This is an obituary out of a scrapbook. The name of the paper is not known, it had been cut out and glued into this scrapbook. I am not related to the family, but wanted to post the information in case there is someone related, they can have the information. If you would like a copy of this page of the scrapbook, please email me. "The fatal termination of a brave struggle for life occurred on Sunday evening, Sept 5th, 1909, when Harvey C. Hamann, son of William Hamann of McKinstry, succumbed to tuberculosis, after an illness of several months duration, in the 23rd year of his age. The deceased was a splendid specimen of physical manhood and remarkable for hardy endurance until two years ago when he suffered an attack of measles from which he never fully recovered. A few months ago, when engaged in making cheese at Napiersville, he caught a severe cold and tuberculosis set in with the result mentioned. Young Hamann was born in the town of Yorkshire on Feb. 2nd, 1887, and his life has been passed in this vicinity, either in farming or in cheese making, at which latter occupation he was very expert. He was a young man of steady habits and possessed of a high sense of honor and of the strictest integrity and beloved by all who knew him. The sorrow at his early death is universal in the communities where his life has been passed and the members of the family have the sincere sympathy of all Besides his father, he is survived by one brother, Alfred Hamann or East Shelby, and five sisters, Addie and Ruth Hamann of McKinstry, Mrs. Chas. Folts of Springville, Mrs. Elsie Hayes of East Machias and Mrs. Frank Kessler of Marble Springs. The funeral services were held at the McKinstry M. E. church on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. J. M. Leach officiating. The services were in chareg of the members of the Delevan Odd Fellows Lodge of which organization the deceased was an honored and beloved member, and were very largely attended, a large proportion of those present not being able to gain entrance to the church." Susan Stahley rsm.stahley@verizon.net Professional Genealogist http://www1.cedar-rapids.net/page/brickwall/