DAVID WILLIAM PRITCHARD. GRANVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, NEW YORK.
The death of David William Pritchard occurred on Friday, April 24th, at 11:30 p.m. He was a life long resident of Granville and vicinity.He was born in Groeslon, Morth Wales, October 25th, 1865, the oldest of ten children. One sister, Catherine Owen Surviving in Wales. He was married to Sara Hughes of South Poultney in 1888. Five children were born to them, Anna, Elizabeth, Ellen (deceased) Lloyd and Harriet. Also surviving are six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren.
Seven years after his wife's death in 1908, he was married for the second time to Gwen Ellen Edwards, and after her death in June 1937, he made his home with his daughter, Anna Park.
Mr. Pritchard was an active member of the Peniel Presbyterian Church, of which he was an elder for 40 years. He was also a member of the Masons for a long period of years. He was a correspondent of the Drych, a Welsh paper published in Utica, for two generations. He wrote under the pen name of Llifonwr.
The Masonic service was held Sunday evening. Funeral services were conducted from the Juckett Funeral home on Monday, April 27th. Rev. R. W. Evans officiaited. He spoke many warm and comforting words, and his eulogy to Mr. Pritchard was wonderful.
The bearers were Theodore MacDonnell, Levi Ayres, Willis Curtis, Earl Wood, R. Newton Williams, Harold Morris.
Internment was at Mountain View Cemetery, West Pawlet.
Death Is Only a Door.
Death is only a door
Set in a garden wall
On gentle hinges it gives, at dusk
When the thrushes call
Along the lintel are green leaves
Beyond the light lies still
Very willing and weary feet
Go over that sill
There is nothing to trouble any heart
Nothing to hurt at all
Death is only a quiet door
In an old wall
Nancy Burd Turner.