We are pained to announce the death of our most esteemed citizen, Mr. Josiah Bundy which occurred this morning at 5 o'clock. He had been in poor health for some weeks, but his condition was not supposed to be critical, In fact at 9 o'clocklast night when some of the neighbors  went in to offer their aasistance in careing for him through the night, they were informed that he needed no special attention. Mr. Bundy was one of our oldest citizens.

The Olathe Mirror
December 15, 1881
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OBITUARY.

 A very brief notice of the death of our esteemed townsman Josiah Bundy, appeared in the News Letter of the 16th, inst, the news of the sad event reaching us just as we were preparing to go to  press.

Although Mr. Bundy had been In comparatively poor health for several months, no one, not even his own family entertained any alarming premonitions that his end was so near at hand. He had a severe spell of rheumatism last winter and from the effects of that he had suffered more or less at intervals ever since. Three weeks before his death his old complaint seemed  to grow worse and most of the time he was kept confined to his room, but as stated his symptoms at no time until a few hours preceeding his death were in the least alarming. On the morning of the 15th, be suddenly became much worse, and calling this family, told them that the hour of his hour of departure bad come. He expressed his readiness to go, and In a very few moments thereafter all was over.
The funeral services were conducted at the late residence of deceased on the following day. Rev. A. L. Vail, pastor of the First Baptist church officiating, assisted by Revs. Whorrel and Hill; a large number of friends assembling to pay the last honors to their departed friend.

Mr. Bundy had from his earliest years been a member of the Quaker church, and with them he had retained his membership until the day of his death. During his residence of fifteen years in this city no one can say that be ever In the least departed from the principles characteristic of that sect of christians for honesty and uprightness.

 Mr. Bundy was born June 15th, 1831, in Belmont county, Ohio, and was therefore 50 years and 6 months of age at the time of his death. He leaves surviving him, his grief stricken widow, and two children, Mrs. Little, wife of Judge J. T. Little, of this city, and Exurm Bundy,  an only son who is now a student at Park College, Mo. So far as the affairs of the world are concerned, Mr. Bundy left his little family with a comfortable home, and his business affairs in good shape.

The Olathe Mirror
December 29, 1881
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