Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-02
Association For Meeting Flu
neral Expenses by Twelve
Cents Assessments
DENsEL AND WILBUR BACK OF 1T
Funeral Expenses Coming Upon Fam
lilies of Moderate Means With the
suddenness Of Death Often Hard.
ship-Members vii! Share Expense
by Small Assessments.

aid and insurance societies to protect
deaths, fires, or accidents have been
given new application in the Harrison
Mutual Burial Association, Of Mar
shalltown. now organized with A. r..
Wilbur president, II. p. Densel secre-
tary and treasurer and the firm of
Densel and Wilbur association under
takers. At first reading the scheme
will cause one to smile but upon care
full thought the plan will be seen to
have unusual merit. In brief 1t is
intended to form an association of from
1900 to 1900 members in Marshall
coed twelve cents apiece when men,
Der dies, this fund to be used to pay for
the funeral expenses OF the deceased.
Densel & Wilbur, the firm of under
takers, who are interested in forming
the association and who are backing
it's guarantees with their reputation
and commercial credit, agree to give
every deceased member burial, under
takers and funeral directors services
first class in every respect for the sum
or 500. This will include three car
riages for family or friends. Thus 1t
will be seen that one assessment of
twelve cents apiece on membership
OF 5000 will pay the expenses of three
funerals and allow two cents Of each
assessment for collection expenses.
The great benefits to members are
apparent. A death in family is always
heavy expense, especially among peo-
pie in ordinary circumstances. who
want to give their loved ones marked
attention in their last sad services.
Doctors, merchants and landlords have
been forced to wait for their money
when a sudden or unforeseen funeral
expense came upon a family. Women
are today laboring over wash tubs to
pay an undertaker's bill, or pay the
grocer. who could have had his money
long ago had ii not been for some fun
eral expense. Such an expense cannot
be foreseen. They come without warn
ing and With the same suddenness ms
death. 1t is therefore proposed by
Densel & Wilbur to form a mutual So
ciety of hundreds of members, who Will
share this funeral expense in twelve
cent assessments, so small as not to
inconvenience anyone The undertaken
gets cash for his work. has the funerals
of large number of the population
guaranteed to him, and he can afford
to give for 500 much more than is now
to be had for that price.
The articles OF Incorporation for this
mutual burial association, provide in
part:
These articles of association are
made, adopted and signed for the pur-
pose of forming an association to pro-
vide for the payment of funeral eX-
penses for the members thereof.
The object of this association shall
be to provide plan for the payment,
by assessment. of the funeral expenses
of each member to the amount OF one
hundred dollars for each member ten
years of age or over, and fifty dollars
for each member under ten years of
age.
Any person In good health between,
the age Of one and seventy, may be-
come a member of this association
by paying an lnlliaeioH lee VI eeii SSii's
for those over ten years OF age, and
five cents for those under ten years of
age.
On the death of a member over ten
wears Of age, each member of the as
ISOLATION over ten years of age shall
be assessed the sum of twelve cents.
ten cents of this to be used as funeral
and two cents for paying for
collection and other expenses. And on
the death Of member under ten years
of age each member of the association
over ten years Of age shall be assessed
the sum of six cents, five cents as fun
eral expense, and one cent for collection
and other expenses. And failure to pay
any assessment for twenty days shall
forfeit membership.