The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-24
FALkENBuRc At REST
HEAD coMsuL's GRAND FUNERAL

HEAD coNsuL's GRAND FUNERAL
Chief oMieer Of the Weodmsn Of the
World Has One Of the Largest
Funerals Ever Known
in Colorado.
Denver, Feb. 2O.-The funeral of r.
A. F&lkenburg. head consul OF the
Woodmen Of the Work, Pacific Juris-
diction. and president Of the Interna-
tional Frsternal Congress. Was prob
ably the largest and most elaborate
that has ever occurred In Denver. Ev-
cry camp Of Woodmen turned out In
force, and every fraternal organization
in the city sent representatives to
honor the president Of their congress-.
Fully 1900 people. II is estimated. as
sembled around Trinity church after
the services, and on account Of the
crowd the funeral procession was con-
Quoted only with the greatest dimculty.
At O'Clock In the afternoon. the
hour set for the services. Trinity
church was literally packed with men
and women Of WOOdcraft. A special
detail of police in charge OF OMcer
Hunt was stationed at the doors and
inside to preserve order.
The casket containing the body OF
the dead consul was placed in front OF
the pulpit, near the front seats, which
were occupied by Mrs. Falkenburg and
the immediate relatives and friends,
during the services. At the front OF
the ros,rum sat Sovereign Commander
j. c. Root Of Omaha. the succeeding
head consul, John Foley Of Los Ar
geles; Rev. Frost Craft of Trinity
! x,h, Lo oNxr1nr nf
gon, chairman of the board Of head
managers, and Head Clerk |. l. Boak OF
Denver.
The pulpit was decorated with beaN-
tiful and costly floral emblems sent
from all parts of the Pacific division.
1t was one of the largest floral displays
ever seen at funeral In Denver. The
largest piece costing 5000 was or
dered by Wow Wow Camp No. 3G6. In
the center WAS a design given by Camp
No. 1, of which Mr.. Falkenburg was
member. To the right was beautiful
design, "The Gates Ajar," sent from
Oakland, California. 1t required seven
carriages to transport the floral oner-
ings to the cemetery.
| In the choir loft at the church were
the members of the Woodmen of the
| World male chorus, which rendered
| two selections under direction Of Prof.
Gwilym Thomas. The opening selec.
tion was oh Paradise" and at the
close the chorus sang Lead, Kindly
Light"
| Special trains arrived during the
morning from Pueblo, Leadville, Boul-
| der and numerous other points. bring
| ing drill teams and other members of
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. Hawley, chairman
| of the head board of managers; John
Foley and l. 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 diamond, sap
| phire and an opal.
He was always friend of the wild
| owed and fatherless," said Professor
Hawley. "and in his lifetime he caused
upwards of $G0,o00,000 to be spent for
| their benefit. He erected monuments
| to his dead brothers. which, If put end
| to end would reach higher than the
| loftiest peak in the Rockies.
| LET that be his monument"
| Maj. 4. H. Williams was marshal OF
the day. his aides heing Gen. w. r.
Cherrier. Col. Joha Campion. Capt.
| Paul Smith, Maj. H. NJ. Libby and Col.
| Myman. the later of Cheyenne.
| The drill companies were as follows:
No. >. from Pueblo. Capt. H. c. Noble;
No. Is from Golden, Capt. Will McIn-
tyre: No. l. of Leadville. Capt. VIII
liam Youe: No. IA of Cheyenne. Capt.
! A. j. Matthews: No. s5 of Denver,
/ Capt. ]. Floyd Neff: No. ass of Colo
RADIO City, Capt. Thomas ]. Sullivan;
No. % of Pueblo, Capt. H. J. Spar; No.
s of Colorado Springs, Capt. E. P. Mar
tin; No. 81 of Longmont. Capt. W. W.
Jones; No. IS of Loveland, Capt. John
Sherman; No. l5S of Denver. Capt.
| Charles Sampson. No. Is of Denver,
Capt. j. G. Bonnell; No. As OF Denver.
| Capt. VIM. Heinig; No. "A of Fort Lup-
I ton. Capt. ]. G. Freuden: No. 4 of Den
yer. Capt. W. R. Woodman.
+! Services were held at Fairmount GEM
e;ery according to the ritual of the or
der. and an immense gathering was
present.
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