- Philip Stavens Laid to Rest.
Philip Charles Stavens, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stavens, was laid to rest on Monday of this week in the Goose River cemetery. Services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the home and at 2 p.m. at the Goose River Lutheran Church with Rev. A.E. Setness officiating.
Two songs were sung at the services, Jesus Loves Children, by Philip's Sunday School class and, Jesus Loves Me, by his school mates.
Pallbearers were cousins and schoolmates, Gary Boe, Bobby Kringlie, Gilbert Groth Jr., Carroll Beck, Kent Berg and Gary Brunsvold.
Philip was born July 31, 1945 at the Union Hospital, Mayville, and was baptized in the Goose River Lutheran Church, near Hatton, on October 7th of the same year by Rev. K.C. Grundahl.
He attended the Sunday school in Goose River Church for 3 years.
On September 4, 1951 he was enrolled in the first grade of the Newburgh township school district and attended classes there until school was dismissed for the Christmas vacation.
Philip became ill December 30, and passed away January 2 in a Grand Forks hospital.
He leaves his parents and one brother, James, 9 years old and one sister, Nancy, 2 years old, and a number of uncles and aunts and other relatives and many friends.
I cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead – he is just away!
With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand,
He wandered into an unknown land,
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be, since he lingers there.
So think of him faring on, as dear
In the love of There as the love of Here;
Think of him still as the same, I say:
He is not dead – he is just away!
Hatton Free Press, Jan. 10, 1952. [1]
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1945 - 1952 (6 years)
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