The San Francisco call., 1909-12-13
CROCKER GIVEN
FINAL REST IN
FAMILY VAULT
BODY OF Millionaire Is Brought
From New York and Buried
in Oakland Cemetery
Service in Trinity Church At
tended by Men of Wealth
and Former Servants

The remains OF George Crocker. son
Of the late Charles Croker. one Of tie
pioneer railroad builders. who died in
NeW York on December ;. were laid in
The family vault al Mountain View
cemetery, Oakland. yesterday after
noon. the ceremony being preceded by
funeral services held al Trinity Epis-
copal church in this city.
The services. both here and AT the
vault We're attended by the leading
Fnen and women Of san Francisco. The
ritual ar the grave was read by Bishop
Nichols and that al the church by Rev.
Dr. Frederick ClampetJ. rector Of Trim
1ty church assisted by Rev. c. Ben
ham There were also present at the
services scores Of servants and former
servants of the dead millionaire. among
tAem being his Chinese valet, 10 whom
ne wlled $4,000
SERVICE WITHOUT EULOGY
The body arrived from New York al
20 a. m. yesterday on a special train
and was accompanied bv William II
dead man, Miss Jennie Crocker. TEN
pieton CrocAer and AZ and Mrs 9 2
AleNa nder. The funeral cortege pro-
ceeded 10 the chapel Of Trinity church
Wnele the regular Episcopalian ritual
Tor the dead was read There was no
eulOgE. but Dr.. Clsmpett. Ia The course
Of his regular Sunday morning ser
mon, mentioned the late millionaire
and his gift u s.. 5000 10 Columbia
university Ee dealt with the vast
fortune made bE some OF the men in
this country and OF the uses TO which
they had been put
Whatever may be said Of the
methods whereby great fortunes are
being made he declared. there can
be no question as 10 the spirit in which
they are being scattered Carnegie
Rockefeller. Kennedy and = host OF
others upon whom fortune has smiled
have done and are doing things which
are making ala the world wonder
PRAISE FOR ENDOWMENT
The extreme delicacy with which
highly honorable men discussed the
danger 0f accepting tainted gold does
not seem 10 he pressed home with the
same force with which il was urged
tn the days gone by The University Of
Chicag IS not likely 10 suffer from any
serious moral trouble because Rookie
Men are again becoming convinced
that the DAY star OF the practical has
al last begun 10 dawn. The strong men
of the land are turning way from the
-enlptstfon TO erect material structures.
and are investing in greater and nohlsr
works. All honor, therefore. 10 the
memory Of the man whom this day we
VIII inter for his endowment for the
study Of that dread scourge known as
ca ncer- With the princely sum IN an
Institution Of the type Of Columbia uni
versiry INFESTED and used for the ap-
tlfcatfon of the brainiest men in the
land IN the field OF pathological re-
search think Of the tremendous possi-
bilities that are opening out before
coming generations
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT
Besides the relatives those at the
services included Wellington Gregg,
T. II. Hopkins = D. Grant. William F
IFerrin. T. H Goodman. Josiah Howell
ThornweH AIullailv, Walter Martin,
Horace G. Platt. Peter Martin, Judge
Van Fleet and Henry T Scott
The pail bearers were E c Bradley,
p Morrison. Homer :. King. W G.
Irwin. J. N Quay and Charles E. Green.
During the services the choir sang
sentence. taken from the services for
rhe dead. which had been set 10 music
church organist.
cssket heavily banked with viOlets and
lilies OF the valley, was placed IN an
automobile hesrse which. heaolng z
long line Of automobiles and taIicabs,
started for the ferry
Many Of those who attended the serv-
ices here did not attend the service
across the bay
The body was borne from the south
ern Pacific mole through the streets
81 Oakland 10 Mountain View cemetery
where ii was laid 70 rest in the family
burial plot The services at the vault
v~e~e brfef htt extremely affecting Miss
Jennie Crocker. niece Of the dead mil
1fonaire. gave way TO unrestrained grief
when the asket was lowered into the
vss-lt and wept violently for several
minutes. The other women OF the
marty also sobbed audibly. and the men
with difficulty maintained their CON-
posure.
Rfshop William Ford Nichols read the
burial service from the ritual OF the
Episcopal church He was assisted by
Rev. r W Clampett Of san Francisco
Music was rendered by q mixed quartet
from the choir OF Trinity Episcopal
church. san Francisco
NAVY FLORAL TRIBUTES
threatening weather had induced the
f-trersl managers 10 provide shelter for
ne marty. and the burial services were
held within a large tent erected just
behind the great Croker mausoleum
- the crest Of the highest hill in the
cemetery
The floral offerings were profuse and
s-r-er.,eIv beautiful A carpet Of Eiolets
IS aid in front OF the aperture lead
ne into the vault, and the door was
banked high with orchids and ever
greens. Broad purple ribbons stretched
across the set pieces formed of roses
and white chrysa nthemums-