The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-02-20
LARGE FUNERAL.
J It White, the Unfortunate Engineer,
Buried with Imposing Ceremonies

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died of Injuries received in the Iowa
Central accident at Clifford Saturday
night of last week was held in the
Stone Chapel of the Christian Church,
corner north first street and A avenue
Wednesday afternoon at two thirty
| O'Clock.
| The organizations and local repre-
sentatives of the Ben Hur lodge, the
b. of l.. E., B. of l.. T., B. of L. F ,
and others met at the Ben Hur hall
and marched in body under the
direction of Chief Marshall Frank
Snyder TO the White home an A
avenue west and here they acted as
escort to the carriages,containing the
relatives and were also guard of
honor for the deceased. This guard
made procession several blocks in
length The line moved from the
residence to H street, South to High
avenue, and then east on High
avenue to First street and the church
where open order was commanded
and the casket'was borne between the
lines to the door of the church.
The funeral was announced for tw o
thirty O'Clock but soon after the
dinner hour people arrived at the
church seeking admission to the
building. Bytwo O'Clock the church,
excepting those parts reserved for
the relatives and the orders, had
been filed to overlooking and
hundreds of people seeking admis
sion could not be accomm dated.
Every inch of room in the church
was occupied and it is sasd that the
crowd was the largest that has ever
been in the church building.
The cssket had been taken to the
pulpit platform where it was sur
rounded by the floral emblems that
made great bank. The seating of
as many as possible of the great
crowd occupied considerable time
and it was near three O'Clock when
the services were commenced.
The pail bearers were John Whit
aker, Henry Boggie and Will Strause
of the engineers and the associates
and close friends of the deceased,
James O'Hearn, Will Thomas and j.
G. Hanna associates from the lodges,
of which the man had been a member.
The line of march was appropriately
headed by Nose Arquette, of Mar
shalltown, an associate engineer and
George Dawson, Whites conductor
on the fatal trip.
The service was opened by the
singing of NEARER My God to Thee"
by the male 9uartette of Penn Col
lege and then prayer by Rev. Nc
Knight, who also gave the sketch and
sermon.
John T. White, son of Eli and Mar tina
White, was born in Jasper County,
Iowa, April II, 1857. May 81, 1883,
Mr.. White was married to Miss Sarah
Sparks, at Lynnville, Iowa, and To-
Gated at once at Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Two children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. White, Carl o. and Edna M.
For the past 81 years Mr.. White has
been in the employ of the Iowa Gen.
tr railway. Sixteen years of this
time he was employed as an engineer.
He was considered one of the most
reliable and competent engineers in
the employ of the company; and in
his death the road sustaiLs no ordi-
nary loss.
Mr.. Whites splendid ability as an
engineer and his great popularity
among the engineers placed him in
the position of the Chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS Division No. 146.
Mr.. White was a member of Court
No. 10 of the Tribe of Ben Hur. He
was also a member of the Friends
church by virute of his birthright in
that church.
Besides his wife and children Mr..
White leaves five sisters and three
brothers: Mrs. Rebecca Butler, of
Media, Kan, Mrs. Sarah Weigand, of
Portland, Ore, Mrs. susanna Wilson,
Of New Sharon, Iowa, Mrs. Esther
Macy, of Smith Center, Kan, Mrs.
Mary Butler, of New Providence Iowa,
Robert White, of Hillsboro, Iowa, Lin
sey White, of Cove, Texas, and Sam'
White, of Lynnville.
His death resulted from injuries re-
ceived in a railway collision on the
Iowa Central near Clifford, Iowa. He
passed to his reward Sunday morn
ing, Feb'y 16, 1902, aged A years, 10
months and days. He died as he
lived, noble, true and courageous
man. He had been brave man in
life and was no craven coward in
death, for when he knew he must die
he said, 81 am prepared to CO." Not
shrinking, not cringing, but heroic
ally showing himself true man to
the last.
Following the services the friends
and those desiring were permitted to
pass the casket and this required
considerable time. 1t was half past
four before the procession was form
ed for the cemetery. The service at
the grave was in charge of the loco
motive engineers,
Ii is estimated that 1900 people
were In attendance at the church