This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sitton, Landrith Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4280 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. May 3, 1917. "JOHN H. SITTON DIED SATURDAY. Long Time Resident of Fremont County Passed Away After Brief Illness".-- John H. Sittton died at his residence four miles northwest of Sidney last Saturday at the age of 59 years 2 months and 21 days. The cause of his death was la grippe and other complications. He was sick only a short time, little more than a week, but medical science and all that his family and hosts of friends could no for him was without avail and he passed to that great bourne from which no traveler returns. John H. Sitton was born in Scott county, Illinois, February 7, 1858. He spent his boyhood and early manhood days there, excepting for a few years spent in Texas. He was married in 1881 to Mary O. Landrith. To this union were born 11 children: nine of whom -- six sons and three daughters -- survive him, as does also the wife and mother. The sons are: Jesse now living in Sidney, Nebraska; Fred of White Sulphur Springs, Montana; Ora, Ray, Albert and Donald, all living in this county. The daughters are Myrtle, Eva and Alice, all still in the home. He brought his family to Fremont county, Iowa, in 1889, and has had a continuous residence here since that time. He was the son of a Baptist minister, and leaves, besides his immediate family, two brothers -- James Sitton of Jacksonville, Illinois, and Will Sitton of Roodhouse,IIlinois. The deceased spent the last 15 or 20 years of his life in Sidney, following his trade as a baker. He was honest and industrious, and demanded the respect and confidence of all who knew him. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and also of the Pythian Sisters, in which relation he was true and faithful to his obligations. He was quiet and unassuming in his dispositions and counted his friends by the number of his acquaintances. His motto in life was the golden rule: "All things whatsoever ye would that men should to unto you, do ye even so unto them." The funeral services were held at the Lacy Grove school house, near his home, at 3 o'clock p.m. on Monday, conducted by Rev. J. P. Thomas of the Baptist church of Sidney. The interment was in the Lacy Grove cemetery in that neighbood. The members of the Juanita lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Sidney, had charge of the funeral services. There was a large attendance of members of the lodge and of others, despite the inclement weather and the heavy roads. The school house was filled to overflowing by the friends who desired to pay their last respects to the dead. Vernon Johnson conducted the ritualistic ceremony of the order of the grave. The members of the lodge gave freely of their services during the illness of Mr. Sitton, and looked carefully after his wants and those of the family in their bereavement. It was truly a work of love and friendship, and demonstrated in most vivid manner the beautiful principles of the order. N.B.: D. D. Darby named John Sitton as a resident of Lacy Grove in 1895 - 1896. I'll soon be posting more information on his family under the SEARCH words of "Darbys Outline" on this site. After entering that SEARCH, scroll down to the Sitton family of Lacy Grove.--W.F.