His death at 62 years of age came as a shock to all who knew him. He had been so active — only the previous summer we saw him doing the carpentry work on a new home for the Dwight Mackey family, and no doubt he had other work not reported on. (I am not sure if he was one of the "Halsted brothers" working on the Chandler barn in November 1919.)
Only recently he had suffered some unspecified ailment (the newspapers being uncharacteristically reticent about its nature) serious enough to warrant surgery at Mercy Hospital in Gary. His operation took place on January 7, 1920; the next day's News reported that he was "doing nicely." Bad news was not expected, but it soon came.
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(His daughter, Hazel, had married Byron Findling in June 1917, and his namesake grandson was now just over a year old. Per the News, his surviving siblings were brothers Albert, Wallace and J.M. (James?) of Hobart, and sister Ruby Rhodes of Gary.)
W.O. lies in Crown Hill Cemetery, near the son who had gone before.
Also nearby, the family monument:
Sources:
♦ 1920 Census.
♦ Indiana Marriage Collection.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 8 Jan. 1920.
♦ "Prominent Hobart Citizen Dies Suddenly." Hobart Gazette 16 Jan. 1920.
♦ "W.O. Halsted, Hobart Contractor, Passes Away." Hobart News 15 Jan. 1920.
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