The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-09-30
IN THE SILENT TOMB
Rest the Remains of William
GreiffenStein.
SERVICE WAS IMPRESSIVE
Attended by Hundreds of
Friends.
SERVICE WAS IMPRESSIVE

All that is earthly Of William Greiffen-
stein rests in the grave To the silent
tomb has been consigned all that earth
will ever know of the once sturdy, be-
nevolent and peculiar man. and all that
remains for his loved ones and friends
Is the memory of great and gracious
character such as the coming years will
never reproduce.
The funeral Of the late William Greif-
kenstein yesterday was attended by
large number of friends and old associ-
ates. and the procession was one of SOL
emn beauty. Headed by detachment of
police, there followed the magnificent ap-
pearing escort from Mt. Olivet Command
cry, No. L. After these came scores of
Masons from various lodges of the city,
and between them and the fire depart
ment at the rear were many carriages in
which rode members of the city council,
Older residents of the city and friends
both in carriages and on horseback.
At the grave the Blue lodge conducted
the ritualistic exercises with much earn
estness and the music accompanying the
exercises was beautiful and appropriate.
Then the casket was lowered into the
grave and there disappeared forever tho
remains of the Father Of wichita
The services at the lodge room were at
tended by hundreds of friends, and were
most excellently conducted by lodge No.
30. Henry Huffman, who was in charge
of the music, had arranged some beauti-
ful male ouartettes, which were sung by
j. H. Shields, George Westgate, Harry
McClung and Bion Hull. They sang
|tCome Unto Me, ASLEEP in Jesus" and
s'Jesus, Lover of Ny Soul" Rev. Mueller,
one of the Oldest German Lutheran pas
tors in the city, conducted the religious
exercises, and his acquaintance with the
deceased enabled him to speak of the
good deeds which had always resulted to
the good of some one other than the doer.
The caSket was then surrounded by the
different officers of the Blue lodge and
the fourteen knights from the Command
cry and the impressive ceremony of the
order was said. occupying nearly half an
hour, after which the remains were taken
TO the hearse and the procession to the
cemetery was begun.
To those familiar with the average run
In the death of William Greiffensten,
other than that he is gone from the
bcenes of his greatest enjoyment in this
life. He had passed his allotted time, and
he had got all possible good out of his
habitation here. When he left Wichita
me told one Of his old associates that all
he wanted was a lot upon the hill. Ever
since he first became Ill in the territory,
die had expressed the heartburning desire
no be brought back to Wichita to spend
his last days. His nephew. Otto Weiss,
said yesterday that it was pitiful to hear
him express himself about his old home
and the longings he had to return to it.
After he had got so poorly that it was an
smpossibility to attempt such a trip he is
said to have begged to be brought back
In sight of the old home. And when the
end finally came possibly the only scene
this side Of the pearly gates was the pic
lure Of the faces of his friends and the
scenes Of Douglas avenue on which busy
thoroughfare he had once put his great
hope andfaith.
There's always hope while there's One