Bodie Cemetery- L. H. Arrild

….He Shall Sleep but not forever….L. H. Arrild (d. 29 April 1903) Aged 19 years, 8 months.

Louis H. Arrild

Louis Hansen Arrild, the only son of Andrew P. and Lena C. Arrild, died Wednesday at 5 a.m. of diabetes.

He was born on the 27th day of August 1884, and was a member of the Bodie Lodge No. 143, A.O.U.W. and Bodie Labor Union by which Orders, he was laid to rest Thursday at 2 p.m. (Bodie Miners Union Cemetery)

Louie, as he was known by all, had lived in Bodie since infancy, had attended the public school, whose flag floated at half-mast, and later had been an employee of his father, on the “tailings pond.”

He joined the A.O.U.W. in October 1902, and was insured in favor of his parents in the sum of $2,000. During his “Membership in that Order “missed but one meeting.

Louis was a quiet, well meaning young man. Respected by all, the only son of devoted parents, whose loss can never be replaced. Besides his parents, he leaves a sister, Mrs. Jas. Currie, to mourn his loss.

(Bridgeport Chronicle-Union, 5/2/1903, Saturday)