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Ludington Record-Appeal
Thursday, 20 March, 1913

         All that was mortal of PETER M. HEYSE was consigned
       to Mother Earth Sunday. Notwithstanding the stormy day
       many friends and neighbors, besides the family, were
       of the funeral party from this city, who accompanied
       the remains to Victory, where the funeral services were
       held in the little Victory church one mile east ofVic-
       tory Corners.
       
         Rev. McGregor of the First M.E. church here conducted
       the funeral at the Victory church, the music was appro-
       priate and beautifully rendered. The sermon was of 
       appropriate and excellent quality; the pall bearers
       from the home in this city to the Victory church were
       ROBERT PATTERSON, J. S. HERRINGTON, JUDGE RANSOM, W. H.
       KIMBALL, O. E. BARBER and COMRADE HIRLEY, all members 
       of Pap William's Post in this city.
       
         Arrived at the church in Victory the S. D. Haight
       Post, G. A. R. of Scottville, of which the deceased
       was a member, took charge and the pall bearers from
       this city were made escort or honorary bearers. The
       Scottville Post conducted the burial services in
       accordance with the ritual of the G. A. R.
       
         The burial was in the family plot in the Victory
       cemetery one half mile east from Victory Corners.
       
         Since PETER M. KEYSE came to Mason county, a young
       man, the face of nature has been greatly changed. The
       road to Victory Corners from this city was up the Lake
       Shore through old Lincoln, now Epworth, from which
       through fields and into the woods east, the road wound
       and wandered by the homestead of JOHN LOWE the home of
       the old school master, and came next to MOSE LALONDE
       and then a mile farther on reached Lincoln River, which
       was bridged just where the current met the back water
       from the dam at Lincoln, on the lake, seven miles below.
       
         In this city at that time GEORGE W. CLAYTON was
       issueing the first number of the Mason County Record
       of which the Record-Appeal is the the successor to
       this day. The generous young sailor became a subscriber,
       he had volume one No. 1, considered it a keep sake,
       kept it and treasured it until a few years since when
       he loaned it to a friend and lost it.
       
         His advent into the woods of western Michigan was
       from a six year cruise as a member of the crew of
       the good ship Roanoke. The end of the voyage had been
       in the exciting affairs of the blockading fleet off
       the Carolina coast, where they had taken part in the
       bombardment of Charleston, engaged in the reduction
       of Fort Fisher off Savanah, and other historic naval
       deeds of heroism.
       
         Previously they had circum navigated the world
       having been part of the scattered fleet sent to the
       other side of the earth just before the breaking
       out of the war of the rebellion. They visited Asia,
       China, Japan and Africa.
       
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