El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-18
HENRY CAPELL IS
Ridden GOODBYE
Farewell Service is Held by
His Friends; Flowers
Bury the Coffin.

Henry l. Capelrs funeral service
Sunday afternoon was just what Cap"
would have planned for one Of his
friends 1t was more of a memorial
service than a funeral Friends from
all parts Of the city gathered at the
First Presbyterian church at ESQ. the
Pioneers association walked to the
church with bits Of crepe on their
lapels, the odd Fellows marched in. led
by their encamIhment in uniform. the
big pipe organ played its softest sweet
est OF music, a quartet sang the kind
of songs Cap loved a Few friends
spoke and then Caps" boys and friends
went on their last Sunday afternoon
trip with him-tO Concordia-
There was a repression about the
memorial service which seemed to cpl
tOmize Henry Capelrs life. Never given
TO show or Ostentation in any form. eulo-
gies would have sounded hollow in the
presence OF. the flower and flag draped
casket. Cap" needed no euloEy from
those boys and adults who had known
him day by day for years and che three
brief memorial addresses were mere
statements Of f2ct about the deceased
than anything else
Rev. Charles L Overstreet. personal
friend Of Henry Capell, and one Of the
hundreds Of parents in FL Paso who
had sought a route on The Herald for
his boy that he might come in contact
with Cap gave the opening address
James A, Smith was the next speaker.
Perhaps no one in Fl Paso was as close
" associated with Henry Capell as was
Mr. Smith. He knew him in the days
when the management Of a newspaper
in FL PasO was a strenuous occupation
and his highest praise for the dead was
that Cap" was always to be found on
the side OF right and would fight for
his friends and the right "A line in The
Herald Thursday seemed to express
Henry l. CapelTs character best" said
Mr.. Smith That line read: Henry
Capell was faithful in all things and
was one who never lived a lie"
The choir composed OF Thomas Chris
tian. T. G. Billings, Mrs. A. H Goldsteiu
and Mrs. Parvin White rendered a Sc
lection and then II. d. Slater gave the
closing memorial address During the
IS years that l knew Henry Capeu he
never came 10 me with one tale about
other wOrkmen with whom he was as
ISOLATED while many. many times he
came with communication for their
work" said Mr. Slater in closing I
hate TO see the day when Mr. Capelrs
little table, with its stains Of ink and
the little pile Of envelopes, viii be
moved away. 7 would like to hold onto
his spirit there in the office"
Mr.. Slater ended the address by read
ing Bryants @Thanatopsis.T as
fitting close TO the memorial services.
the choir sang Lead Kindly Light and
Rev. Mr. Overstreet said prayer for the
Odd Fellows filed out, followed by the
Pioneers association and then by
Caps" boys Fine. manly fellows. they
made no effort TO conceal the tears which
streamed down their faces as they
marched behind the casket with heads
bowed in grief
At the odd Fellows cemetery in Con-
cordia. the Odd Fellows Iodgs. to which
Mr.. Capen was devoted almost as in
tensely as to his boys. gave the ritual
istic service for the dead. Judge F. r.
Hunter. in the uniform OF the encamp- /!
ment. was in charge. He read the serv-
ice. J. L. Campbell read a prayer and 7
the members OF the locSe filed past the {
open grave and, dropped bits Of ever Z
green on the lowered casket as the I
quartet sang Nearer Ny God to Thee"
The grave was covered with flowers, I
including a design from the Odd Fell !
lows with their three links and mono I
gram on it. and another floral piece I
from MI Cspelis friends in The Her
aid Office Cap" always loved flowers c
and II was a fitting cTose for his last 4
autumn Sunday that he should be sur /
rounded Dy great clusters Of fall flow
srs, many Of which we're grown in the
gardens Of the givers
The pallbearers were selected from ]
he odd Fellows. the Pioneers associ-
alton and the Sons of the Revolution. !
They were DR. Howard Thompson, W. {
E. Sharp. W s. Atherton. John Soren-
son and ". SHOEMAKER.
George MOseley, Caps" negro bar
Der. was among those who attended the
memorial service and funeral and he
was as deeply affected by the simple
service as were Caps" boys.