St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-12
MARKS OF RESPECT TO THE DEAD
SHOWN BY HIS
FRIENDS.
SIMPLE FUNERAL SERVICES
WE'RE HELD AT THE RESIDENCE,
CONDUCTED BY REV. Nj. d. Ed
WARDS.
ALSO AT THE MORTUARY CHAPEL
Which Was "A Conception of the Dead
When Active in Life's At
fairs.

The funeral of DR.. David Day took
| place from the family residence, 274
Dayton avenue, yesterday afternoon. 1t
had been the wish of the many friends
OF the deceased that the services be
held in church, that the many by
whom he was loved and revered might
participate in the last sad rites, but it
was deemed more fitting by the family
that the obsequies should take place in
the house that had been his home for
thirty-six years.
The perfectly plain black casket stood
in the center Of the parlor, surrounded
! on all sides by banks Of flowers, a
touching tribute to the memory Of the
deceased, whose chief delight in latter
years, had been the companionship of
| the beautiful flowers bending over his
| bier.
While pre-eminently a religious man,
DR.. Day had never associated himself
with any church, and the services yes
! terday, performed by Rev. Maurice D.
Edwards, pastor of the Dayton Avenue
Presbyterian church, and his lifelong
| friend, were wholly without ostenta-
ton, yet characterized by a quiet and
| solemn dignity, in accord with the sad
| occasion. A brief scriptural reading,
followed by selection by the Masonic
quartette and concluding prayer, con-
! stituted the touching ceremony.
| Among those who passed before the
casket for one last look at the departed
citizen, friend, counselor and associate,
were those from every walk Of life. The
| poor and the rich were alike mourners.
| Old settlers, among whom DR.. Day had
always held the highest place, and
whose gray locks were referred to by
DR.. Edwards as crowns of glory" as
they gazed upon their departed COM
panion.
The directors of the Second National
bank, Of which DR.. Day had been an
officer for twenty-five years, closed the
bank yesterday and attended the
funeral in body. State, city and coun-
ty officials, by all of whom DR.. Day
was known, were present. Officers of
the Damascus commandery, in which
he had been a Sir Knight, attended as
a body guard. They were c. F. Mailer,
excellent commander; A. ]. Birming-
ham, generalissimo; Joseph Bobleter,
grand generalissimo. The active pail
bearers was detachment from Damas-
Gus commanders, consisting of r. G.
Munger, P. G. G.; Walter Holcomb, w.
A. Rudd, A. H. Merrick, E. S. Hemen-
way, James Middleton and e. P. San
born. The honorary pall-bearers were:
HUI. AlcAdHucI INdL1SSys w lllldI1 LAW
son, Greenleaf Clark, N. P. Langford,
William B. Dean, D. A. Monfort, H. p
Upham and Russell Blakeley All the
members of the family were present.
At the conclusion of the services the
honorary pall-bearers and company
of uniformed mail carriers present, filed
slowly out Of the room and formed two
lines from the house to the street,
through which the casket was borne to
the hearse. When the cortege had
reached the cemetery, at the request of
the officials, the body was borne into
the mortuary chapel, conception and
design Of DR.. Days while in life. It was
in accordance with his idea that the
chapel had been made a place Of beauty
instead of gloom. 1t was such fare
we'll as the doctor would have wished,
for once he said:
when one dies, he should leave his
friends light and beauty, and not dark
ness and gloom
While the flowers in the chapel bloom
ed their brightest DR.. Edwards offered
short prayer.
From the chapel the casket was car
ried to its place of interment and the
mortal remains of Dr. Day were con-
signed to their final resting place.