Died.
Died, at his residence in Olathe, Kansas, on Sunday, May 22d, 1887, Mr. Augustus Thavis, aged 59 years, 6 months and 22 davs. The funeral services were held at the family residence on East Park street at 10 o'clock on Tuesday, May 24, Rev. G. S. Dearborn officiating, after which the remains were takenin chargeby the Masonic fraternity, of which Mr. Thavis  was an honored member, and interred in the Olathe cemetery according to the rites and ceremonies of that order. The deceased was a highly respected citizen of Olathe for the past twenty-five years and left many friends to mourn his loss, besides a wife and two children, Marv and Willie, who have the sympathy of the community in their sad bereavement.
 
Olathe Miorror
May 26, 1887
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