The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-10-09
MAJOR J.E. LACEY
IS LAID AT REST
FUNERAL FRIDAY AFTERNOON
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED.
UNUSUAL HoNoRs TO DECEASED
Services Conducted BY Rev. Allen
Judd, Episcopal Rector Of Des
Moines, and BY Phil Kearney
Post No. 40, G. A. r.

Funeral services of the late Major
John +. Lacey were conducted Fri
day afternoon, October 3, 1913, from
the family residence. The services
were in the open, from the porch OF
the family home, in the presence OF
thousands of citizens and out OF town
guests. Practically the entire day
was given over to the funeral OF the
distinguished dead and even the af-
ternoon of the day preceding witness
ed the arrival of many from neigh
boring end distant towns OF the state,
DESTROYS of expressing by their pres
ence the respect and homage due the
memory of the man. While Thurs
day had been designated as the day
for the lying in state" hundreds OF
old friends and citizens called at the
home Friday forenoon and after
noon, even to the hour for the last
formal ceremony. Realization OF the
death of John F. Lacey has come
slowly and with difficulty for the
many, while comprehension of the
truth still struggles with others
those who have been close to the
man in daily life, who. perhaps have
known him best.
But the end came as he had wished.
To a company of friends one day,
commenting upon his ceaseless labor
and striving in the activities of this
workaday world and questioning
why he should not, as he might, les
sen his stride and slacken his pace,
this tireless, indefatigable worker re-
piled: Il would remain active.-in
full possession of health and mind,
to the end,--I could not be at ease
otherwise" And thus it was. But
in. the end the man stands revealed
and his greatness,-the significance
and the beauty of his life is empha-
sized. The example of his life must
endure and be has left a heritage
that all might wish to hold in fee"
To no other citizen or resident of
Oskaloosa has been paid the signal
honor that on Friday afternoon was
accorded the memory OF John F. La
cey. Every flag was at half mast,
and business was suspended during
the afternoon. From two o'clock
practically every Office, store and
shop was closed. Thousands of peo-
pie were at the home. Almost every
one in town was at the place of fun
eral and the throng was swelled by
the visiting hosts that came by train,
by auto, or other conveyance. The
crowd at the residence at the hour
OF service has been variously estimat-
ed. Gathered together at one time
on the Lacey lawn were enough peo-
pie to fill the largest auditorium in
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dition the streets in all directions
from the home we're lined and crowd
ed with people block distant. Peo-
pie stood about the business streets,
and when the procession moved to
the cemetery the streets leading
thereto were all occupied by NOV
ing mass of humanity. Beside the
number that filed all the rooms of
the home, the crowd on the lawn ex-
tended far beyond the reach OF the
voice. Weather conditions favored
the occasion. The day was perfect.
The services following the viewing
of the casket were simple and brief.
Rev. Allen Judd of st. Paul's Episco-
pal church, Des Moines, read the
Episcopal service and made a few
brief remarks touching the life and
the service Of the departed. Major
Lacey had been a member and yes
tryman of the ST. James Episcopal
church of Oskaloosa for years and
the irreproachable life of the man
was an index of his faith and his be-
lief. a few brief words of prayer
and consolation, the singing OF the
quartette from the Episcopal choir
Misses Helen Kalbach anG Josephine
Boyer. Messrs. Warren Kalbach and
Evan G. Morgan. with Miss Pearle
Porter, organist loved and familiar
hymns; the reading of original lines
dedicated to the memory of the man
by the author, Major S. II. NJ. Byers
of Des Moines, and the formalities
were transferred TO Forest cemetery
At the grave the g. A. r. was in
charge: Mrs. Virginia knight Logan
and Miss Beulah Drinkle sang.
Moving from the residence the fun
erai procession headed south on Mar
ket street into A avenue, and thence
east and north TO the cemetery en-
trance. Company F OF the Iowa Ma
tional Guard, a special guard OF hon
or, was in advance, followed by the
old soldiers, the local G. A. II. ant
visiting soldiers, about one hundred
in number, old soldiers in carriages
funeral attendants in carriages; thu
pail bearers, all members Of the 33rC
Iowa Regiment survivors. George w
Schee OF Charlton, John A. Shannon
Benjamin CruZen. NJ. w Crozier, Al
bert Cooper, Fred Butler and WI
liam Shaw OF Oskaloosa, with jane
Adair ard A. J. Bass Of oskaloosa il
reserve; special escort, the member
Of the yestry of st. James Episcopa
church. of which Mr.. Lacey had beer
a member. The marching body o
the G.. A. r. was followed by tn
Knights OF Pythias, OF which organ
ization there was a large turn out
about one hundred members Of tn
Mahaska county bar and members o
neighboring county bar association
and representatives OF the state ba
association; officials OF the Mahask
county court house and the distric
court: members of the press ant
members of the Woodmen OF tn
World fraternal society. The funera
car bearing the casket was folloBe
BY the carriages with the member
OF the family and close persona
friends and members of the Woman
Relief Corps and Ladies' OF the q. "A
n. Nineteen carriages in all wer
occupied, and twenty-five automC
bllss made up the clnsing feature {
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