F. H. DEARING |
F. H. DEARING DIED FRIDAY IN CALIFORNIA
Falkland H. Dearing, an official of the St. Joseph
Lead Company, died April 10th, 1936, at Los Angeles, California. He was born in
Washington County, Missouri, on September 25th, 1860, and spent practically his entire
lifetime in Bonne Terre, Missouri.
Mr. Dearing was one of the oldest employees and officials of the St. Joseph Lead Company,
having recently received the gold metal which is presented by the Company to employees who
have completed fifty years service. He was Assistant Treasurer of the St. Joseph
Lead Company, and Secretary and Treasurer of the Doe Run Lead Company until its
dissolution, since which time he has been one of its Trustees. He was also an
officer and director of several subsidiary companies of the St. Joseph Lead Company, and
was highly respected by his business associates and held in high regard by all the people
with whom he came in contact.
Mr. Dearing was a civic leader in local affairs, having served as school director, and
president of the Bonne Terre Memorial Library, and he was an active worker in the Bonne
Terre Centenary M.E. Church.
Mr. Dearing was united in marriage on February 20, 1890, to Ada M. Ferguson, who survives
him. His funeral was from the Bonne Terre Centenary M. E. Church to the Bonne Terre
cemetery on Wednesday, April 15, 1936.