The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-08-29

several hours.
The accident was one that was
absolutely Unavoidable and the young
people who were in the boat need
have no feeling of self-reproach. They
did everything within their power to
save Their friend, but it seemed that
fate had ruled otherwise.
Word was Immediately telephoned
to this city and Mr.. Fridley, George
Phillips and E. c. Olson left at once
in the l~atter's car for Lake Benton.
The remains We're brought to Brook
ings on Saturday morning and taken
to the family home.
The funeral was held at the home
Sunday afternoon at three o'clock.
The services were held in the yard,
the house not being near large enough
to hold the immense throng who wish
ed TO pay a last tribute to the memory
of one of the finest young men that
Bookings yer had. The service vas
in charge of Rev. w. A. Black of the
NJ. E. church, assisted by Rev. NJ. T.
Kennedy of Brooklyn, n. Y. The
choir consisting of Miss Lila Alton,
Mrs. j. H. Roberts, Prof. Christensen
and A. w. Morton, opened the service
with hat beautiful hymn, Nearer My
God to Thee" and Rev. Kennedy fol
lowed with prayer, paying a beautiful
tribute to the friend whom he loved.
Rev. Black preached a sermon which
was appropriate and comforting and
he too, paid a high tribute to the
sterling worth of the young man. The
closing hymn was Rock of Ages"
followed by the benediction. The re-
mains were taken to the last resting
place in Greenwood, followed by
friends.
The pall-bearers We're six friends of
the young man and three of them
classmates, az follows: Roy Quinn,
Elmer Sexauer, Volmar Finley, Fay
Atkinson, Samuel Sloan, Clifford John
son. The floral tributes We're unusual
ly beautiful, the bier being covered
with these evidences Of love and
esteem. Beautiful individual pieces
came from the Class of 1911 of the
State College, the Commercial Club of
B~rookings, the Brookings Automobile
Club, the Miltonian Literary Society
of the college, and the l. o. o. F.
Richard Clare Fridley, second son
of James K. and Rebecca Fridley, was
born on a farm in Sphinx county, this
state, September II, 1887. He resided
common schools until coming to Brook
ings to enter the State College in 1905.
At college he took a prominent part in
the various student activities, his
marked ability and the genuine love
and esteem felt by his school-mates
making him a leader. He graduated
with the class of 1911, after having
we'll completed his course in agricul-
ture and general science. Since that
time he has been associated in bust
ness with his father and brother, be-
ing secretary and treasurer of the
Fridley Automobile Company at the
time of his death. In addition to his
parents, he is survived by two brothers
Ray and Harry, and a sister, Bess.
Dick, as re was Familiarity known to
the people of Brookings, was loved by
his friends and respected by all who
knew him, and it seems almost heart
rending that he should have been
taken in the flower of his young man
hood. when the future apparently
held so much for him. A clean, manly
young man, he was the idol of his
parents and brothers and sister, and
their grief cannot be measured by
mere words. But they do not mourn
alone and since the sad news came a
pail of gloom has seemed to rest on
the city. 1t has been the one topic of
conversation and everyone has been
outspoken in their words of grief
and sympathy. Not in recent years
has a death called forth such a general
expression of sympathy for a sorrow
ing home. An unusually sad feature
was that his sister and brother, Ray,
were unable to be present 1t the
funeral. Miss Bess recently went to
| California to take a position as in
structor in a high school and of course,
would have been unable to reach here
in time. Ray and his wife were on
their honeymoon trip by auto to north
ern Minnesota and it was impossible
to locate them until Sunday, SO that
they did not reach here until Monday.
The Register keenly feels the I'M
timely death Of Dick, who was a busi'
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