Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-25
EARTH RECEIVES IT'S own
E, ". Nash is Laid at Rest in Holy
sepuJpher Cemetery.
sOLtNN SERVICES IN CATHOLIC CHURCH
omaha sees Buried one of the Fore
most Men who Gave n sub
stance and strength
a. n Great city.

Impressive and solemn was the service
held Monday morning at st. Johns Cole
giate Catholic church, Twenty-sixth and
California streets, over the body Of Edward
w. Mesh, late president OF the American
Smelling and Refining company. The
solemn high mass Of the Catholic church
was rendered before a gathering that more
than filled the church.
Soon after o clock people began to ar
rive so as to get places for the service,
which was announced for 10 o'clock. A few
minutes after 10 the funeral cortege arrived
from the Nash residence. sSO6 Burt street.
Acting as honorary pail bearers. DR.. 8. d.
Mercer, Charles Balbach. DR.. George l..
Miller, w A. Smith. Guy c. Barton, W. r.
Kelly. DR.. Victor Coffnan L. II Korty, e.
M. Morsman, George A. Hoagland, John
A. Creighton and w A. Paxton led the
procession into the church. Following these
were the active pallbearers. w. T. Page,
w. 7. Cox, W. II. Koenig, J. l. Woodland,
Victor Caldwell, Myron L. Learned @. w.
Megeath and j. A. Munroe, bearing the
black casket Next in line were the mem
bers OF the immediate family, relatives and
long line Of friends and old associates.
Reception of the Bier.
The bier was received at the church en-
trance by Rev ID. p. Harrington pastor of
st. Cecelia's church. and then moved to the
altar, while the opening chant of the Gre
gorian requiem mass was sung by the choir,
with Miss NJ. Judge at the organ Harry
" Burnley sang the offertory solo. During
the mass Miss Gussle Lehman sang Rock
of Ages" while quartet comprised Of Clin-
ton Miller Harry V. Burnley, Miss Judge
and Mrs. Bethe sang zone sweetly Solemn
Thought" by Ambrose.
The mass was read BY Very Rev. A. NJ
Colaneri chancellor of the diocese as the
bishops representative celebrant; Very
Rev John Jennette. Deacon Rev. p. f.
Mccarthy, sub-deacon; Rev. d. p. Harring-
ton, master of ceremonies. Rev M. p.
Bowling, president OF Creighton university,
preached the sermon. The service was held
at St. Johns church owing to the small
seating capacity at st. Cecilia church. of
which Mr. Nash was member.
Father Dowlings sermon was a series
of word pictures depicting life and death,
the uncertainty OF the one and the inevi-
tableness Of the other. He likened mortal
life TO a flower that springs up in the
morning, is bathed in the morning dew
and sunshine, droops and withers at noon
day and then runs its course out in the
evening time. Speaking of the dead citizen
the speaker said:
His life was as an open book in
which were written honesty. integrity and
domestic and civic virtues. He had unfiag-
Sing industry and energy Continuing
Father Bowling SAID: 1--WE have gathered
here to learn anew the lessons of immor-
tality. Death shows the litteness, meek
ness and insignif1cance of man .even in
the heyday of his life. Life is but vesti-
bule through which man, the wayfarer
passes from this existence to the real
country"
At Holy sepulcher.
The burial and concluding rites at the
grave were of a private character, The
body was placed in the family lot at the