Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-05-26
LAST TRIBUTE PAID
BELOVED RECTOR
MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF REV.
WILLIAM E. WRIGHT
Requiem Celebration Of the Holy Com
munion Celebrated by Rt. Rev.
w. A. Leonard, Bishop Of Ohio.

VIM. K. Wright, rector Emeritus ol
Christ Church, Geneva, and Canon OF
Trinity Cathedral Cleveland, were
held in Christ Church yesterday.
The body lay in state in the church
from eight in the morning, attended
by guard of honor detailed from
the Geneva Rifles.
The first service of the day was a
requiem celebration of the Holy
Communion for the family and
friends, the Rt. Rev. VIM. A. Leonard,
Bishop of Ohio, celebrant, assisted by
the Rev. Jenkins Watkins.
The altar cross was the center of
beauty. Clustered about its arms
were stately Easter lilies, at the base
lilies of the valley, from the very
midst of which glowed spot of blood
red tulips, and on either side among
the lighted candles were quantities of
white flowers, while the altar and
reredos were outlined with sheaves of
carnations and roses
On the casket, which was set De
tween the choir stalls, was draped the
American flag, on which lay large
cross of sweet peas, while at its foot
stood another cross of the same bios
SONS.
The introit was the Easter hymn,
"The strife is DER,
The battle DONE"
The service was largely choral
AT two O'Clock the burial service
was read by the bishop, assisted by
the rector and Rev. Robert Kell of
East Liverpool, the Rev. Clarence G.
Bubb of Cleveland, and the Rev.
Robert G. Freeborn of Painesvifle.
The service was wonderfully i'm
pressive in its simple dignity. The
family joined heartily with the clergy
and choir in the responses and uplift-
Ing hymns. There was throughout
the note of Christian JOY and peace in
believing, the final hymn Qed by a
cornet) "Jesus lives; thy terrors now
can no longer, Death, appai us"
with its ringing "AilelIlia" giving
the final note of triumph over the
grave.
Following this service, the casket
was carried to the lawn in front of
the home, where the Knights TEN
plar conducted their beautiful SER
vice under the trees in the warm
spring sunshine.
Finally the Geneva Rifles fired
salute and taps were sounded.
1t was a fitting close to the ''life's
long day" of Christian soldier who
had faithfully served church and na-
tion
Attending the services were Colunl-
Dian Commandery, No, 81, of Ashta-
bula, the E.ks of Ashtabula, the Blue
Lodge of Geneva, and the Geneva Ri
fes, .. n G., together with parishion-
ers and friends from at home and
abroad.
All business was suspended in
Geneva during the hour of the burial
service.
Mrs. Wright and sons Edward and
Victor accompanied the body to Wis
consin, where it will be laid TO rest in
the beautiful cemetery in Nashotah.
William Edward Wright, priest and
pastor, was born in County Cork, Ire
land, December IA, 1887, and came TO
this country at the age of fourteen
He was graduate of Kenyon College,
Gambler, o., and Nashotah Seminary,
He was ordained TO the
priesthood by Jackson Kemper, first
bishop of Wisconsin, in 1867. In the
same year he was married to Harli-
cite Emily Tylsto2 Pares at Delafeld,
Wis. He served as chaplain of the
34th Regiment, Mich, N. g., in Cuba
during the Spanish war
He is survived by his widow, -four
sons, two daughters, and nine grand
chiidren.-Ashtabula, (Ohio) Beacon,
May 18th.
The Geneva Ohio Free Press says:
Rev. Canon w. e. Wright passed
away in quiet sleep, at l:55 o'clock
morning, May 16, 1914. He
had been in failing health caused 10y
of the arteries for the last
two years, and was taken much worse
on Tuesday, since which time he has
been sinking.
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