Robert McAdam and His Horses - Part 3

Rob McAdam about 1928

The following is taken from Robert McAdam's obituary published December 23, 1937.  It is striking that horses received a prominent mention.

"Robert McAdam was born July 13, 1882, on the farm where he lived up to the time of his death, which occrred last Saturday, December 11th.  He was baptized in the Presbyterian church of Ripley by Rev. McGillvery, where he attended Sunday school and church.

He received his education in the rural school near his home and the public school of Blooming Prairie.  He also attended the Southern Minnesota College in Austin.

Mr. McAdam was a prominent farmer of Westfield township all his life, where is honesty and neighborliness made him admired by all he came in contact with.

On February 11, 1929, he was married to Sophie Ingvalson who is left to mourn a kind and affectionate husband...About two years ago his health began to fail and on October 12, 1936 he entered  Mounds Park Hospital in Minneapolis where he was treated for a nervous disorder...

His farming career, in which he delighted, began at an early age.  At the age of eight he took pride in driving horses, running the harvester and handling other machinery.  His hobby was raising horses.  His driving horses as well as work horses were always well groomed and cared for, and he found it difficult to dispose of these at the sale held a short time before his death.

Mr McAdam had a wide range of acquaintances and was admired by all for his honesty and integrity.  His disposition was like that of his father, so genial and kindly which won for him his life-long friends who showed their respect by the large attendance at the funeral service, the church being filled to capacity.

He had a tender heart for those in need and was always ready to extend a helping hand.  His patience during his long illness will never be forgotten by those who mingled with him during that time.  He was afflicted with the dread disease, hardening for the arteries, which gradually gripped him until death relieved him by a light stroke....

Two hundred and forty-nine guests called at the home preceding his funeral...In his memory $48.00 was given to the following: The Ebenezer Home for the Aged in Minneapolis, Home Missions, and Mission Circle #8 of the local Lutheran Church."