Letter from Friedrich Dieterle, 6 February 1890
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Letter from Friedrich Dieterle, 6 February 1890
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Excerpt:Aintab, Turkey 6th February 1890. To the Ffirst Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints: Beloved Brethren, It becomes my painful duty to commnu- itcate to you the sor^r^owful news, that our dear Brother in Christ, and fellow laborer, Elder Edgar D. Simmons, departed this life day before yesterday, Tuesday, ^the^ 4th of February 1890 at 2 p.m. after sickness of 2 weeks, of which the last 8 days have been very painful. He died onf the small pocksx ... -
Excerpt:that he died as a faithful member in the church of Jesus Christ.. The funeral took place yesterday, February 5th at 3 p.m. in the Armenian cemetery. The Protestant Priest told Brother "Vezirian," that, provided we wished it so, he would speak at the services; and on account of my inability to make a speech in the Turkish language, I gave my conseant. At the a^p^pointed time he came, and after the body was put in the coffin, he spoke in the house as well as ... -
Excerpt:I do not the address of Brother Edgar D. Simmons' relatives, therefore I ask you, the first Presidency of the Church, to kindly inform them as also likewise to express to them my best regards and condolence. It would have given me great satisfaction if Bro. Simmons could have returned to his beloved ones at home, but God had ordained it otherwise. It was a hard time for the departed, because he had the malady in the very worst degree. Just now I received a telegram from my stepfather -
