Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-01-03
WAS SL.ARlGE FUNERAL. d !!
Was That Of the5 Hon. G.. v. II. Davis
~ :522: 81 at tile M. {. Church ss # +


Was That Of tle Hon. 6. ". II. Davis
I s=s: at the M. Church s.s
Last Saturday afternoon all that:
was was mortal of George w. fl Davis was :
laid to rest in As 3. cemetery The e. J {
funeral was largely attended; the /.
crowd at the Methodist church being
much too large for the: seating capasE
city of the edifce. Many and beautiful |
were ,a.Gar the floral offerings, the altar
being banked with a&profusilot,nlas lt,las'3't ofi
beautiful cut flowers and set pieces,
The deceased, u friends Of StarkWe'a eath-sl l1 Z.
81 sent aEIarge cross Of roses and nd car: 'a:
nations with the word s Neig ighbors'
forming the center piece: The knights
81 Pythias of Cando,s Of which lodge
Mr.. Davis was a member, sent a se' beau 'l. |
tiful shield Of roses, and the family ll11li
a most beautiful banked wreath; y, with
The word Rather In raised letters,
i: special train from starkwe Gather
brought down q great many man OF Mr.
Davis friends who paid their last
! tribute te the esmemory Of the departed.
: \ al 2::15 o'clock the funeral :cortege
slowly fled into the crowded church. ,l1;,
The quartet choir, composed Of a. Mr. " 8
an, and Mrs. p O.. Miller,s Miss Adele AIDE
: Thompson and Mr.. John Henley, sang
stJesus,s Lover Of my Sou" as ~ the
mourners were being. seated. Rey.:T. !:
"a: Olson then gave "a prayer, after ''l
which Miss Thompson sang Face to
/, Face in, beautiful and effective
manner. Mr.. Olson delivered the. the
funeral sermon, and paid a high trib-
.1nte to the many sterling qualities OF
the deceased He made reference to
Mr.. Davis public and private life, and 1lti
{ :. spoke Of his character in every capa-
I city. in which he had served as being
\. fiawless. The choir, sang Newmantln[l''ss ms 3
\. beautiful Lead. Kindly Light" az and
tie c,aaskseet was then opened for g last
Z long look at the remains before they
we're I, consigned to their last earthly rh
resting place. ut Is safe to say that
II i there was not a dry eye In that vast
q au1ience, as, ene#b one, they slowly
s.s filed past the casket, and earnestly e
B gazed at the peaceful and lifeless & face q
Il Of one who had been q kind friend a and 1t
q true Christia Ian.
III Az chronicled in last weeks Inter. ~ {
ocean the death OF Mr.: Davis occur.
red last Thursday evening at 5::S5 $50
o'clock. The end was peaceful and u q
Ss calm. For some time past, IN fact
since the close Of the last Chautauaua
": season, he had been suffering intense
" from asthma, brought on very prob
a a ably by his strenuous efforts at the
81 Chautauqua, which he was g: direct
ss,o II sor. His heart was also Affected and and
later Oh an affection of the kidneys
s$ and dropsy set In. During his long LII
s# s ll ness he was optimis and ntertalitng tain
ed earnest hopes of his ultimate re
coYery. bout three weeks ago, he
was taken to the SAM itarium at Roch
ester, Minn, for treatmen and was
given every enc courag agement BY The
physicians ii charge, He had planned
I'd spend the winter In the iuth,s 81,
owing IS his grea = 1:.y Z weakened Il con,,di
::..yn, ply ans sil a. yised hin hin
against this.
e.srge Davis was born a q
rs DeleWare count Ontario Februar 1iIa
IA. 1851, II 3 he was married ~
81 #S Miss Margare Buttesl ' Wlaic " EI'
3i5sa. .union four children we're born |s !
1854 they moved Isanse count e'l1l
n fron Chicago. sett1 ling on honegtaa yea
# III Bergen township The harsdsiallI
81 the. earl pioneers we're many, tl an
this Young couple shared them. Tbs {
have done much TO build up this pa
ofs the no n one ..'it' q;
done more. i. Davis served stttrs
terms al represent tiye - the sta
legia iaIature from this distrfct. and
has often been said that am ANS 4
county never lnad saprasentss
tive
she time of his death MI Day
was Spraa.d dent the farmers ssra 81.
Company one of the strong gest irlf n,t
pendent organiza tions "A the ata
III and also pregide lent of the Harslae l.s I nss
srain Company off5 fanttoba Iae n
pr,esi dent of the Devils Lake and CHI n
faaauqua railroad, and a member OF