Kansas City daily journal., 1895-06-11
DOUBLE FUNERAL HELD,
Services over the Remains of Miss Ncr aud
MIR. Schabachcr at Independence
Avcnmr VI. d. Church.

The funeral services OF Miss Nellie Nen
and Mir. Albert l.. Schabacher. the two
| young people who were drowned at Wash.
| iugton park. last Saturday night, while
out with a picnic party, were held stimuli
| taneously yesterday afternoon at o'clock
! at the Independence Avenue NJ y. church.
| Miss Nem was the daughter of MIR. and
| Mrs. \. J. Neff. Of $40 Walronl avenue
and was q years of age Mr.. Albert
| a. Schabacher was "a years old and lived
He was employed in the bicycle department
! of the Columbus Buggy Company. lie
was "A native of Hampton, Ia. a formal
inquest was held yesterlay over the re-
mains of young Schabacher, but none was
held over the remains of Miss Neff.
Independence Avenue Methodist church
was not large enough to hold all those who
the two unfortunate victims of the fatal
members OF the Indepcndence Avenue
church and prominent IN nth, the sunday sun lay school school
uated from the high school the week
previous to her death Nearly all Of the
were present at the funeral.
The pallbearers moved down from either
aisle aisle while The biz pipe organ played the
railing. As they were borne to the cen
ter of the aisle Dr. Cluayle read in low
the casket had been placed they We're COW
cred in the most beautiful floral emblems.
of the pulpit, there was placed in front
of the Schahacher casket beautiful floral
ana one-half feet long and two feet high,
and was composed of nearly 900 flowers.
The flowers We're smilax. ,vincas. jessa-
mines, carnations and white roses. 1t
Offering from the Columbus com
pany. ON the other side of the pulpit
was a design emblematic. of the "Gates
Ajar,' being three arches placed one behind
the other those in the rear being smaller
Df he
was beautiful anchor of roses. There
We're many other designs and offerings
Rev. +. Il. Price offered prayer and fol-
lowing Rev. pr. w. A, Quayle read the
InHF TMenYtera soo Abda s6m WIFI Mf1 NJ: OTIS Mr Vf W
j. Medes superintendent Of the sunday
school read some touching resolutions,
c,ondoling the parents and bGreaved fam,
ilies of the two young people, who had
been, esteemed SCHOLARS and helpers in the
behalf of the teachers and scholars of
the sunday school Roy Kendall, presi-
dent, Of the Epworth League. also read
league. ana OF which Miss Neff and Mr..
Schabacher We're both members, Mr. Scha-
Of two such estImable members. Mr..
kerIaI also reaa res2lntions from Mr.
SchahaCher was n member.
Or w, \. Quaylc then delivered the
He spoke Of tho sadness pervadinr the
entire congregation last Sabbath. He spoke
Of the Christian sympathy which was
shown by the entire congregation. each
family of the church symathizing as IL
a member of its circle had been taken
away in place OF the ones of the bereaved
family. He said that he was not there
to talk of death. nor to weep, but to give
sympathy to the sorrowing families. He
spoke OF the painless death Of the de-
ceased and told of their religious lives,
showing that such should be comfort
to those left behind.
Both bodies were placed in the receiving
vault at Forest Hill cemetery. one OF
the longest funeral professions Of the year
followed the remains 70 the cemetery, The
Ralph Wakefield W ]. Brent H. $ Death
eragc, w, r. Kendall, II. L, Richards. r,
W. Gillou The pallbearers of Mr. Albert
Schahaghrr We're: Ralph Green, Tom
Berkehle Frank Van Oslale C. DIckin-
son, j, \. Anderson, Theodore Brent