The death of Fayette H. Thorpe which occurred at the Adler Sanitarium in San Francisco last Thursday evening was most tragical in effect, as but a few of the acquaintances of the unfortunate young attorney knew that he was ill or about to undergo an operation. Only his family and close friends were aware of his condition and even to them his death was unexpected.

For months Mr. Thorpe suffered from stomach trouble which gradually enfeebled his physical condition. His increased duties as city attorney brought on an almost complete collapse when he was advised that an operation would be necessary to restore his health. With the deterniination that has ever characterized his life, he set about getting his business affairs into shape in the event of a long illness or a possible fatal termination of the ordeal, and though he was gradually growing weaker, he struggled along heroically until the work was completed.

On Monday, August 31, the operation was perfonned. It was of such severity that the surgeons marveled that the patient lived through it. Portions of the stomach and intestines had to he removed to eliminate the cause of the trouble, the work taking four hours. Mr. Thorpe never fully recovered consciousness until shortly before his death, tho at times he made known to those that were with him he knew of their presence. Shortly after nine o’clock Thursday night he passed away surrounded by his sorrowing relatives.

The body was removed to this city on Sunday afternoon and was buried in Union Cemetery, the funeral taking place from the family home on Main Street. Rev. C.C. Kirkland conducted the service during which he paid a deserved tribute to the noble character of the deceased. The sympathy of the community was manifested in the large attendance and the great number of beautiful floral offerings that were brought to the home. The body was escorted to the cemetery by the Board of Trade.

Mr. Thorpe was a native of Tennessee, aged 38 years and was a descendant of an illustrious southern family. When quite young his parents died and he went to Carson to live with an uncle. His school advantages during boyhood were limited, his pride promoting him to earn his living, and it was not until manhood that he found the opportunity to complete his education and realize his cherished ambition of becoming a lawyer, the profession followed by his father. His struggles to attain that end had earned for him the admiration of hosts of friends. Eighteen years ago the deceased married Miss Zoe Fox and two interesting children, Fay and Winthrop are the result of the union.

Mr. Thorpe was an earliest and tireless worker in all those things that served to build up the community. He was the life and soul of the Board of Trade, and in the recent good government movement, he took the side of the people and fought manfully and fairly for the right, being largely instrumental in the victory that swept the city.

Deceased was an active member of the Congregational church and a firm and consistent Christian. His home life was a beautiful example of domestic harmony, the comfort and care of his loved ones being his thought at all times and during the pain-racked hours of his last days, he faltered only at the thought of parting from them. As a lawyer, a citizen, a business man the deceased was above reproach, untouched by the breath of suspicion. Whatever he had acquired of the world’s wisdom or the world’s goods was laboriously and honestly acquired, and of what he leaves to those who survive him the most valued heritage will be this fact — he was true and honest always.

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