The Mena weekly star., 1913-02-27
LAID TO REST BY
 LOVING HANDS
Last Rites Performed Over the Re mains of Capt. J. F. Todd Burial in Odd Fellows
 Cemetery.

The last rites were performed
 Sunday afternoon over the re-
 mains of Capt. John Fairfield Todd,
 whose death occurred last Thursday
 at the home of his son, Bert Todd,
 in Jonesboro. The remains reached
 here Friday afternoon and lay ln
 state in the Elks Home until the
 hour of the funeral Sunday after
 noon.
 This was one of the largest at
 tended funerals ever seen here, a
 fitting testimony of the esteem in
 which our former townsman was
 held by his many friends, who gath
 cred to show that respect when his
 body was deposited in the grave.
 Members of the Masonic lodge gathered at their hall at 1 o'clock
 and marched to the Elks Home, where were those members Of the Elks who are not Masons. From here both lodges went to Christ Episcopal church, which was al ready crowded with friends and relatives. Dr. F. E. DeLongy read the beautiful Episcopal funeral service, using extracts from the Templar service, as he himself IS Past Grand Prelate of the Grand Commandery of Missouri.
 The active pail bearers were se- lected from the Blue lodge, and are nearly all Elks as well. They were: E. J. Baker, J. E. Joplin, Arthur Carter, M. Burgett, c. E. Dean and Fred Embry. The honorary bear CTS were chosen from Malta Com mandery, and are likewise all Elks, and were: A. M. Powers, E. B. Cox, Eugene Cox, E. II. Black, w. P. Clarke and J. B. Anderson. The procession formed and moved to Odd Fellows cemetery, where the body was deposited in the family lot, beside the body of Mrs. Todd, who died five years ago, and the service here was in charge of Dal- las Lodge No. 12S, F. & A. M., with Past Grand Master and Past Grand Commander Mark P. Olney as Mas ter and W. J. Dunman as chaplain. The service was impromptu, and the master dwelt upon the life work and service of the deceased, touching feelingly upon his love for Masonry and devotion to it's prin- ciples and lessons.
 Captain Todd, as we have all known him, was born near Bangor, Maine, May ,, l0l2, removing from there in the early seventies to Minnesota, and after two years re- moved to Iowa, where he lived a short time, and then came to Kan sas from which placed he removed to Mena in tS97 when we were a city of tents. His chosen profes- sion that of the law, was practiced with distinction, but on his removal to Mena he retired from active practice, and during his years with Us he has been retired, except for looking after his farming and tim Der interests east of town.
 He joined Masonry late in life, being raised in Dallas lodge at Mena in December, 1902. The following June he received the Royal Arch degree, and two days later, upon the organization of Malta Com mandery, he received the orders in the first class taken in. He has been a great student in Masonry, and devoted much time to the lec- lures and history of the orders. He has served as Master of the Blue Lodge, High Priest of the Chapter and Commander of the Commandry, and in the Grand Commandry of the stale he was Grand Prelate in 1905. He joined the Elks in 1908, and took an active part in the ri tualstic work of the order always being pleased to render "the poem" in the work A few years ago, when he visited his old home in New