Cyril Robert Cavendish went to Our Lord yesterday from a cot in his daughter’s house, surrounded by his family. The cot was provided by his daughter’s husband, Clark Thorne, who asked around the neighborhood when it appeared his father-in-law would be coming to die at his house. Several neighbors offered cots and mattresses, but only one, a Mr. Don Fethersby, actually brought one by. To his credit, Mr. Feathersby also brought some pillows and extra bedding since the cot had worn thin from use over the years. Mr. Cavendish is the first man, however, to die upon this cot, and when the time came to return it, Mr. Feathersby graciously insisted that the Cavendish family keep the cot as a memento of their patriarch’s final days. Cyril Cavendish will most certainly be missed even though his passing brought a perfectly good cot into the family properties.
