Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-02
LAID AT REST.
The Funeral of the Late John D. Cam
dee of Bridgeport.

The Funeral of the Late John D. Cam
dee Of Bridgeport.
BRIDGEPORT, Mar. 1.-The funeral of Hon.
John D. Candee, president of the Standard
Printing association, took place this after
noon at half-past two at his late residence,
376 State street. The exercises were very
bred attended. Rev. Mr.. Garner, pastor of
the First Baptist church, cfficiated and made
remarks at once appropriate, feeling and i'm
pressive regarding the genuine worth and
high character of the deceased and his in
f1uential life and speaking words of consola-
ton to the bereaved ones. Rev. John R.
Cow, pastor of the East Washington avenue
Baptist church, assisted in the service.
The remains of Mr.. Candee, ifelike and
natural, reposed in a rich cedar caske. COW
cred with broadcloth and provided with ex.
tension handles and silver trimmings. On
the plate was inscribed:
JOHN D. CANDEE,
DIED FEBRUARY 81, 1888.
AGED 68 YEARS.
Mr.. Candee's portrait stood in one corner
of the front parlor on an easel. Both the
frame and easel were enbellished with vines.
Mr.. Candee's favorite easy chair and foot
rest which he has occupied SO long was given
place near the easket. It was literally COW
cred with a profusion of roses, carnations
lilies and cIinging vines. This decoration
was done by the members and employees of
the Standard association, by whom it was
presented to Mr.. Candee on Friday evening
December 81, 1888, at his home. The occa-
sion was a surprise to Mr.. Candee, and the
thirty gentlemen who participated in it re-
member well his appreciation of the gift.
The chair and foot rest were especially dear
to Mr.. Candee on account of the associations
involved, and they were always his particular
comfort. The association also presented
handsome open book, mounted on standard
and surmounted by beautiful floral cross,
the whole festooned with camelias, nephetos
and pearl roses. The book was made of white
carnations and bore the words HOar Presi-
dent" and 'Our Friend" on opposite pages in
purple immorte1les.
The gift of the Bridgeport Public Library
association of which the deceased was presi-
dent, was a most beautiful and typical en-
blem representing q bookshelf, on which
were laid eight books, two or three volumes
being carelessly piled at one end, the top
many other fine tributes.
Among the attendants at the services were
many relatives and friends from New Haven,
Newton Center, Mass. land also prominent citi-
zens of this and other cities. Nearly every
important factor of municipal life was rep.
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Standard association attended the funeral in
a body, each one wearing typical knot of
Grape on the left arm.
The following gentlemen acted as honorary
pallbearers representing the Masonic frater-
nifty, the Republican party, the Standard as
ISOLATION, the Bridgeport public library, the
First Baptist church and the friendship of
the city and various corporations: Hon. N.
D. Sperry, New Haven; George G. Waldo,
William q. Lineburgh, B. Beardsley, Fred
erick B. Hawley, Marshall E. Morris.
At Mountain Grove cemetery the body was
deposited in the receiving vault, where it
will remain for afew months until tomb is
erected to which it will afterwards be trans
ferred. At the cemetery Rev. s. F. Smith,
D. D., father of Mrs. Candee, ofdciated. Il