Show P 5 D ARMOUR DIES DIS WitH PRAYER ON HIS UPS LiPS Millionaire Packer Grain Dealer and Philanthropist Succumbs at Last to Lingering Illness L S ob Demise Demise emise of His Son Last Year Was Blow Which Turned Scale From Life to Death S 1 4 S 5 i Cs S 5 i iS S j S 11 s S t I IS 5 S 5 5 V 7 PHILIP DAU DAi D FORTH ASHOUB S 1 I t SALIENT POINTS S l t l 4 TK 13 1 f V 4 Horn Born poor May 16 I 1818 I on n af aff a 4 f New York state farm fann 4 r 4 Mad fortune in California dur Our duri 4 f ff of IMP 1849 4 f f ing i sold gOld Id excitement Entered Ent red grain in Mil MII 4 4 waukee wauk in 4 r Married Harried Belle Og O Odeno 4 f den deno f Cincinnati October 1882 4 f Entered packing business bu in Chi 4 in 1813 4 Firm sow BOW largest la In hi Its line Une in inthe 4 the L 4 Acquired vast vat railroad and titian finan financial 4 during successive 4 4 cial interests 4 years 4 Founded Armour M and V 4 Amour Institute In in early e Des s sf 4 endowment of or 4 t f 4 with Uh an n 4 4 While ill since Jan 1 made ma e 3 4 f to on great North 4 V ern and Chicago Milwaukee 4 4 t St Paul railroad deal 4 4 4 Died Jan G 4 MW 1101 4 45 Estimated wealth at death 90 10 O 4 to o o oCh Chicago Ch o Jan IPhi Danforth philanthropist J and multimillionaire Jre head bead of the he vast com corn commercial mercial e tabli fent mt that bears his Prairie at his home honK Uti avenue at o ock ts His last words worda w were the Lords Drav r rA A muscular affection of the heart known as as was the imme immediate immediate diate of his hi death He had h d been slowly recovering J erl g from rom pneumonia that for three thle weeks kg had threatened his life At 9 I thIs morning his heart he rt gave cave ve way the strain of his Ills recent Ill Illness illness illness ness his pulse running up to ies 1 That was the beginning of the end Mr Ir Armour wes was surrounded by his family When he lie died Those e at his bed heal bedside bedside side besides his physician phy idan and nurses nunes were hI his wife Mrs Mr M Philip D T Armour jr and Mr r and Mrs J 3 Ogden Armour Ar nour and Rev H v Frank W Gunsaulus The millionaire nahe he retained conscious consciousness con clous ness until u LH within an hour of or his death During the day he h had realized realised that death WAS WM near To those around hiss him he had said aid I 1 know I am very sick etch and am ready for death when it k comes COM I Seas after luncheon and anti just juat before the physician forbade his talking more Mr Armour in feeble tones said eald ld that he would like to hear her the lords prayer cd One of the thO tl trained nurses who had been ben attending him drew a chair to the bedside and slowly read from the Bible the prayer for fol which the dying man had asked It was waR teed read sentence by sentence and each earh was repeated Net toy by b Mr Armour When hen the asses amen al had been repeated by b him he sank back on the pillow and closed cl his hI eyes eyE restfully i 11 y It wa we the thelast thelast thelast last word ord the great t spoke ex cx Capt feeble farewells to his family a little later Jan 6 D Armour dir died dle at sit hU his hi residence reside on Prairie avenue In Iii this his city at 4 this evening The end rains ame after alter two years of ill UI illness oeM ness d ri which time Mr Armour visited German Gennan baths passed the cold mouths months in southern California and de devoted devoted voted ted himself hirn elf to an aD attempt at pt to restore his hrs health he which however how Ver had been broken booken never to te be regained For sev several oral eral weeks he had been be n living JIving at the theold theold theold old family home bome on Prairie avenue the ual trip to southern California not k this winter He came flen fo h theoffice the office in the Home Insurance building but ret m and as an anthe the cold increased t he did not come at atalL atalL atall alL alLI It I was understood in the office omee that he had an incipient nt attack of pneumonia nia nm but it was given out no later It ter than thana a Week Weak ago that he was on the road to toreco recovery reco ery It was WIts noted however that the constant attendance of the family famil physician at the beds d id d of oI the sl t man did not ROt corroborate t f favorable reports at the down dowA town tn Por Pol PV r several days the worst w had bad been feared as the lOse outcome by the tile close as associates a of the great t of indus industry ind ls try They TIley sey realised that the t from frees day to 10 day did not eee aol and a that t there could be he but one end Pl ir to cL Mr Armour had lost strength h t st steal tea T Y THy Hy Nf frS f re y to toy d jr since Ine the tots un t of the winter The pneumonia monia was was teas checked th ked but strength Was vas WJ S Snot not regained The firm grip he ha had l llong j jlong long maintained upon the business bu Armour Co whether at the oft or thousands of miles away steadily relaxed Reports no longer lon er interest 1 him as w they were wont to do during the fleet months of his declining health The sudden death th of oC his son and nam nassi sake nearly a year ago hung hea i ion on him during the closing months of h 11 l life lIf In fact fl h he never recovered frisi fr the shock he experienced from t h he i event e nt It stopped his progress PfD tow tO nil I t recovery in his bis winter house home at Pass Pasi Pa Padena dena dana and his sorrow remained fn st h until the end His treadmill of work and his fi Im grip of affairs were maintained um lint the spring of o Then the t e began to show signs of breaking M MArmour MArmour 1 Armour was reported to be a aIRan si t k kman man IRan and these reports were confirm con i when he be sailed for Germany to ha tik tal baths at Bad He spent m rn of the summer at the baths and i sufficiently restored to health to tak lak trip to Switzerland where he remain remaina i ia a month in the mountains When he returned to Chicago Ch o t I is h d at t fall faU he was looking well and his bis fl ld hoped his recovery was wag complete H Ii went WeRt to Dan Danforth for Lodge Ledge the tM home of his son Philip D Armour jr j jat at Oconomowoc Lake Wis Wi where r ii i remained until nearly winter he Journeyed to Pasadena in south California for the cold months A Athe the time lie lae was as at Ol made weekly trips to his office o in t tHome tL ti Home Insurance building K and was Wa J constant reports of ot the genna genI drift of his business affairs rs Sons Death a Heavy neavy Blew Blow The death of his hison son Philip D B Ar Armour Armour Armour mour occurred in southern California C a aon l lon on Jan 29 ro 1941 1 The be son lIOn had bad g gnon n non non on a visit to his father and was taku tak suddenly with pneumonia His Bis death t h followed with scarcely a days day warn warning lag ing The son had inherited the file busi hui business ness fleas ne ability of the Armours and sv v as 1 s 5 closely following the footsteps of hu hi father when wh n he was 15 stricken dow dOWIl is His Hi t beautiful home nome completed but l year or 01 two before at Michigan and street told of hi love of art Mr Armour was ras not ai able le to t accompany accompany pany palsy tSie te funeral party to Chica When he be did lid return he went direst dirt t t I is Oconomowoc and remained there u no 11 t i ithe ithe the chilly weather in Is the fall faU drove drOe th tho summer Bummer cottagers to the city eity Sank Prom From Day to Day DayI After the death of Philip r D 0 Armour I Jr the vast vat interests of or Armour Ox CJ which had been carried on OR as a copa rt it ne hip were incorporated under t told tl th old name of Armour Co This was war warto t to too provide greater stability in case caS or death and made no change in the pra Iua ownership of the properties pro s S st om m ni years before the grain department hal hai ha been incorporated under the title of tb ti Armour Elevating company The dea i of Pt Simon B Armour at Kansas liv il ilIn livIn In March 1 1599 9 caused no particular change in the Armour interests ther theras thras as they were operated as a sU sto ck k cum con company pany So carefully had bad the plans for th thc future been suede made that the death of ot Mr Armour will have little effect on ri the outward working of the great en tn enterprises with which he had l been een n so s closely identified It Is believed all a athe the Armour properties will be held in intact i intact 11 tact until the grandchildren come ia ii i a their own The news Of f Mr Armours death l spread rapidly through the city art arl tonight there were asera many callers aller at al t i Prairie avenue mansion Mrs rs Arm Arus retired to her apartments r and the evening saw only the members m her Immediate family J S n Ar AI Armour A Amour mour mOUl who with his ide wife had been lieen at 11 atthe t the bedside bed ld of the dying millionaire ail t II i I Iday day received the callers during tho th ti evening It was announced tonight th H HI funeral service be b held n l I ably at the Armour jAin n either Tuesday x ur or r Wednesday ed sd lY TU lh Tbs y will be i i by Dr Gunsaulus G and it Keeping k pin oC Jf of the thee dece de eed will fee N In character AVe We w m r not geth unprepared for m rrb f hers ft satt ai J Ogden Armour all alI the member mem of the t e family having baying been boea here heft since sll sin e t the rIV In Jn anticipation lion of t serious turn in inI events I haH hav have e loot bat the tile best beat friend I 1 had on onearth onearth onearth earth and aDd can canay ay y nothing further fio o night was wa the tat WRY way Rev rank V Gun Gunsaulus aulus expressed ed himself him elt on the death df ath of or Mr fr Armour The dead ded and Mr Gun eaI president of the Armour Institute tute had been very ve firm friends During Mr Armours Annoura sickness he has been a adaily adaily adaily I daily visitor t and he be wa ww at the Ide bId vt when hen Mr Armour died |