Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-08-12
Earle Roy Jenness.

Inc funeral services and last SAD
rites were held in sacred memory of
the late Earle Roy Jenness from the
Congregational church Friday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock. The services
were conducted by the Knights of
Malta Commandery. The Blue Lodge
Masons, and the order of the Eastern
Star, Modern Woodmen and the Barton
Baseball club were in attendance. The
three fraternal orders accompanied
the body to the church from the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Batchelder, where
the home service took place. Besides
the members of these organizations
there were present so many friends
that the church was filled to its ut
most capacity.
Rev. w. A. Warner in his brief dis
course spoke especially of the de-
ceased's faculty of making friends;
most beautiful gift and one to be
practised and cherished by all. To the
sorrowing wife, father and mother he
spoke most ittingly, saying that if
sympathy was something that could be
seen, something tangible, the sympa-
thy of the friends would fill the church
and more but that was gift of the
heart, unseen. yet all the more to be
valued, because it was invisible.
Mr.. G. Frederick Wheeler rendered
most beautifully the selection ''The
Plains of Peace" Just before the re-
mains were carried from the church
the young wife in the presence of
only the near relatives placed trib-
ute of thirty exquisite white roses
her last gift the casket beside the
form of her husband; and the father
with his own hands closed the casket
for the last time. The remains were
escorted by the several orders to the
grave, where the Knight Templars
continued the service, which was Joined
in by the Blue Lodge Masons and
Modern Woodmen. The burial was in
the Welcome o. Brown cemetery at
this place. The abundance of flowers
and large attendance at the funeral
spoke more than words of the esteem
in which the deceased was held. The
flowers were many and beautiful be-
yond description. The casket was en-
tirely covered by a blanket of beautiful
roses expressive of the tender thought
of parents and wife; what could be
more fitting? Symbolic of their re-
spective orders: Cross and crown of
roses and carnations, Knights of Malta
Commandery wreath of white roses
with keystone from Keystone Chap
ter pillow with square and compass
from Blue Lodge; star of roses from
| the order cf the Eastern Star; pillow
of roses and chrysanthemums and car
nations from Mod ern Woodmen: large
bunch of white roses, tied, from the
Baseball club; wreath of white roses
and sweet peas from brothers of Zeta
Psi. Relatives and personal friends
contributed many other lovely pieces
Earle Roy Jenness was born in Bar
ton July %, 1878. and died at Glen
wood Springs, Colo, July 80, 1908, at
the age of 80 years and two days.
Mr.. Jenness was the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. P. Jenness of Barton and has
spent the greater part of his life here,
where he had been prominent in social
circles and in athletics, especially in
baseball and in basket ball. For many
years he was captain of the baseball
team here and has probably done more
to promote baseball in this place than
any other one person. Throughout
his school and college life he was very
prominent and gained no little distinc-
uate of Barton academy. attended ST.
Johnsbury academy year. graduated
from Dean academy, attended Tuft s
college one year and completed his
schooling with one years attendance
at the Boston University law school,
On Christmas day, 1905, Mr.. Jenness
married Miss Maude Blanche Hatch of
Concord, N. H. Mrs. Jenness had been
in ill health for some time past and
it was on this account that Mr.. and
Mrs. Jenness went to Colorado last fall.
Mrs. Jenness came home for the sum-
mer. intending to remain in Barton un-
til Mr.. Jenness was located in some
: permanent position. Mr.. Jenness was
employed by the Central Colorado Pow
or Co of which his ,1ncle Mr. Hans
com, is the electrical engineer. His
work was on the tunnel construction at
Shoshone, Colo. While thus employed
/ he was stricken with mountain
. fever" which finally resulted in acute
, lepto-meningitis, and the best medical
skill aided by faithful nursing could
not avail to save him; death ensuing
Thursday, July 80.