Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-06
BURY MISS
ALEXANDER
Many Friends Attend Funeral
of Girl Who Mas Drowned In
0C0n0mOW0G Lake.
FEDeriences like this are

Experiences like this are not alb
stract, said Bishop ". f. Mcdowell.
Evanston, III, in his address at the
funeral services Of Miss Pauline Alex
ander yesterday in the Grand Avenue
Methodist Episcopal church. they
are tremendously personal 1t is no
use on days like this to pretend to
ourselves. Today, tomorrow. yzster-
day, we must have real and not sham
comfort. We know what real grief
is; and the preaching since Adam ca
not change the fact Of that grief.
When a life that br.ghtons all it
touches, that adds to the melody OF
the world and to its beauty, and give
to the world good cheer, when such
a life goes out it is useless to pre-
tend it does not make a tremendous
difference. But such a personality
and such a life are not shattered by
death. 1t cannot destroy the sweet re
collections of this life. These re
collections viii not drive the iron OF
sorrow deeper into the heart. but viii
help to heal the wound. Nor can
death destroy the expectation and as
suranoe of a reunion in another world
Frederick CarberTy sang Lead Kind
" Light Our Lord IS Our Shap-
herd and Crossing the Bar" The
Rev. Dr. E. T. Hagerman, pastor OF
the church, offered prayer and open
ed the service.
When the -hearse bearing the body
and the carriages with members Of
the family reached the church. com
ing by train from their Oconomowoc
summer home, a long line Of carriag-
es was already standing before the
edifice and the auditorium was filled
with friends.
The body was placed in a vault at
Forest Home cemetery.
Miss Alexander, who would have
/ been 10 on Aug 9, was drowned in
| OconomoWoc lake Friday night.-1Iil-
/ waukee Free Press.
We understand that L. N, Alex
ander had rented a cottage on Ocon-
omowoc Lake for himself and family
to enjoy the comfort and pleasure OF
this popular lake resort during the
! hot summer months. To better en-
Joy the lake he purchased a handsome
new gasoline launch to be used by
his family for their enjoyment. His
son was acquainted with the boat and
mechanism thereof and on this after
noon in which the accident occurred
the son, mother and daughter and a
| friend, Miss Jones Of Milwaukee, had
started to cross a part Of the lake
j to meet MIR. Alexander, who was com
ing in on the st. Paul train. When
about four hundred feet away from
shore the gasoline engine suddenly
exploded. The son was operating the
engine in the forward part Of the boat
Miss Pauline was sitting in the ex
IRENE rear next to the small flag stat
while Mrs. Alexander and Miss Jones
occupied chairs back toward the cen
ter Of the boat. When the engine
exploded some Of the gasoline struck
the young man burning him about The
head and shoulders quite badly and
he Immediately jumped into the lake.
About the same time Mrs. Alexander
and Miss Jones hung to the side OF
the boat while Miss Pauline attempt
ed to hang on to the flag staff which
gave way and she went into the lake.
Whether she was injured by the rud-
der Of the boat is not known but it
is thought that in her fan she came
in contact with it some way. Mr.
Rogers who was sailing in a yacht
nearby came to their rescue and saw
ed Mrs. Alexander and Miss Jones
out of sight while the son was
swimming to shore. In the excite |
ment each one of the party had no
knowledge of Just what the others
did. The above account Of the funer5
service is taken from the Milwaukee !
Free Press. The many friends in
Grand Rapids and Wood county were
very much saddened over this unfor- |
tunate accident to one of our families
who formerly made their residence in
Port Edwards in this county. Their |
great loss is one that viii he hard to |
endure They have our sincere sym
pathy in this hour of their bereave-
ment