Stanley Forbes
| Date of Interment or Death | 04/18/1923 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | D |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 4-8-12 |
Obituary
STANLEY FORBES DIES, VICTIM OF SLEEP MALADY DEATH CAME TO ATTORNEY’S SON SHORTLY BEFORE 11 P. M. SUNDAY TWICE BEFORE YOUTH WON IN BATTLES WITH DEATH Was born and Reared in Wahpeton; Second of Family of 3 Boys; Funeral Tomorrow
Atty. and Mrs. Jos. G. Forbes’ son, Stanley, aged 21, died shortly before 11 o’clock Sunday night. The youth was a victim of sleeping sickness, that strange malady which has baffled the medical profession since it made its first recorded appearance in 1919. Forbes fought a desperate battle for life. Five times was he successful in breasting sinking spells. Despite the fact that seven years ago he was dangerously ill of pneumonia for days and two years later was at death’s door with influenza, he still retained superb vitality with which he battled the fatal disease for more than three weeks.
The sickness had come upon the boy suddenly. On the night of March twenty-second he attended an entertainment at the State School of Science and was bound for his home when stricken. Overcome by violent headache, he fell to the ground semi-unconscious. Taken to his home, he lapsed into a stupor from which he would awaken only when addressed loudly or shaken. The youth rallied from the first attack of the disease and the symptoms kept steadily improving until the thirteenth day. On the morning of April 4 he was particularly bright and awakening from a restful night, ate a fairly good breakfast. Less than two hours later he was convulsed with intense pain and his pulse dropped to 72. Again rallying the patient improved in condition until April 10 when a second attack was followed by a sinking spell which sent his temperature to 103 degrees.
Efforts to secure serum with which to cope with the disease were unavailing. Every possible thing was done to save the youth’s life. Special nurses were constantly in attendance and out-of-town physicians were called into consultation. Unable to do more, the lad’s relatives and scores of anxious friends were obliged to momentarily expect his death since Thursday when home was practically abandoned. Stanley Forbes was born and reared in Wahpeton. He attended the public schools and was graduated from high school in 1920. Following that, he was a student of State School of Science. He is survived by his parents, an older brother, Atty. Arnold.
HUNDREDS OF FRIENDS ATTEND FORBES RITES Uniformed Guardsmen Form Escort at Burial of Their Comrade, Son of Atty. and Mrs. Forbes. Over the body of Stanley Forbes 21-year-old Wahpeton youth who was claimed by death late Sunday after gamely struggling more than three weeks to throw off fatal illness, funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. The rites were at the First Congregational church where the boy’s parents, Atty. and Mrs. Joseph G. Forbes, have been members for many years. The Rev. E. A. Allin officiated.
More than 500 persons – the majority of them grieving friends – sought to gain entrance to the edifice but the church – thought large – could not accommodate them all and scores were obliged to wait outside. Stanley was a member of Company I and seats in the church were reserved for his comrades. In uniform, they had formed escort for the body when it was brought from the home and they accompanied it to the burial ground – Fairview cemetery. There in tribute, they fired a volley of shots over his grave and one of their number played Taps, the guardsman’s last farewell.
Because Stanley’s mother is a member of the Auxiliary to the American Legion the women of that order attended the funeral in a body. Young men and women who had been the boy’s classmates when he attended Wahpeton public schools – he was graduated from high school in 1920 – and State School of Science were there in a large number. The funeral was one of the largest Wahpeton has ever had. Sorrowing friends had heaped hundreds of flowers about the coffin in which the youth’s body rested, in token of sympathy to the family and emblems of love for the boy. Those who had known him many years recalled his fine traits of character – courtesy, inborn desire to please, reserved but friendly disposition, his exceptional talent for art and his love of music. The pallbearers were Lyle and Harold Lunday, Harold Myhra, Myron Weis, William Murphy and Edmund Gewalt (Breckenridge).
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Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.