The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-21
LAST RITES SAID.
Funeral Of DIR. S. E. Sheldon
Held Today.
Body Taken to Cleveland, Ohio,
For Burial.
THE TEMPLARS ESCORT
They Accompany the Coffin to
Grace Cathedral.
THE TEMPLARS ESCORT
Episcopal Services by Bishop
MiIlspaugh and Dean Sykes.

The funeral of the late DR.. S. E.
Sheldon was held this afternoon from
Grace Cathedral at 2 o'clock.
At 1870 Topeka Commandery No. 3
Knights Templar, in uniform, conduct
ed the Templar services at the Cope
land hotel assisted by Rev. Albert
Watkins. archdeacon of western kan
sas. After the Masonic services the
body was accompanied to Grace Cathe-
dral by the knights Templar and Lin
coin Post G. A. r. as the escort sAt the
cathedral porch the body was received
by the Vestry and borne into the church.
The vestrymen acting as pail bearers
were William Henderson, Charles Blood
Smith. DR.. J. c. McClintock, E. ].
Shakeshaft and ]. NJ. Mead. At the
cathedral the regular burial office of the
Episcopal church was performed by
Bishop Millspaugh and Dean Sykes. The
music was furnished by the vested
choir.
At the close of the services the
Knights Templar again took charge of
the remains and acted as an escort,
pot. Topeka lodge No. II A. F. & A.
NJ, Of which Dr. Sheldon was a MEM
Der, also attended the funeral as did the
faculty of the Kansas Medical college
and the Topeka Academy of Medicine
and surgery. The remains will be ac-
cOmpanied to Cleveland, O., by Mrs.
Sheldon and D. w. Nellis. AS soon as
built the remains will be placed in the
family vault in Riverside cemetery,
Cleveland.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed by the faculty of the Medical col
lege:
Whereas, The great Ruler of the Uni
verse has in His infinite wisdom re-
moved from our midst our worthy as
sociate and fellow teacher DR.. Silas
Elan Sheldon; and
| Whereas, The intimate professional
and business relations held during a long
association with US as a charter member
of the board of trustees and faculty OF
| the Kansas Medical college, make it fit
/ ting that we record our appreciation Of
/ his worth; therefore
| Resolved, That the wisdom and abil-
/ ity which he exercised in the prosecu
ton of his work as a trustee and {
! teacher, by his counsel active service
/ time and money, Will ever be held il
kind remembrance. He united with u!
not from ambitious or selfish motives
/ but because he was actuated by noble
| impulses of love and sympathy and {
| desire to assist in educating, elevatinl
and promoting the welfare of his fellow
men.
Resolved, That in the death of DR.
| Sheldon, the medical profession of tn
| city of Topeka and of the state at large
| with whom he had been identified TO
more than thirty years, the Kansa
| Medical college and its Alumni have ex
perienced an irreparable loss.
Resolved, That we tender our mos
sincere symathy to his widow in he
affection and beg to hope that she will
| be cOmforted by the thought that he
| husbands work had been well done, an
we also trust that she may be sustain
ed by Him who doeth all things well.
Resolved, That these resolutions b
entered on the records Of the trustee
and of the faculty, that they be publish
ed in the daily papers and that an en-
crossed copy thereof be presented to tn
widow.
Committee of board Of trustees an
the fapultu