The morning call., 1893-11-09
GREAT ODD FELLOWS FUNERAL

This reading was rendered peculiarly
impressive by the PRODUCTION of responses
/ by the grand officers. The responses
we're: Help US, O Lord Hear us, o Lord
Lord; and, lastly, as the Grand Master
pronounced the wish, MAY his memory
be cherished forever" the response arose.
1.-THE will of God be done"
The grand lodge stood while the quar-
tet sang 'Shall We Meet Beyond the
River? ?" and DR.. Ollie made some touching
remarks; not, as he said, pronouncing a
eulogy, hut speaking OF the late brother in
| the more sacred relations OF llfe. Walter
B. Lyon had died a his post; he had been
knighted on the field of battle with the
accolade of death. He had loved his fell
low-men. His home life was pure and
sweet as in that distant home of Bethany.
where the Saviour loved 10 be. The in
fluence of that life would linger like a
benediction on that home. All symDa-
thized with and prayed for the bereaved.
The divine closed with quotation from
Tennyson's Crossing the Bar" with its
inimitable tone of wise hope.
The choir sang II heard a voice from
Heaven saying unto me, Write: Blessed
are the dead that die in the Lord"
a eulogy by w. II. Barnes, P. G. NJ, fol
lowed. 1t was eloquent and full of strong
feeling and was listened to with deep at
tenIiOn.
The quartet rendered the anthem Good
Night" ana after DR.. Ollie had delivered a
solemn benedicton the assent lage slowly
broke up.
AS the grand masters gavel fell at the
close of the exercises the Park band,
stationed at the Seventh-street entrance.
struck up a dirge, and the cantons and
lodges which had not been able TO gain ad-
mission to the hull, marched in and filed
past the caSket. which contained the re-
mains of the dead secretary.
AS they came out the band led the way
into Market street, followed by General
+. H. Block and staff, who headed the pro-
cession. W. S. Potter, marshal OF the
Grand Encampment. was also marshal OF
the day.
Immediately behind General Black came
Canton San Francisco No. 5. and Canton
Oakland No. II. PatriarchS Militant, with
their banners draped In mourning. AS tue
patriarchs marched out of the hall the var
Gus lodges which occupied all of the lower
floor filed out, and took their places inthe
procession as follows: Fidelity Lodge No
225, FrancO-American Lodge No. 207,
Golden West Lodge No. 80. Golden GATE
Lodge No. 204. Occidental Lodge No. 179,
Parker Lodge No. 124. San Francisco
Lodge No. 8. Unity Lodge No. 131, Pre-
sidiO Lodge No. 334. 1er5a Buena Lodge
No. Is. Magnolia Lodge No. %, Alta Lodge
No. 205, and Abou Ben .Adhem Lodge No.
H.
After these came the organization of
Veteran Odd Fellows. followed by ORR
entail Encampment No. 81 and Good Will
Encampment No. SO. Then came the
visiting lodges, Garden City Lodge, San
Jose, delegation from Auburn No. Z, and
a number Of smaller representations from
neighbOring towns and cities.
The next division was formed by the
Grand Lod ge of California, led by Grand
Master J. Z. Thompson, and next to them
marched the Grand Encampment of the
State, under command of l.. w. s. Downs.
grand patriarch. These were directly in
front of the hearse, with its Der mantle,
and the twelve pail bearers marched on
either side Of it. Following it came a long
line of carriages, with relatives and friends
who had come 10 pay the last sad honors.
The head of the procession was we'll on
its way to the ferry before the rear guard
turned into Market street, and. all in all,
it was by far the largest turnout of Odd
Fellows ever witnessed in this city or
State on similar occasion. There could
hardly have been less than 1000 in line,
and possibly 1900 would not be an over
estimate.
Arriving at the ferry the procession dis
banded, the two cant0ns and the Auburn
delegate along with the Grand Lodge
anu OIanu LuCdihpn lOu !, anCCOuI pan ' III .
the friends across the bay. There the
body was formally given into the keeping
of the delegation from Auburn, and, with
the guard of honor published IN yester-
DAYS CALL. they took the overland at
P. NJ.
Auburn will be reached in the night, and
the special cars containing the funeral
party will be detached, AID final inter-
ment Will take place there this morning
under the auspices of Auburn Lodge No.
Z, of which Mr.. Lyon was mem Der W hen
he was first elected grand secretary, now
almost twenty years ago.