Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Albert, Maternus F. 1924
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The Payette Independent 7-24-1924
The Payette Independent
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, July 24, 1924
 
MANY ATTEND ALBERT FUNERAL

The funeral of M. F. Albert held Friday afternoon, was one of the largest in 
the history of Payette county, and the outpouring of friends and neighbors was 
a testimonial to the esteem in which our departed citizen was held. The 
exercises were held at the Methodist church and Rev. Hall preached a very 
impressive sermon. The ceremonies at the cemetery under the auspices of the 
Knights Templar lodge were very imposing and were a fitting finale to a life 
so full of worth while deeds. Peace to his ashes.

IN MEMORIAM
Maternus F. Albert

The contribution that a man makes to the progress of the community in which he 
lives and to the institutions with which he identifies himself depends not 
only upon the ability band devotion of the man himself, but also upon the 
circumstances in which he is placed.

M. F. Albert came to Payette at a time that demanded heroic and energetic 
service if Payette was to grow and develop and keep pace with other towns 
struggling for supremacy. Since the time Mr. Albert first landed in Payette 
from the hill country of Pennsylvania he had been constantly and tirelessly 
active in every line of endeavor that contributed to the development, 
advancement and growth of Payette. His influence was recognized by his being 
placed at the head of nearly every organized effort to develop the community 
in which he lived. When courage was lacking, his courage became the courage 
for many; when others were weak, his strength became the strength for all. 
Because of the persuasive personality of the man many things were accomplished 
for Payette that a less courageous spirit would have lost. It is safe to say 
than no man contributed more of time and energy and service to the development 
of Payette in the last thirty years than M. F. Albert.

The passing of Maternus F. Albert means a distinct loss to the cause of 
education in Payette. He was thoroughly imbued with sense of the importance of 
sound training for young people, and he gave himself masterfully to this cause 
from the time when, as a comparatively young man, he came to Payette as 
superintendent of schools. In this capacity he served the Payette schools for 
ten of the best years of his life, during which time he organized the high 
school, established its four-years course of study, and secured recognition 
for it as a standard high school. Then he was drafted by the business 
interests of Payette to serve in another way, but to the day of his death he 
never lost interest in the institution whose foundations he had laid so wisely 
and well. For twelve years he served the schools as a member of the Board of 
Education, during ten of which he was its president. Even in his latest and 
severest affliction he never missed a school board meeting.

The board of education desires to express its feeling of personal loss, its 
profound sense of the loss to the schools and to the community in the passing 
of its president and associate.

By order of the board,
JNO. R. McKINNEY, Clerk


CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend to our many friends our heartfelt appreciation for the 
messages of sympathy and tokens of regard extended to us during the sickness 
and death of our beloved husband and father, and especially do we appreciate 
the assistance given by the Masonic order.
MRS. M. F. ALBERT, MR. and MRS. LESTER F. ALBERT, MR. and MRS. DAVID W. 
ALBERT, MR. and MRS. MARVIN D. ALBERT, MISS MARJORIE ALBERT 



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