Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

Death of Austin Cass

Austin Cass, son of Mr. And Mrs. Riley Cass of this city, died at the home of his parents Monday morning of this week, of lagrippe. The news of the death of this noble young man came as a shock to the entire community. He came to Tonkawa a little over a year ago with his parents, and had many warm friends here. Everyone who came in contact with him could not but admire his manly disposition. He was born Jan. 25, 1879 at Harlan, Shelby County, Iowa; died in Tonkawa, O. T. Jan. 28, 1901.
At the age of twelve years he became a member of the Christian church at Harlan, where he was an earnest worker in the Christian Endeavor until taking up his course of study in the University, where he took an active interest in the Y. M. C. A.
He graduated in ’96 at the Harlan High School and entered the University at Iowa City the same year, taking the philosophical and law course, which he would have completed in June 1901, if his health had permitted him to finish the spring term. Only last spring he received from Gov. Shaw, of Iowa, his commission as second Lieutenant, Battery Battalion of Cadets, State University.
At the age of sixteen he embraced the Christian Science faith in which he remained a firm believer until be passed away.
He leaves his father, mother, three sisters and one brother, all of who were present at the funeral, with the exception of two sisters, Mrs. Edith Dietz of Harris, Iowa, and Mrs. Belle Hubbard, of Norton, Kan.
The funeral services were conducted at the family residence by Mrs. Mary B. Norton, First Reader of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Arkansas City, Kan., on Tuesday afternoon, after which the interment took place in the Odd Fellows cemetery.
The bereaved family desire to express their thanks to the friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted them in the last hours of their beloved son and brother.