The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-14
FUNERAL SERVICES
 OF VIM. V. DEWITT
Father McElrOy Pays Fine Tri- bute to. .Deceased-Many Fraternal Associates
 Attend

All that was mortal of the late William v. Dewitt, for many years the chief clerk of the Probate court in this city, was today consigned to
 mother earth in the family burial plot at St. Michae1's cemetery The funeral services were held at St. Augustine s church at 9;30 this morning where a
 solemn high mass of requiem was
 sung by Rev. Father McElroy rector, assisted by Fathers Kennedy and
 Murphy. The church was well filled
 with naourners, many who came from
 distant parts to pay their final respect
 to the deceased whose adherence to
 the strict path of rectitude during his
 all too short a sojourn here won for
 him the esteem of the citizenship of
 the community where his whole life was passed.
 The several fraterna1 organizations
 with which the deceased was prorni- large delegations. The Elks sent a delegation of 50 including many of the past exalted rulers of the lodges throughout the state. From Boston came John D. Shea past grand esteem leading knight and one of MT. Devitt's
 warmest and closest friends. Stam- exalted ruler. ". c. Townley; Water. bury lodge by Henry J. Cook, exalted ruler: Naugatuck lodge by the past fonl't fotn lodge by past exalted ruler. M. c. Cummings; Ansonia~ and Derby lodges by past exalted ruler, A. c. M J. Cunningham; New London lodge by past exalted ruler T. E. Danahue.
 Two past district deputies James T. Smith of Ansonia and J. D. Shea were present well as the new district deputy. John H. @Cassidy of Water bury, Henry H. Jennings the organizer of the local lodge and one of it's earliest exalted rulers came from TQ.
 The floral display was exceedingly handsome, there being set pieces and friends as well as members of the family. Five carriages were utilized in conveying the wealth of floral tokens from the bereaVed home to the cemetery.
 Following the solemn high requiem mass Rev. Father McElroy delivered a c1usion there were not many dry eyes in the con gregation. The clergyman who had known the deceased from his boyhood e1duent1y depicted his ideal life as a churchnan and a citizen. He to his modesty and his habits of life as an example to other youns ties of mind and heart that go to make up the ideal citizen.
 Father NcE1roy said that the de- ceased had gone to the reward which he had so richly earned in this world and that his 1abore here intermingled as they were W1LD SuITeF1nS ana SOF- row due to the breaking down of his health were but preparation for the | never ending life that he is destined to enjoy with his Maker. It was in l deed sorrowfuI he said to see one cut down in a young manhood that prom i ised much for, he continued William | " Dewitt certainly had a useful life l in store for him. However there was | the consoIa tion that during the years | which God had allotted to him he had so lived that when death found him l  and happiness which God had promis- l ed to all who kept the faith and obey 1 ed his commandments.
 The church choir augmented by St. l Quartette sang the mass | and at intervals rendered appropriate 1 bvmns- As the body was borne from