Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-02
CONSIGN BODY
TO LAST HOME
FINAL SERVICES HELD FOR
MRS. CANFlELD
Fragrance and Tears at obsequies
and After the Funeral Flowers
Were Sent to Different
Hospitals

Surrounded by sorTowing friends,
amid a wealth Of flowers, the still,
white form of Mrs. Charles A. Garfield
--ruthlessly stilled by the hand Of the
sayer-lay yesterday morning In the
beautiful family residence. S03 Alvarado
street, where simple funeral services
were held, in accordance with the
wishes of the deceased.
While the family and near relatives
stood sobbing at the side of their be
loved and the community stood outside
the mansion In respectful silence await
ing the last look at the face of the one
whom they all loved, the slayer pre-
tended sleep-the quiet. peaceful sum-
ber of which he has deprived his vic
TINS family for so many nights of grief
and anxiety.
Although it had been announced that
the funeral would be private the large
home was filled with friends from all
walks of life. The high esteem in
which the decedent was held was at
tested by the many floral pieces which
were sent to the house of mourning and
which probably presented the largest
array of blossoms ever seen at
funeral service in Los Angeles.
Banked With Flowers
The different rooms were banked
with the flowers, the beautiful gray
broadcloth casket being almost cov-
cred with pink and white roses. A
large pillow of violets bore the touch
ing inscription Mother" while the
little children OF the family sent a
large basket of pure white hyacinths.
A large wreath Of pink roses was the
gift of Mrs. c. o. Canfield. daughter
in-law. The NsighborhoOd club sent
floral harp.
In the family dining room the
wreaths OF violets were arranged on
the family table, where the gracious
Christian woman. who is mourned by
all who knew her, so often presided at
the family gatherings. over her chair
a large wreath OF the fragrant flowers
was suspended.
Mrs. Garfield, while a deeply religious
woman from youth, did not unite her
self with any particular church. In
Difference to What the family knew
would have been her wishes, Francis
Murphy, himself a broad Christian and
an old friend of the family conducted
the funeral services, speaking in kind
sympathy and Christian consolation to
the bereaved family.
Compared to Martyrs
Mr.. Murphy compared Mrs. Garfield
to a latter day martyr and her life to
that of the saints, so loVable, pure and
sympathetic had it been, and with all a
human happiness and hope which so
often strengthened her family and
friends in time of distress.
Let not your hearts be troubled; ye
believe in God; believe also in me-
words in the fourteenth chapter of the
Gospel of st. John, were selected by
Mr.. Murphy as his text and which
thought he carried throughout his
touching address, pointing to the
Heavenly Father as the healer of all
wounds and the helper in all sorrows.
Mr.. Murphy said
Dear friends, we come here to this
sacred place, to this beautiful home,
to our beloved friend and neighbor and
his dear ones to express to them our
love and sympathy and loyalty in this
deep, deep sorrow.
Life of Sacrifice
THANK God for this noble life,
life of sacrifice and love and courage.
She had been interes ted in the poc'
and the afflicted she was one of the
most gracious women. Her heart was
in her work. Her gifts to the poor
were made quietly because she did not
want publicity. This sweet-hearted
woman has not gone; she will stay
here. 1t is a blessed memory; it is a
blessed home made more sacred by
her departure. 1t never was so sacred
as it is this blessed morning or so
precious God has made it so, and
with eyes raining tears, We look up to
God and say THY will be done; she
rests in thy peace and thy love,
THE awful crime-I will not speak
of it. 1 have been stunned, I have been
made helpless by it. This beautiful
woman, this lovely wife and mother
has been distinguished by destiny in
removing her by this brutal act. She
has been deemed worthy of a martyr's
death. 1t is not often that such an
honor comes to a woman-a martyrs
death for her home, for her loved ones.
Lincoln and Garfield were assassin
ated; our beloved Mckinley was taken
away by an assassin's bullet This
glorious woman has been deemed
worthy to stand in the litany of these
great, noble men. Thank God for the
light and beauty that has been shed
upon this beautiful life. in the gracious
province of Almighty God"
Wife and Husband
Mr.. Murphy paid a touching tribute
to the friendship eXising between the
bereaved family and e. L. Doheny and
in a trembling voice spoke of. the early
days of the husband and wife now so
rudely torn apart-when the smile of
wealth did not shine upon them, but
when the loving wife was full of love
and courage to meet and surmount the
difficulties as they came, a true and
loving Christian helpmate in every way
Continuing he said:
"They loved and lived for each
other The wife was a loyal comrade to
her gallant husband. She never com
planned, but filled his life nth sunshine.
and in that respect they We're never
poor. They had their troubles and we
all have, but it was love and loyalty
that enabled them to weather the
storms Of life. When their wealth dis
appeared as it did several times before
they had their greatest success this