The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-05
OBITUARY NOTES.
Funeral of William E. Dowaes-An
 Impressive Occasion.

Impressive Occasion.
 The last sad rites over the remains of the late Hon. William E. Downes took place at the family residence, 345 Whit ney avenue, yesterday afternoon at 1:15 and at the Derby cemetery later in the day. There was an unusually large coneourse of friends and business asso- ciates present, as the deceased was a man of high standing and greatly es teemed. Present at the obsequies were representatives of the many business corporations with which the deceased was so prominently connected
 The services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, pastor of Center Congregational church, of which the deceased was prominent member. He paid an eloquent and beautiful tribute to the sleeper, speaking concerning the life of the deceased and his many fine traits of character and his sterling worth as business man and his public usefulness.
 The quartette of Center church sang Nearer, My God, to Thee,' and Lead, Kindly Light" most effectively. The remains were taken to Derby on the 2:30 train and the burial was in the family lot in the Derby cemetery. The pallbearers in this city were Professor George J. Brush, Professor William G. Mixter, Arthur D. Osborne, Dr. Rollin McNeil Judge David Torrance and Richard M. Everit. The pallbearers in Derby were Charles p. Clark, cashier of the Birmingham National bank; pr. Shelton, of the Shelton Water compa- ny; President Nettleton, of the New Haven Gas company and of the Derby Gas company; William c. Atwater, D. H. Brinsmade, vice-president ot the Derby Savings bank; George H. Barber and S. H. Lessey, assistant cashier of the Derby National bank.
 The tributes of floral pieces were nu- nlerous and of great beauty. Among them was one from Charles D. Clark, of Derby, one from Professor George J. Brush and wife, one from the directors of the Birmingham National bank, one from Dr. w. L. Elkins, of the Yale ob- servatory, one from the Housatonlc Water company, one from Professor w. G. Mixter, of Yale, one from the Howe Manufacturing company of Derby, one from the Birmingham Water company, one from the Shelton Water company and one from the Derby Gas company.
 Among those present were friends from New York, Boston and as far west as Buffalo.
 A carload of the friends went from \ this city to Derby to attend the inter qnent.
 II t8EDWARD M TOWNSEND, FATHER , OF MRS. r. J. KINGSBURY, JR. Edward Mitchell Townsend, seventy five years old, a pioneer dry goods mer- chant and for many years neighbor and close friend of President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, died on Tuesday in the Plaza hotel New York from pneumo- mia, after an illness of five days.
 MT. Townsend had been in the dry goods commission business for fifty-five years. In 1S49 he founded the firm of Townsend & Kellog, which continued until 1852, when Mir Kellog died. MT. Townsend continued the business un- der the name of Townsend & Yale. In 1897 Mir Yale died, and his son William took his place in the business, the firm name remaining unchanged In 1901 tkis firm was discontinued and Mr. Townsend formed a new firm, known as E. M. Townsend & Co.,, taking in as partners Messrs. Vandewater, Stewart and Scudder'
 Mr Townsend was a director of the Deaf and Dumb asylum and of the De Milt dispensary; first vice-presidenr of the Institution for the Savings of