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Show Obituary. Michael G. Smith, who came to Colorado Col-orado in I860, when an ox team was the only means of transportation, died on Tuesday, Aug. 6, at St. Anthony's hospital hos-pital after a long illness. Mr. Smith was born in Ireland in 1S30, and upon coming to this country settled in Madison, Madi-son, Wis., where he remained until the call of the west grew too loud to be longer resisted. Then, with two brothers, broth-ers, he started the long and tedious overland journey to Colorado. He settled set-tled in Weld county and engaged in stockraising, which proved very remunerative, remu-nerative, and it was not very long before be-fore he was able to retire from active business and spend his life in comfort in Denver. His wife, whom he married mar-ried while on the ranch, died in Denver eight years ago, after which the lonely old man made his home with his only sister, Mrs. Richard Fullman, until his long continued illness made it neces-' sary to remove him to St. Anthony's. His funeral took place Friday morning from Logan Avenue chapel and was attended by many of the pioneers. Burial Bu-rial was in Mount Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Margaret Traut, wife of Valentine Valen-tine Traut of 274 Lincoln avenue .died at the family home Saturday, Aug. 10. Th funeral occurred Tuesday morning, morn-ing, Aug. 13, with requiem mass at St. Elizabeth's church. The society of Christian Mothers and Third Order of St. Francis were well represented at the services. Interment was in Mount Olivet cem2tery. Besides her husband, Mrs. Traut leaves a daughter, Mrs. Thomas II. Clennan, to mourn her loss. There wis grief in the hearts of old and young in the nei hborhood which for twenty-three years she had made better and happier by her presence, when Mrs. Anastatia Doran passed qric-tly ani peacefully to rest on Tuesday, Tues-day, Aug. 6. Grandma Doran, as she was fondly called by all who knew her. was ill but a short time and really died of old age. but her mental faculties facul-ties remaired clear and keen until the last, and the bright, sparkling stories that she related in her quaint, original style made her a great favorite with the children, who asked no better treat than to visit the little cottage at 239 West Fourth avenue and be entertained enter-tained by Grandma Doran. To the older people of the neighborhood she was always the true "friend in need," and the tears shed over her casket were very genuine ones. Her funeral was held Thursday morning, Aug. 8, from St. Joseph's church. Burial was in Mount Calvary cemetery. Mrs. Doran Do-ran is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Edward Heatley and Mrs. M. L. Woods, both of whom were with her when the end came. dj: A painful and tragic death overtook James Dineen last week. He was a lineman in the employ of the Denver Gas & Electric company and was engaged en-gaged in repairing wires at Welton and Twenty-first streets. He had just mounted the pole, and before adjusting adjust-ing his belt touched a wire supposed to be dead. The current was not sufficient suffi-cient to kill, but gave him such a shock that he fell head foremost to the pavement below, a distance of fifty fif-ty feet. His skull was fractured and he sustained internal injuries which resulted re-sulted in death about three hours later. TJr. Dineen made his home at 628 Twentieth street, where his widow and several small children are prostrated with grief. The funeral, under the auspices au-spices of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, took place Sunday afternoon from St. Leo's church. Burial was in Mount Calvary cemetery. |