Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-03-21
FUNERAL OF GENERAL Won FUNcKE.
Buried With Military Honors at Dresden
Saxony, on the 28th of January.

The following account of the funera
of General Won Funcke, who was wei
known in Brattleboro through hi:
marriage to Miss Minna Brooks, q
daughter of the late Horace Brooks, is
translated from the journal of Dres-
den:
The burial of his excellency, Lieu.
tenant, General Bernhard Won Funcke
of the first Royal Saxon Artillery regi
ment, took place with great military
honors today at u o. clock at st. Paul S
church. His Majesty the king was
represented at the ceremony by his ex-
cellency Lieutenant General Won Bro
zem, who by royal command laid a
wreath upon the coffin. Her Majesty
/ the queen was represented by his ex-
cellency the Lord High Marshal Won
Malortie His royal highness, the
Prince Friedrich August by his per
sonal adiutant Captain Won Zeschan,
his royal highness Prince Johann
Georg>by tine Court Chamberlain Won
Mangolht -Kriboldt. His royal high
ness Prince Georg attended in person.
Besides were gathered to do honor to
the departed all the generals of the
city, whether in active service or on
the reserved, and many hundreds Of
officers of all grades in arms. as we'll
as numerous state dignataries. Also
present were deputations from Saxon
artillery union. The Pioneer and
Train from Dresden and Leipzig and
the King Albert Military Invalid So
ciety, who with their banners and
standards took up their places by the
coffin, which was richly decorated
with flowers and military emblems.
The burial opened with the favorite
hymn of the deceased, ''Wer nur den
lieben Gott lasstwalten, sung by the
church choir. The high lonsiatory
superintendent, Herr Stihelius,
preached the funeral sermon, taking
as the text, Who shall keep my word
shall not see eternal death. - In the
proximity of the lesson, said the
preacher, the departed, whose body
and soul had been a soldier, had
chosen his last resting place, so that
it might be within sound of the mill
tary signals. We have every reason to
praise God for this life whose course
has been crowned with fame. As he
was true servant of his king and a
brave son of his fatherland, so was he
true and loving in his family life. \
model in the fulfilling of his duty. in
discretion, mildness and many other
virtues, his Heavenly Father will keep
his faith with him. and give him the
crown of eternal life. The commander
of the first regiment of artillery, Gen
aral Heintye, pictured the losses of .
the departed, and the Herr Pastor ia /
cob Neschivity spoke for the commun
ity and Soldiers Union of Neschivity .
in regard to the pleasant relationship .
existing for many years between them
and the deceased. After short pray
ar by the Herr Dibeline, the services
in the church closed by the singing of
he hymn. TO Mime dem Meine
Hande. > BY command of his majesty
he king military honors were given
and under officers bore to the grave
he coffin before which walked two of
icers carrying on a cushion the nu-
nerous orders OF the deceased. To the
strains of the Beethoven funeral march
moved the extremely long funeral pro
,ession to the grave, the marshals of
he Pictal'' being at the end. The
military escort was from the first field
rtillery brigade, Major General Won
commanding. 1t was com
,osed of a battalion with the flag of
he first body guard regiment, two
guadrons of the guard regiments, a
,attery of the first field artillery No.
,, and the trumpet corps of the regi-
nent. After the lowering of the coffin
nto the grave, salutes were fired by
rtillery and infantry, ?