The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-08

| among those who knew him. He was
an industrious man and a good citi-
zen and he will be missed. The
family has the sympathy of a large
following of friends and acquaintances
in their bereavement.
| HOWAR: Charles Z. liowar, VINO
met an untimely death early Sunday
morning, was laid to rest at Forest
cemetery Monday afternoon, June ).
| The funeral was held at the late home
the residence of S. L. Hopes, No.
404 North street, at two-thirty
o'clock Monday June 5, and was large
| ly attended The funeral was under
the direction of the Oskaloosa Lodge
of Elks, of which the deceased was
a member The casket was put in its
last resting place in the new mausO-
leum, Forest Abby, at Forest GENE
! terry. This was the first burial made
in the new structure. The funeral
| service was conducted by Rev. J.
! B. Adkins of the Congregational
church. A great wealth of floral trib-
ute attested to the kindly sympathy
of friends, associates and neighbOrs.
| The grief and sorrow of those near to
the deceased in relationship or in
! the bond of friendship was marked.
The regret that the life of the young
man should be cut off at this time
| is general. The business world and
the city can i'll afford to loose man
rF no EAn ,-tY
! +. HOwar.
Charles E. HOwar was born Septem.
| Der 6, 1865 and was As years, 8
months and % days of age at the
! George and Katherine Howar, promi-
nent people of the city and county
not so many years ago. The father
| died about twenty-five years ago and
the mother passed away February 16,
| 1909. The deceased was reared in
| his success here and has builded for
! himself a business career that will
! be lasting memorial to his capability
and his efforts. He is survived by
! his brother, Will H. HOwar, an elder
brother, George, dying several years
ago, a sister, Mrs Swain L. Hopes,
! two nieces, Misses BERTHE Howar and
! Katie Hopes, and nephew, Charles
| Howar. The funeral was attended
by a number of people from a dis
! lance, who had been intimate friends
of the deceased or connected with
him in business way, Fred w. Moss,
! w. l.. Gillian and c. L. Gillian, of
Des Moines; Charles r. Matthews, of
| Davenport; Nj. and Mrs. J. w. Sted-
dom and son Harry, of New Sharon;
George w. Godfrey and George Nor
! row, of Abba. Mr.. Howar was affil-
ated with Elks, Eagles, Pythians and
! WOodmen of the World, all of which
orders were represented by members
and floral tributes at the funeral. Dur
| ing the hours of the funeral, from two
| till four o'clock p. m, all of the bust
ness houses in the Howar building,
Nos. POI, 203, 205 and 207, were clos
| ed. The following to the cemetery
was large with Elks in charge and
! Pythian escort. The pail bearers were
John Fitzgerald, NJ. J. Cruzen, Fred
Blattner, Ed Parks, Charles Pike, c.
S. Walling, Button" Drinkle and
| Frank f. Novels. The sympathy of
the entire people goes out to the
members of the family of the deceas-
ed. The grief and the sorrow of the
family is that OF the whole communi-
ty.
BENTLEY.-The funeral of the
late n. J. Bentley took place from the
family home, 81 c avenue East, Fri
day afternoon. The services were
conducted by DIR. David NJ. Edwards,
OF Penn College, and Miss Holdings
worth sang a beautiful and touching
solo. A large number of friends were
in attendance and many floral pieces
attested the high esteem in which
deceased is held. The pall-bearers
were Col. J. F. Mcneil, w. p. Hawk
ms, Walter Campbell, j. Sumner
Hayes, Fred f. Green and /. w. Cook.
Interment was made in Forest GENE
terry.
DR.. Edwards paid touching tribute
to the life and life work OF Mr.. Bent.
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