The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-15
A VERY SIMPLE SERVICE.
The Funeral of the Late Frank
M. Pixley Yesterday
Morning.
Beautiful Tokens of Sympathy From
Friends-The Bed Ridden
Widow.

Simplicity marked the funeral services
held yesterday morning in the family resi-
dence, at Fillmore and Union streets, over
the mortal remains of Frank M. Pixley.
The parlors of the Pixley home were
crowded with friends who sincerely
mourned the death of one who in life
always had a CHEEKY welcome for them.
| Among those who were there were men
who in politics had differed from him, and
who by their presence testified to their rec
ignition of him as man and citizen.
There were many there who had known
him in the early days of the State.
The parlor in which the remains ofthe de-
ceased lay, incased in cloth-covered casket,
with the simplest silver ornaments con-
tanned many magnificent tokens OF regret in
the shape of floral pieces, sent with words
| of sympathy and consolation to the grief
stricken and bed-ridden widow. There
was a beautiful frame representing the
title-page of the Argonaut, made up OF
choice flowers, an offering of the employees
| of the Argonaut office. Across the face of
this was a sheaf of wheat, on which was
laid an ink-dipped quill pen, the last one
used by Mr.. Pixley in writing for the pa
per of which he was the owner There
was a tall monument OF foliage and
orchids, which when received bore upon
a card the simple announcement: "From
the Park Commissioners" The many
other beautiful fower-pieces and clusters
of fresh flowers were the offerings of Mrs.
Ben Morgan, James t. Boyd Herbert a.
| Weller, Mrs. A. J. Bryant, Mrs. James Gun
ningham, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Ingraham Kip,
Mrs. J. E. Dunn, Mr.. Booth, Cornelia Curtis,
| John Rosenfeld, Mrs. Corlez, Mrs Jerome
| A uarf Mr Mrs Ia nrUl nd
Mrs. Rosenstirn, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Sloss,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L. Dodge, Mr.. and
| Mrs. j. Curtis. W. E. Brown, Mrs. Jane l..
Stanford and W. Burke.
The casket, with the exception of the
| glass plate, through which could be seen
the face of the deceased in calm repose as
if In sleep, was covered with fragrant flow
! ePs.
! Near the head of the casket was Mrs.
! Topping, sister of Mr.. Pixley, and a num-
Der of his nieces and nephews. Between
| them was vacant chair, the one which
would have been occupied by the widow,
| but she could not be present at the last sad
service held over the one who for so many
| years had been the Joy and comfort of her
| life. An invalid herself she could not be
moved, therefore she had to remain in her
room offering prayers while the solemn
rites were being performed in the parlors
below.
When the Rev. w. w. Bolton, rector of
the Church st. Mary the Virgin (Episco-
paD arose, took his place at the head of
the casket and raised his hand, sudden
! hush fell upon the assembled people, who
reverentIy listened to the burial service of
the Episcopal Church and the prayer Of
| fered by the rector for the repose of the
soul of the deceased and for consolation to
the widow and afflicted relatives. The rec
| tor was assisted by the Rev. Mr.. o. Brien.
At the request of the widow the funeral
| service was as simple and transformations
as possible, and for that reason there was
no eulogy of the dead man-only the read
ing of the burial service and the prayers.
| The pall-bearers were P. Weaver, John
Resented, G. Webb Howard, Ralph Harri-
son, Louis Sloss, Frank McCoppin, w.
e. Brown, Ben Morgan, W. H. L. Barnes,
]. S. Wethered, Judge John Hunt Jr. and
Stephen D. Gage; and after the service
| was over they took their places by the side
of the hearse and solemnly marched out OF
the spacious grounds to the street, where
there were carriages in waiting for them.
The funeral cortege moved toward the
| Southern Pacific depot where the remains
were placed on funeral train and taken
| to Cypress Lawn Cemetery, accompanied
! by the chief mourners and a few intimate
| friends. The body is to be cremated.
| Among those who attended the funeral
service were Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, Mr..
and Mrs. John Resented, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Sloss, ex-Judge Van Reynegom and
Mrs. Van Reynegom, Cornelius O'Connor,
| G. w. Granniss, Professor Thomas Price,
John 7. Boyd, Joseph G. Eastland, j.
| Ruggles, William M. Pierson, Mrs. Ben
| Morgan, Mrs. F. S. Owles, Mrs. DR.. Rosen-
| Bonner, Mrs. Corlez, Mrs. ]. Z. Dunn and
| Mrs William Tnorahap1 Kin