Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-06-11
THE FUNERAL OF
DIR. II. A. T0ndLINS0N
Knight Temp1ars Have Charge Of the
Obsequies at st. Peter on
Monday, June 3.


ST. Peter Free Press: The remains of
DR.. H. A. Tomlinson were brought here
Sunday noon and taken to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. l.. Stark from which
the funeral was held on Monday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. The funeral was
held under auspices of Ivanhoe COM
mandery, Knights Templar, of which
deceased had been a member. Services
We're also held at the church of hthe
Holy Communion, Rev. P. Edwards Of
Mankato officiating. The Knights Tenn
plar used their beautiful burial serv-
ice at Greenhill cemetery where the
mortal remains of Sir Knight Tomlin-
son found their final resting place.
Ivanhoe commandery and St. Peter
lodge No. 81, A. F. and A. NJ, acted as
escort to their departed brother. The
pallbearers were Sir Knights Stricken
and Weiser of New Ulm; Freeman of
Willmar; Olsen, Dick, Anderson, Strath-
ern and Ransom of St. Peter.
Among those in attendance from out
of the city were: c. e. Vasaly, c.. J:
Swendsen, and r. w. Wheelock, of the
State Board of Control, St. Paul; DR..
j. H. James, Mankato; DR.. A. F. Kill
bault; DR.. John Williams, Lake Crystal;
Drs. Stricken, Weiser and Mueller, New
Ulm; DR.. G. F. Freeman, Willmar; DR..
McDavitt, Minneapolis; DR.. Valin, Man
kato; DR.. r. A. Dodge, lie Sueur; War
den Henry Wolfer, Stilwater; +. A.
Whittier, Red Wing; C. N. Cosgrove, lie
Sueur; John l.. Hurst, Willmar; Clar-
ence H. Johnson, st. Paul; John H
Siegel, Paul Lehman, J. F. Armstrong
O. NJ. Olsen, NJ. Henningsen, Rev. T.. F
Wheeler A. G.. Miele, John Edwards
Al. Storch and Henry N. Somsen, New
Ulm.
Harry Ashton Tomlinson was ma
tive of Pennsylvania and was born on
July 8, 1855. He attended school a
intervals during his youth and from hi:
sixteenth year was thrown entirely up
on his own resources. Leaving thu
state of his nativity he made his home
for some years at Bath, N. Y, and her.
he continued his schooling and at tn
same time worked as clerk in gen
eral store, and for six years he con
tinued in such employment. He evi
denced a desire for the study of medi
cine and read all the elementary book
in the field of medical science. He sc
cured scholarship in the universit.
of Pennsylvania and in the fall Of 1877
he entered the medical department o
that institution, completing his cours
with the class of 1880. Soon after hi
graduation he entered general practic
at Muncy, Pa, and for eight years h
continued there. He was a deep stud
ent and his ambition for create
knowledge in the medical field induce
him to take a postgraduate course 1
nervous diseases, which he pursued i
Philadelphia in 1888. He then becam
a member of the staff Of the Friend:
hospital for the insane at Frankfor
Pa, and remained there from jun
1889, until December, 1891, when h
came to st. Peter as assist mt superb
tendent of the state hospital. On Jun
l. 1893, he was made superintendent
of the institution and served in thu
capacity until last October when +
was transferred to the superintendent
of the state inebriate farm at Wilma
and took charge Of that institution o.
tober LIST. During his superintendent
OF the st. Peter hospital he introduce