The funeral services of D. F. Schlotman were held at his late home in the country on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, and were in every respect a fitting tribute to one whose departure was felt as an extreme loss to the community. Rev. J. E. Connor preached a most comforting sermon from the words found in Psalms 90:12.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful and spoke better than words could express the esteem in which the departed was held and the sympathy extended the sorrowing friends in their sad hour of bereavement.
After the services at the house were concluded the remains, followed by a long procession of relatives, neighbors and friends, were taken to Fleming cemetery, where ritual services were held by the Masons, of which order the deceased was a member.
Daniel Franklin Schlotman was born near Tarlton, Pickaway county, Ohio, in February, 1850, and died at his home near Sheldon, Illinois, September 3, 1908.
His childhood and young manhood days were spent in his native state, where his education was received that fitted him to be a successful and competent business man.
In 1875 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda E. Julien of Ohio. To this union were born eight children, four of whom, three sons and one daughter, survive.
Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Schlotman came to Sheldon, taking up their residence on the farm south of town, where they have ever since made their home.
Mr. Schlotman, although in failing health since last December, sought to keep his loved ones in ignorance of his true condition lest they should be given unnecessary cause for anxiety. The fact of his illness could not, however, always remain a secret, and after weeks of silent suffering, on the advice of physician, he consulted a specialist who pronounced his case incurable.
His condition thereafter grew steadily worse until, a few days before the end came, he took to his bed and passed away after an agony of intense suffering.
Many of his friends had not even learned of his illness, and the announcement of his death came as a shock and great surprise to these, who had known him for many years as a strong, sturdy type of manhood.
For more than thirty years a resident of the same neighborhood where he was held in the highest esteem by all, there seems little need for words of eulogy, for his life, as known by his friends and acquaintances, will speak in higher terms of the record he left as a good citizen, a kind friend and a devoted member of society.
He leaves, besides his wife and children, three sisters, Mesdames Ashbrook and Herman of Mattoon, Ill., and Mrs. R. C. Todd of this place.
The following relatives from out of town attended the funeral: Lewis Julien of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Ashbrook of Mattoon, and Mrs. Lucy Taylor of Chicago.
Source
Sheldon Journal, 11 Sep 1908
