Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-13
FUNERAL RITES
ARE IMPRESSIVE
POPULAR SUPERVISOR BURIED
BY ASSOCIATES
Great outpourlng Of People Honor the
Memory Of the Late orray W.
Longdon at San
Gabriel
speclal to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
ALHAMBRA, Nov. 12.-The earthly
remains Of Orray w. Longdon were laid
away this afternoon in the rittie ceme-
terry at San Gabriel with impressive
evidence Of the esteem and genuine af-
fection which was felt for him through
out the whole county. There was a
generous outpouring Of people which
filled the modest Church of Our Savior
to overhowlng and spread out upon the
lawn, probably but one person in FIVE
being able to obtain an entrance into
the church. Los Angeles sent two cars
loaded with friends of the deceased,
Pasadena sent as many and Alhambra
and San Gabriel helped swell the crowd.
inside the church the afr was heavy
with the perfume of a great mass of
floral offerings from friends and neigh
bors and from the numerous organiza-
tions of which Supervisor Longdon had
been a member. Chief among these
floral pieces was a beautiful chair made
of choicest flowers sent by his col
leagues on the board of supervisors.
Tie clerks IN the supervisors offices
sent a handsome wreath and the Elks
and knights of Pythias were suitably
represented. The entire chancel was
filled with these offerings.
Pythians Bury Friend
Rev. B. Hartley of Los Angeles rec
tor of the church, officiated and read
the impressive funeral ritual of the
Episcopal church. The male quartet of
Pasadena lodge of Elks, of which Mr.
Longdon had been a charter member
furnished most appropriate vocal music.
The quartet consists of Messrs. Hall,
Jepson. Crandall and Jones. The
funeral cortege then moved to the
cemetery adjoining the church, and at
the side of the grave the services of
the church were concluded. Then the
officers and members of Alhambra
lodge, Knights of Pythias. of which the
deceased had long been an active men,
ber, took up the beautiful ritual of that
order and affectionately consigned the
body of their friend and brother to the
grave. This completed the ceremony.
The active pall-bearers were w. NJ
Northrup of Alhambra, G. M. Purcell,
N. A. Strain H. d. Mcdonald, e. S.
Hereford and j. M. Sanborn of San
Gabriel. The members of the board of
supervisors acted as honorary pail
bearers with others as follows: George
Alexander, C. E. Patterson, A. j. Gra-
ham, Peter ]. Wilson, F. @. Story and
Hon. NJ. w. Thompson.
In addition to those already men,
toned as present there were Senator
Flint and County Treasurer Jones of
Los Angeles, Mayor William Water
house and the members of his official
family from Pasadena.
Pasadena Elks occupied a special car
in making the trip, carrying seventy
members. Many Pasadena knights
of Pythias Joined their brethren of AL
hambra lodge in the burial ceremony, |
The little Church of Our Savior never
in it's history contained as large and as
representative a gathering.
Judge" Longdon. as he was affec-
tionately known by his friends and
neighbors from the fact that at ore
time he filled the office of justice of the
peace in that neighborhood, will be
missed nowhere more than in his old
home. He has been a model county
official, but above all he has been
good citizen