Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-17
SLEEP THE LONG Sleep.

SLEEP THE LONG SLEEP.
The Remains Of the Three Victims 81
Drowning Accident Laid Awsy =
Amid Tears and FIowess.
The last sad scenes over the remains
OF the three unfortun ate Willmar bows
who lost their lives by drowning in
Foot Lake were enacted on wednes.
day and Thursday of this week. All
that Is earthly OF Allyn Birch, Arthur
Cramer and Palmer Telstad has been
consigned to the last resting place,
where they now sleep the sleep of the
dead until that bright resurrection
morn. -
The funeral of Allyn Birch and Ar
thur Cramer took place from the First
Presbyterian church Wednesday af-
'ternoon at three O'Clock. Brief SER
vices were conducted at the Cramer
home before the hour appointed for
the services at the church. Rev.
Henry G. Buell. oficiated at the sad
rites, which were witnessed by large
concourse of both citizens and out Of
town friends and relatives of the be-
reayed families. The large church
auditorium was filled by synpathizing
friends long before the hour arrived
for the service and it was estimated
that over one thousand people viewed
the remains OF the departed ones at
the close OF the service, many of those
present being unable to gain an en-.
trance into the building until the time
came for the last sad look into the
caskets.
The procession Of mourning rela.
tives and friends of the two families
followed the remains as they were
carried In the caskets into the church
and up the aisIes in the following
order: First came the casket contain
ing the remains of Allyn Birch, the
following classmate and schoolmates
OF the High school acting as pail.
bearers: Raymond Spicer, Clifford
Mccullough, Robert Dram, Albert
Porter, Lester Porter and Maxfield
Lewis. Besides the family and rela.
tives the entire membership of the
High school followed in a body and
all occupied seats on the right,
Next came the remains of Arthur
Cramer. Besides the mourning family
and relatives there we're pupils of the
Eighth grade department., who had
come to pay their respects to their
schoolmate, and who were assigned
seats IN the large lecture room. The
remains of Arthur Cramer were borne
by the following school-mates: Car
Peterson y Maarice ~.J Jenness,, ,,4Arshu,
Ives, John TAFT, Seymour Davids and
Dwight Sanford. The funeral party
occupied seats on the left The two
caskets were placed side by side
directly in front of the chancel and
were literally loaded down with floral
offerings. There was a profusion o1
flowers, the gifts of sympathizinp
friends and neighbors, both on and
near the caskets.
The scene was most touching, and
scarcely dry eye was visible during
the service. Rev. Buell. chose for the
text of his sermon the touching words
as contained in John 1875, .Jesus
Wept." A male quartet composed o1
Messrs. L. A. Vlk, J. T. Otos, George
Bitterness and W. A. Lindquist rem.
dered the following selections: "Abide
With Me-" ''Meet Me There" and
"Some Time Well Understand. -
Miss Florence R Porter sang the very
touching solo, "Face to Face"
1t was nearly five O'Clock when the
funeral cortege wound it's way to Fair
view cemetery, where the last sad rites
were performed. The procession to
the graves was one of the longest seen
at funeral in this city. After the
burial service was read by the officiat.
ing clergyman, the remains were low.
cred into their respective resting
places.
AS q mark of respect to the families
of the deceased q number of business
houses closed their doors during the
hours of the funeral. Both the High
School and Eighth grade departments
were closed during the afternoon and
the teachers as we'll as the pupils were
in attenda ance at the services. These
school rooms had been draped in
mourning and the desks of the two ab.
sent ones had been decorated with
flowers, the donations Of students and
teachers.