The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-27
HENRY PICARD'S DEATH
PASSED AWAY AT HIS HoME IN
 NEW ORLEANS.
Well Remembered in Montgomery Was for Years q Merchant ct Benton and Later in Dusi-
 ness in Mobile.

The announcement of the death of Hen ry Picard in New Orleans will be of in. terest to many Aiabamians. he having once lived at Benton, and being well re- memberea here.
 Mir. Picard settled at Benton and for five years he conducted general mer- chandise store there,
 In 1852 he removed to Mobile, where ne embarked In the wholesale and retaii grocery business. In 1858 he left Tor NeW Orleans, where he established similar business. MT. Picard retired from busi- ness in ;sss, and since that time has made New Orleans his home.
 The New Orleans Picayune, speaking of his death, says:
 ..There was no sphere of life in which MT. Picard was not model Successfu in his business. modest in bearing ue- voted to his relatives and generous to his friends, his was truly well rounded career. His life was his best eulosy
 "At the time of his death MT Pcard was almost 7S years of age, Untii last week he had been in the best of heaith- hale and hearty, notwithstanding his weight of years, and full of interest in aIl about him. A week ago today he started out to pay visit to an old friend 1t was in the early afternoon .At tne corner of Royal and. Bienviile Streets ne
 
 waited to let street car pass.
 "As he stood beside the track he pre- scented a splendid picture of old age. Straight as an arrow, his white hair showing above marvelously syn1pathetsc and intelligent face, he was the very em- bodiment of the well preserved patriaroh. As the street car passed Mir. Picard re- stunned his Journey across the street. sud denly he fell, stricken by paralysis. Fer
 h ffr.e hiG marvellous physiuue enabling him to hold out for days. Yesterday morning, however, the end could be no longer postponed. Death came peacefully and quietly.
 ''The funeral services took place from his late residence, No, l422 Constan- tinopie Street According to the desire of those he left behind the funeral was a quiet one, being attended by the family connections and intimate friends aion s Despite this the residence was filled to overfiowing. The interment was strictly private. The last sad rites were read by J. Braunfeld, assistant to Rev. Max Hell Ter. of Temple Sinai, who is now out of tAe city. Mir. BraunfeId was aided by Hev A. Gordon Bakewell. of Trinity Chapel, who was an old friend of the de- ceased. Dr. Bakewell delivered d prayer beside the grave which was wonderfully impressive.
 Mir. Picard was born in Colman. AL sace, August 25 1894. It was at the age of 9 that he landed in this country to seek the fortune he so nobly achieved. The port he landed at was New York. In lS6i he came to New Orleans. beginning the firm of H. Picard. Two years later he re- moved to Bayou Sara, whste he instituted inc wholesale and retail establishment of Picard & Well. There he remained. and with natoble success, until 1889. when, he retired from sactive business. He has since made his home in New Orleans, where he had been identified with all that was best in the city.
 '.In 1854 MT Picard married Mrs. Hem rietta Prag Markstein. in Mobile. Of the union there survives one daughte-, Mrs. Julius Picard, wife of the Senior member of the firm of Picard, Kaiser & Co, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Albert Fl. Kaiser. wife of the junior member of the same firm. The direct line ends with the little son of MT. and Mrs. Kaiser. Gus Major Kaiser. Mir. Picard also left a sis ter in Europe.
 Henry Picard was one of the oldest supporters of the Touro Inhrmary and the Jewish Widows and Orphans Home. He was also one of tine oldest members of the Temple Sinai. He was con- tributor to the Denver Hospital for Con- sumptives. Indeed. there was no call made upon him in a worthy cause to which he did not respond. His place will be impossible to fill