The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-18
OBITUARY NOTES.
Death of serlf W olfe, an Old Resident

Serif Wolfe, one of the oldest and
most respected Jewish residents of the
city, died at his home, 90 Prince street,
about 9 o'clock Sunday night. after
about a years illness. Death resulted
from a general breaking down of the
physical system.
Mr.. Wolfe came to this country from
Alsace fifty years ago when about ff-
teen years old.
| He was at one time successful dry
goods merchant and later Travelled for
jewelry firm.
He was a member of New Haven
lodge, l. o. f. s., of Moses Mendelssohn
lodge, K. S. B., and Adolph Cremiux
lodge, S. of B. The funeral will be held
at the family residence at p. m. to-
day, Rev. Dr. Levy officiating.
The deceased leaves besides the
widow three sons and a daughter, Isaac
Wolfe, the we'll known lawyer; solomon
Wolfe, foreman of the Register COM
posing room; Benjamin Wolfe of M
THE LATE IRA II. SMITH,
The late ira 7. Smith, for many years
a resident of Mount Carmel who died
at his late home on May 5, had only
a few days previous to his death re-
turned home from a visit to his chill
dren-his daughter, Nettie S. Augle,
living in Belvidere, N. j., and his son,
Frederick D. Smith, in New York city.
| A 1T, I,
taken seriously sick with pneumonia
and died four days later. His funeral
was held at his late home in Mount
Carmel on May Z, and interment was in
the Mount Carmel cemetery. Mr..
Smith was formerly a resident of Wa
tertown, where he was engaged in man
ufacturing. For many years he was a
manufacturer of sewing machine nee
dies in Hamden, and Cleveland, Q. He
retired from business about five years
ago. Mr.. Smith had been a successful
business man, and accumulated a large
fortune He leaves a widow and two
children, a son and daughter.
THE LATE DEACON WILLIAM II.
BUSH.
Concerning William Henry Bush,
who died at his home, No. 1873 Howe
street, this city, Sunday, and who had
resided in this city for the past thirty
years, yesterdays Waterbury American
says:
William Henry Bush, a former resi-
dent of Waterbury and until the time of
his death a deacon of the First church,
died in New Haven on Sunday at noon,
after an illness of two weeks. The fu-
neral services will be conducted by the
Rev. DR.. Anderson at the Hall Memorial
chapel on Tuesday at :45 p. m.
Mr.. Bush was born in Chatham, in
this state, December 49, 1925. In his
early manhood he resided in New Lon
don and Waterbury, and afterward in
New Haven, where the larger part of
his life was spent. In 1874 he became
connected with the Waterbury Button
company as bookkeeper, and remained
in that position until 1886. After year
spent in Arizona he returned to New
Haven, where he continued to reside un-
til his death.
The record of Mr.. Bush's business
career could be told in few words, but
not so the story of his religious life.
He was exceptionally devoted to the
interests of religion and the church. AS
long ago as 1860 he was prominent and
active in the old Howe street church in
New Haven, and during his entire stay
in Waterbury was an influential mem
Der of the First church and for some
years a teacher of one of it's Bible
classes. He was made deacon in 1888,
and both before his election to that
office and afterward was conspicuous
for his fidelity in attendance upon the
various services of the church and for
his ability and thoughtfulness in pub
lie address. In all his public utterances
he seemed to be deeply impressed with
the solemnity of life but in the home
and among his friends he was by no
means destitute of cheerfulness or I'M
able to appreciate the innocent gayeties
of young people around him. His piety
was more of the mystical type than
. that of most men at the present day;
he lived in an ideal world, and was
. thus lifted into constant hopelessness
and peace.
Mr.. Bush became connected with
Waterbury in early life through his
marriage to ne of the daughters of John
Clark, the twin sister of Mrs. Lucy
Smith. Mrs. Bush died in November
1895. In January last Mr. Bush suf-
fered an attack of the grip, after which
his health visibly failed. The immedi-
ate cause of death was heart disease
Four children survive him, son and
three daughters. The Misses Bush &C.
cupy responsible positions in connection
: with the Peabody museum in New Ha-
, ven; their brother, Lieutenant James C.
Bush, is an artillery officer in the regu-
lar army, and the son-in-law of Edwin
M. Stanton, the famous war secretary
of Lincoln's cabinet.
CAUGHT SIX RATTLESNAKES.