The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-24
WOULD END IHE WAR FlLKEKBURG At REST
HEAD coNsUL'S GRAND FUNERAL
Chief Officer of the Woodmen Of the
World Has One OF the Largest
Funerals Ever Known
in Colorado

Funerals EVER NfoWh
in Colorado.
Denver, Feb. 2O-The funeral of +.
A. FaIkenburg, head consul OF the
Woodmen of the Work, Pacific Juris-
diciUn. and presiGept of the lnterna-
tional Fraternal Congress, was prob
ably the largest and most elaborate
tina has ever occurred in Denver. Ev-
cry camp of Woodlnen turned out III
fore and every frateTnal organization
in the city sent representatives TO
honor the president Of their congress.
Fuli. $1,000 people, it is estimated, as
semDed around Trinity church after
the services, and on account OF lhe
crowd the funeral procession was con
duCled only with the greatest difficulty.
At o'clock in the afternoon. the
hOuI set for the services, Trinity
church was literally packed with men
and women of Woodcralt. A special
detail of police in charge OF Oihcer
Hun was stationed at the doors and
inside to preserve order.
The casket containing the body OF
the dead consul was placed in front of
tn pulpit, near the front seats, which
wern occupied by Mrs. FaiksnburS and
tne Immediate relatives and friends,
during the services. Al the front oil
The lustrum sat Sovereign Commander
J. C.. Root of Omaha. the succeeding
head consul, John Foley of Los An
gels. Rev. Frost Graft of Trinity
church. w. c. Hawlcy of Salem, Ore
gou, chairman OF the board OF head
managers, and Head Clerk |. |. Boai OF
Denver.
The pulpit was decorated with beau-
timl and costly floral emblems seat
from all parts of the Pacific division.
II was one of the largest floral displays
eycI seen at "A funeral in Denver. The
largest piece costing 5000 was or
dcred by Wow Wow Camp No. 3CG. In
the center was design given by Camp
No. !. of which Mr.. Falkenburg was a
member To the right was beautiful
design. THE Gates Ajar,' sent from
Oakland, California. 1t required seven
carriages to transport the floral offer
sings to the cemetery.
In the choir loft at the church were
the members of the Woodmen OF the
WoTld male chorus. which rendered
two selections under direction of Prof.
Gwilym Thomas. The opening seiec-
ton was "Oh, Paradise" and at the
close the chorus sang Lead, Kindly
> ght." .. ..........
Special trains arrived during the
morning from Pueblo, Leadville, Boul-
der and numerous other points. bring
ing drill teams and other members or
the order, who were given seats within
the church, SO far as possible.
Short addresses were made by the
Rev Frost Craft, }. c. Root, sovereign
commander; w. c. Hawiey, chairman
Of the head board of managers; John
Foley and l. |. Boak.
Mrs. w. J. Whiteman sang solo.
In his address Professor W. c. Haw-
ley likened Falkenburg to handful of
clay that has gone through the FUR
mace and come out a diamond. sap
phire and an opal.
He was always a friend Of the wild
owed and fatherless," said Professor
Iiawley, "and in his lifetime he caused
upwards of $50 O,O0O. 900 to be spent for
heir benefit He erected monuments
o his dead brothers, which, if put end
o end, would reach higher than The
oftiest peak in the Rockies.
Let that be his monument
Maj. A. II. Williams was marshal OF
he day, his aides being Gen. ". r..
Nherrier, Col. Johl Campion. capt
!'aul Smith, Maj. II. NJ. Libby and Col.
v yman. the later of Cheyenne.
The drill companies were as follows:
10. .. from Pueblo, Capt. II. c. Noble:
30. 10 from Golden. Capt. VIII McIn-
.yre; No. - of Lcadville, Capt. Will
lam Youe; No. LA of Cheyenne, Capt.
y. J. Matthew's; No. % of Denver.
capt. J. Floyd Neff; No. iS5 Of Colo
ado City. Capt. Thomas J. Sullivan;
10. 30 of Pueblo, Capt. II. J. Spar; No.
of Colorado Springs, Capt. L. p. Mar
n; No. 81 of Longmont, Capt. w. w.
ones: No So of I.oveland Capt. John
sherman: No. 15S of Denver, Capt.
harles Sampson. No. Is of Denver,
apt. J. G. Bonnell; No. 10 of Denver,
{ apt Wm. Heinig; No. Al OF Fort Lup-
on, Capt J. G. Freuden; No. of Den
yer. Capt W. r. Woodman.
Services were held at Fairmount Gem
ytery according to the ritual of the or
Ter. and an immense gathering was
resent.