F. and
Don M. LeBaron. They all afterwards moved to Mesa
where he has resided since except for a number of
trips that he has taken into Mexico and Utah visiting
with his children. He had been ill and quite decrepit
and for the past year more so than before. He was a
man beloved by all who knew him and was a faithful
Christian man and a Latter Day Saint. His funeral
will be held in the tabernacle Thursday at 10 August 31.
