Mr. Bateman left this city on Friday morning for the upper country to look over a tract of timber for the Holt Lumber Co. of Oconto, and was accompanied in his auto by his two sons, Kermit and Norman. On the drive north Mr. Bateman manifested signs of illness, and shortly after reaching Iron River he became seriously ill at the hotel. A Dr. was called and he suggested the patient be removed to the hospital as conditions for caring for him were better. He was immediately conveyed by car to the hospital, but was unconscious before reaching the institution, and remained in that condition until five o’clock next morning when he breathed his last.
Mrs. Bateman was informed on Friday evening of her husbands illness, but was assured that nothing serious need be feared, and the announcement at an early hour Saturday morning of his death came as a staggering shock to that lady. Accompanied by Undertaker W. A. Flatley of Oconto Falls and Lincoln Leigh and henry McFarlane, the latter is a cousin of Mr. Bateman, both of Oconto. Mrs. Bateman left on the noon train for Iron River and the party returned the same night with the body of the deceased.
John Henderson Bateman was born in Nelson, New Brunswick, Canada, August 31, 1871. He came to the United States thirty years ago, and twenty-nine years ago entered the employment of the Holt Lumber Co. of Oconto. For twelve years he was woods foreman for that concern, and during the past seventeen years has been superintendent of the company’s extensive logging operation.
He was married at Stiles to Miss Mary Marr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Marr of the town of Oconto Falls, on September 27, 1899, and since that time has been a resident of Oconto Falls village and city. To this union were born four children, three of whom, Elva, Kermit and Norman, survive; the first born son who died in infancy.
A brief service was conducted at the family home at one o’clock on Monday, after which the remains accompanied by large numbers of friends.