Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
TRIBUTE PAID
TO DR.. SEARLE
FUNERAL SERVICES OF LATE
!, PHYSICIAN PARTICIPATED
: IN BY MANY

Sincere tribute to the memory OF
DR.. B. W. Searle was paid Sunday az
ternoon at the funeral services in the
First NJ. e. church, where a large con-
course of friends gathered to show
their reverence and honor for a
man, whose life demanded the respect
of all who knew him. Rev. T. w.
jeffrey, pastor of the church, gave
praise to the dead physician in his
opening prayer, and later in the funer-
al address, the minister referred to the
life Of the decedent as an inspiration.
| The funeral cortege arrived at the
church at O'Clock. Eloquent testl-
mony Of the high esteem in which DR..
Searle was held was given in the many
pretty floral pieces which complete
ly filled the pulpit circle. On the cas-
ket was beautiful panel of lavender
sweet peas and smilax. Seats IN the
front Of the church were reserved for
the bereaved family, the old soldier
comrades OF DR.. Searle and the mem.
bers of the Wapello County Medical
society. Following the funeral service
the casket was opened and the friends
Of the deceased viewed the remains.
At the Searle home DR.. T. J. Myers.
Of Mt Pleasant, q brotherin-law Of DR..
Searle, gave short prayer, and at the
last resting place In the Ottumwa Gem.
etery, Cloutman post conducted the
G.. A. r. ritual services. Major A. H.
Hamilton, as chaplain, offered prayer.
The song service at the church in
cluded three numbers by the "Ottum-
wan" quartet composed OF Edward
Weeks. F. l.. Daggett, Grant Keyhoe
and Burchard Peck. 1.-THE Riches of
Love-" 1.-THE Beautiful Land" and
1.-THE Christians Good Night" were
the numbers. Rev. J. c. Kendrick, q
brother comrade of the deceased physi-
clan, read the scripture lesson, q part
of the fifteen chapter of the First Cor
inthians. Dr., Jeffrey followed with
prayer, in which he touched on the GER
tainty of death, the attendant sorrow
that always accompanies it, and ask.
the blessings of the Master on the be-
reaved family.
CDR. Searle,'' said the minister. was
a good man, whose football was well
coined by countless people who held
out the hope that the physician would
drive death from their pillows" The
Master was implored to make strong
the widow and sons of the decedent
that they might more easily bear their
great loss. The sincere expressions
were concluded with briel reference
to the genuinely good life lead by DR..
Searle and with the statement that
such lives proved inspirations of un-
told value. In the funeral address,
given following the reading Of Or.
Searle's obituary, the minister touch
ed upon the life of the deceased as
soldier, physician and business
man, holding him up as man strong
in all the characteristics of good
Christian, an honest, straightforward
citizen, whose loss will be keenly felt
by the entire community. DR.. Searles
career as father and husband, and
his ever present smile and kindly dis
position were mentioned by the min
lister as things that would help console
the bereaved family in this, their hour
Of sorrow.
Members Of the Wapello County
Medical society acted as ushers at the |
church and the following co-workers
Of the dead physician were the pail
bearers: Doctors A. o. Williams. S. A.
spilman. J. F. Herrick. w. B. LaForce.
p, A. Sheafe, and L. r. Edgerly.