Isaac S. Lydecker

SUDDEN DEATH IN A BARN.
ISAAC S. LYDECKER EXIRED ON SUNDAY EVENING. He Was Looking After His Horse When He Fell to the Barn Floor, Dead. The people of Nyack were greatly shocked on Sunday evening to learn of the death of Isaac S. Lydecker, proprietor of the Ivanhoe, which occurred between five and six o'clock that evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lydecker went out in the afternoon for a drive over to Mont Moor to the residence of Abram A. Demarest, Mrs. Lydecker's brother, and returned home again shortly after five o'clock. He unhitched his horse from the sleigh and before giving him his supper be sent an employe about the place, into the house atter some warm water with which to mix the feed. The man went to the house and returned soon after with the water. As he entered the barn he was shocked to find Mr. Lydecker lying motionless upon the floor. He at once gave the alarm and Mr. Lydecker was carried into the house, when it was seen that he was dead, life doubtless being extinct. when he fell to the barn floor. Physicians were at once summoned and Drs. C. D. Kline, J. O. Polhemus, G F. Blanvelt and E. L. Oatman soon responded, but their services were of no avail. The belief prevailed among the doctors that death had resulted from heart trouble, but upon permission from Mrs. Lydecker, obtained upon Dr. Polhemns' request, it was decided to make an autopsy at nine o'clock this morning. This was done and the cause of death found to be fatty degeneration of the heart. Mr. Lydecker's sudden death was a great blow to his wife, and every one in this community was shocked by the sad news. The deceased had many friends, not only in Nyack and vicinity, but throughout Rockland County, in nearly every portion of which he was well known. The Ivanhoe, under the management and that of Mrs. Lydecker, has become very popular as a boarding house, and the prosperity of this couple seemed assured when death so mysteriously came to cut down, apparently in the prime of life, the head of the house. Mr. Lydecker was the son of the late James I. Lydecker, whose death occurred about twelve years ago. He lived on the farm with his father for several years, and embarked in the milk business, serving many customers in Nvack and vicinity. He afterward removed to Nyack with his wife and they subsequently opened a boarding house where the Ivanhoe now stands. Their quarters proved too small for the number of boarders which came, and a couple of years ago the house was enlarged to its present proportions. Still greater improvements were anticipated for the coming Spring. Mr. Lydecker was about fifty years of age. He was a member of Rockland Lodge, No. 723, F. & A. M., and belonged to Nyack Council, American Legion of Honor. He served his time as a faithful member of Mazeppa Steam Fire Engine Company, No. 2, and was latterly an honorary member of that company and also belonged to the Fire Patrol. The deceased was a member of the Nyack Reformed Church, and for a long time sang in the choir of that church. He was a good citizen, a loyal and staunch Republican and a devoted husbaud. The sympathy of the whole community is extended to Mrs. Lydecker in her bereavement. The deceased is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Annie Garrabrant and Miss Sophie Lydecker, of Nyack, and Mrs. Serena Fulton, of Cokertown, Dutchess County, N. Y. There are four brothers, as follows : the Rev. George D. Lydecker, of Red Hook, N. Y. ; the Messrs. John J. and Cornelius H. Lydecker, of Nyack, and Edwin Lydecker, of Orangeburgh, N. Y.