New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-14
Impressive Funeral Ser
vice Is Held in st.
John Cathedral
BISHOPS PRESIDE
AT BURIAL RITES
Ministers of Many Demon
nations in Great ThrOng
of MOurnerS

The body Of the Very Rev. william
Mercer Grosyenor, dean Of the Csthe-
dral Of st. John the Divine, was laid
yesterday afternoon in the crypt Of the
cathedral.
The casket is the only one that rests
10 the crypt, and was placed in vault
twenty-five feet beneath the cathedral
choir. Several years ago the body Of
Bishop Henry c. Potter was inferred
there. but it has since been transferred
to the cathedral chapel dedicated TO his
memory.
When the services began the 5000
seats of the cathedral were filled and
many stood in the rear of the church.
Besides the ST. John pensioners. there
were the Pensioners Of the Church Of
the Incarnation, Of which Dean eros
yenor was rector for fifteen years; dig
nitaries OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church. ministers of other denomlna-
tions and representatives from nearly a
score of organizations with which Dean
Grosvenor was identified.
The ceremony was the customary
Episcopal commital service. Led by
the crucifer and the white-robed choir
chanting an anthem, the long process
sion entered from the rear of the ca
thedral and moved down the centre
aisle to the nave.
The mahogany casket reposed below
the altar. Upon IL was a green cross
of laurel leaves, above it bent another
cross of lilies, and on all sides were
banks and wreaths of flowers.
Deans Sisters Present
Two sisters of the dean sat in the
choir. They were the only immediate
relatives present. The deans mother,
Mrs Marie Stryker Grosvenor, who is
ninety years old, is seriously i'll at her
home.
Bishop Daniel s. futile read the
funeral service. He was assisted by
Bishop Sumner l.. Burch, Suffragan
Bishop of New York; Bishop William
Lawrence, of Boston, and Bishop David
II. Greer. There was but one departure
from the orthodox ceremony, the sing
ing Of Dean Grosvenor's fayorite hymn,
"While Thee Seek, Protecting Power"
At the close of the service the casket
was borne through the north door Of
the cathedral to the outdoor entrance
TO the crypt. There it was lowered
into the vault after prayer by Bishop
Greer. Only Episcopal clergy were
present at the interment.
Among those attending the services
were trustees of Barnard and Williams
colleges, trustees Of St. Faiths School,
the faculty Of Berkeley Divinity School,
Williams College classmates of the
dean, members of the Chi Psi frater-
nifty, members Of the Episcopal Board
Of Missions, a delegation from the City
Missions, lay members of the standing
committee and lay deputies 10 the Cen
eral Convention; delegations from Hol-
land Lodge, the University Club. the
Century Club and the Church Club;
representatives OF Trinity School and
St. Agatha's School; Cathedral League
officers, women of the Diocesan Auxil-
iary Executive Board, Fresh Air Asso
citation officers, Laymen's Club officers,
members of the Choir School Commit
tee and the Altar Committee, pastors
of city congregations and clergymen OF
the New York and other dioceses.
Friends from Other Cities
Friends OF Dean Grosvenor present
from other cities included Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred l. du Pont, of Wilmington,
and Archdeacol II. ]. Cody, Of To-
ronto.
The honorary pallbearers were the
Rev. Drs. William T. Manning, Herbert
Shipman, Ernest VI. Stires. Charles l..
Slattery, Howard c. Robbins, the Rev.
Edward C. Chorley. the Rev F. S.
Smithers, jr., Professor ". II. Burr,
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, Frederick
G. Bourne. August Belmont, Robert T.
Gerry, Charles F. Hoffman, George
Macculloch Miller, Henry Lewis Morris,
Robert c. Hone, F. D. Roosevelt, J. r.
Roosevelt and James Mclean.
Honorary pallbearers from Williams
College were President Harry A. Gar
field, Francis Lynde Stetson, Hamilton
Wright Mabe, Eugene Delano. Clark
Williams, Frederick Beach Jennings
and Charles Thaddeus Terry
The following yestrymen Of the
Church of the Incarnation also acted
as honorary pallbearers: Samuel Riker,
jr., +. c. Clark, j. +. Haskell. John A.
McKim, Montgomery GARRISON, George
Butterworth. Edward Hsncy, Charles
Lanier and Thomas Mclean.