| Obit For | Joseph C. Fawver |
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| Headline | JOS. FAWVER PASSES FOLLOWING OPERATION LAST SUNDAY Prominent Seligman Banker and Business Man Succumbs After Appendix Operation |
| Text | As the years pass on and we see life on this earth develop and grow and mature, and then after a brief period fade away, we realize more and more that it is all in accord with the scheme of the great Creator. We bow our heads in grief as some friend passes into the life beyond, only to be borne up again in confidence and understanding as we realize it was not intended that any of us remain here forever, and that the passing of a friend must simply serve as marking the close of the task our Father intended for him to accomplish. So it is with the passing of our friend, Joseph C. Fawver.
Although during his illness, his friends and neighbors had become accustomed to his absence from his place of business as they passed or stopped in at various hours of the day, still it brings a heart-twinge to face the realization that never again they will see him sitting there by the door; that his cheery greeting will not again welcome them as they step inside. But, he has rounded out his three score years and ten-he had helped to create a home, a family, a business, a community. Interwoven into the various activities of the community had been his own influence and the influence of his accomplishments in the business life of Seligman there stand many monuments to the interest, activity and personal efforts of Joseph C. Fawver. Joseph C. Fawver was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christian E. Fawver and was born in Hancock county, Illinois, near Carthage. He was 74 years old. In the year of 1886, in company with his esteemed parents and brothers, they moved to the old Fawver homestead near Seligman, where a brother, John, now lives. Associated with his honorable brother. C.C. Fawver, early in life they entered the business world at Seligman, owning the bank, hardware store, lumber yard and other vast holdings in that section, all of which institutions have been most successful. He was first married to Mollie Morgan over 50 years ago, to which union one son, Walter Fawver, was born. His good wife preceded him in death in the year 1900 and in the year 1901 he was again married to Miss Berdie Whitener. He is survived by his grief-stricken wife, one son, Walter, two brothers, C.C. Fawver and John M. Fawver, both prominent Seligman citizens and three sisters, Mrs. Mary McCollum of Seligman, Mrs. Amanda Morgan of Garfield, Ark. And Mrs. Lydia Collier of Marionville, and one granddaughter Miss Cuma Fawver. His death followed an operation for appendicitis and cancer which was performed several days previous to his passing. It was thought he was on the road to recovery but a turn for the worse came Saturday and he passed on Sunday morning. Mr. Fawver was noted for his honest, straight-forward dealings with his fellow man. He always stood for right and was a man among men. A kind and loving husband and brother; his every act was to do good. To say that he had been successful in a business way is putting it mildly. He was reputed to be the richest person in Barry county and in all his vast holdings, there was not one “dirty” dollar. A hard worker, splendid manager, earning honestly, every dollar he possessed. He and his honorable brother, C.C. Fawver, have been associated together in a business way all their lives and due to their untiring progressive and honorable efforts, have accumulated a vast amount of wealth. Last Monday, at the home, he lay in repose while multitudes of friends gathered to pay their last love and respects. There in the home where he had lived for almost a half century, there in the old home where his good wife bade adieu and went on into the World Beyond; where, as the years passed on, the son married and bade the home nest good-bye as he went out into the world to make his own home. There in the old home with now only the grief stricken wife, gathered sorrowing relatives and friends; sorrowing, grieving and yet glad that they had known the man whose earthly remains lay at rest before them, glad that they had known his friendship and his influence, glad that they could know that he had accomplished much, glad that his life could be pointed to as one of usefulness and well spent, one , if followed , would make the world a better place in which to live. The funeral services were beautiful and touching and fitting, and when the bowed heads gentle hands lowered the beautiful casket into the grave in the Seligman cemetery, Monday afternoon, tears fell unheeded as the body was returned to the earth from whence it came just as the soul had returned to the Creator who sent it here to accomplish its mission. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C.M. Smith of Exeter. Many beautiful floral emblems were received by the family from friends near and far, as evidence of the high esteem in which he was held. Seligman business houses were closed during the services. Pall bearers were all nephews of the deceased and were: Leon and Lionel Hulsey, Lee Collier, Leslie Fawver, Floyd Fawver and Earl McCollum. The Democrat joins the many friends of the Fawver family in extending sincere sympathy in their sad hour of bereavement. Research Note: Death Cert # 27490 Name: Joseph C. Fawver Born: Jan 11 (?), born in IL. Parents; Christian E. and Mary Fawver Died: Aug 11, 1929, Springfield, Greene Co., MO Burial in Seligman Cemetery, Seligman Barry Co., MO Web Site lists Birth Date as Jan. 11, 1855, IL |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Democrat |
| Date | Aug. 16, 1929 |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | Cassville Democrat |
| Submitted by | Barbara Erwin |
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