Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-03-28
IMPRESSIVE MILITARY FUNERAL
Sergeant Fred d. Padon is Buried
with Notable Honors.
Mineral Points Patriotism and Love for
Country's Defenders Never More
Clearly Shown.

| The remains of Sergeant Fred d,
Padon, who died suddenly at Camp
Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas. Sunday
morning, March nth, arrived here
Thursday afternoon accompanied by
Sergeant Gilmore r. Plummer of Camp
Stanley and were taken to the home of
his father.
Friday afternoon the funeral took
place at 2;30 from the parental home.
The line of march through our city,
headed by the Mineral Point band play
ing Chopin's funeral march. was
wonderfully expressive of love of coun-
try and her heroes, AS special attend
ants and in position of honor were: Lieu
tenant j. NJ. Gleason, Chaplain of the
33lst F. A. of the National Army at
Camp Grant, and seventeen soldier
| boys-of Mineral Point from said camp,
namely: Sergeants J. P. Hutchinson,
Urban GRADER, Harold Higgins, Wesley
Pedley, Homer Clark and William
Grange, Corporals Charles Newman and
William Kislingbury, Privates Ulmont
and Romano Healy, Harold Cummings,
Edward Hines, Morris MeDermott,
Charles Howard, Orville Anderson,
Matthias Schaaf and Martin Minor;
Sergeant Elmore r. Plummer of Camp
Stanley, was also one of the number.
Grand Army veterans, gray with
years but young with patriotic spirit,
the Relief Corps ladies', the Red Cross
members, and hundreds of pupils of
our public schools, together with an
immense number of patriotic citizens,
formed open rank on High street for
the solemn cortege to pass through,
Joining the march to the Methodist
Episcopal church. At the church SER
vices were in charge of the pastor, Rev.
q. w. Emery, assisted by Revs f. p.
o. Reed and w. j. c. Bond and Lieu
tenant Gleason, the eloquent army
chaplain. Had the church been twice
as larye it would not have accommo
dated 4 who desired to participate.
Afts. tho inaproosiva so~vices at the
church, the band, soldier comrades and
citizers escorted the body to Graceland
cemetery for its final rest. There the
burial services were read by the army
chaplain, and taps sounded by Prof. j
w. Anderson.
The casket was draped with the
American flag. the emblem of beauty
and freedom, which Fred had so gal
lantly volunteered to defend. Flowers,
beautiful flowers, were profuse. The
pail bearers were Sergeants Urban
Graber, Homer Clark, Corporal Charles
Newman, Privates Orvile Anderson,
Ulmont and Romano Healy.
Sergeant Fred d. Padon was born in
Mineral Point April 8, 1895. About
four years ago he went to Beloit where
he was employed for some time. Later
he went to Chicago and when a state
of war was declared to be existing be-
tween this country and Germany he
was among the first to enlist for mill
tary service and as far as is known the
first Mineral Point boy to volunteer.
The date of his enlistment was April
9, 1917, and he was assigned to the End
Illinois, which later became the l32nd
Infantry, stationed at Camp Logan,
Texas. in which he was Sergeant of
the Machine Gun Co. Last October he
was assigned to the Officers Training
Camp at Leon Springs, and would have
received his commission as Second Lieu
tenant on April 5th But the God of
the unyerre had assigned better
place for him who was so willing to
sacrifice his life for his country.
Besides bis parents deceased is sur
vived by his brother Harmon, with the
u. S. A, in France, Joseph, with the
Marine service Of the N. A., Ted of
this city, and one sister, Miss Nellie
Padon, Of Chicago.
John e. SchiIIinp.