The Sedgwick Pantagraph Sedgwick, Kansas · Thursday, May 28, 1908 · Page 1

Franklin Luther Buck was born at Lowville, New York, August 29, 1828, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Carl Sawyer, at Sedgwick, Kan- sas, May 25, 1908, aged 79 years, 8 months and 26 days. He was married to Sarah M. Curtis, at Booneville, New York, May 27, 1852. They moved to Illinois in 1854 whore their two children were born. He is survived by the wife, one sister, Mrs Mary Wheeler of Au- burn, Illinois, a daughter, Mrs. Carl Sawyer of Sedgwick, and a son, J. L. Buck, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The family came to Kansas in 1877, locating on a farm east of Sedgwick, later moving to town. The deceased was a patient sufferer under great affliction. His decline dates from the time some ten years ago when he suffered a sunstroke. This led to blindness. For the past three years he was totally blind. For more than nine months past he has been bedfast, waiting for the summons. During all the suffering he was patient, uncomplaining, resigned. Death came to him, not as a grim messenger, but rather as a glad release. His afflictions are over. He rests. For more than thirty years the deceased was a resident of this community and was personally known to the writer. He was quiet, unassuming, yet a man of rare qualities of heart and mind. His life was an open book, free from shams and pretenses, yet true to his ideals of plain rugged honesty. Every one in this community was his friend. His was an active, earnest life, lived true to his lights as he knew them. He was an affectionate, indul- gent husband and father, a good friend and neighbor, an honest man whose word could be depended upon, and whose acts were above reproach. His work on earth is finished. His duties were faithfully performed. May he rest in peace. Funeral services were conducted at the home of the daughter, Mrs. Sawyer, on Wednesday afternoon, by Rev. Johnson. pastor of the Congregational church after which the remains were laid to rest at beautiful Hillside cemetery. The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of the community in their sorrow.