The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-06-11
Brought Home for Burial.

| The remains of Frederick A. Crepe,
member of 333 INIT, Co. D, who was
stricken with pneumonia on the army
transport, Princess Matoika, on the way
to sFrance, and was landed at South
ampton, England, where he passed away
Sept. %, 1918, and buried there, arrived
here Friday, June A, accompanied by Pri
vate (first-class) Irving Reichsein of
Hoboken, n. j. Members of the local
order of the American Legion were at
the depot upon the arrival of the re-
mains and escorted them to the home
of the parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
CREPE, in the third ward.
Funeral services were held from the
home Sunday afternoon at 100 and
from st. Johns church at 2 o'clock.
At the home Rev. Spilman conducted
the service in German and at the
church in English. The American Lee
gion was in charge of the ceremonies
and full military orders were carried
out.
st. Johns church wrs not near large
enough to accommodate all who went
to pay last respects to the soldier boy
brought home for final rest, and it is
said that the gathering was by far the
largest of any funeral ever held in Ed
gerton. The American Legion, the
Service Star Legion, the G. A. R., the
w. R. c., the city council all attend
ing in body. Every church and it
might be said nearly every home in the
city was represented there.
The services were most impressive
and during the funeral Grafton by Rev.
Spilman that vast throng was silent as
one-except the sobs of those whose
grief was uncomfortable. There was
profusion of floral offerings hand
some ones presented by societies and
individuals as a last mark of esteem.
The coffin was draped with Old Glory
and it's place before the altar was a
beauty spot. The choir of ST. Johns
church never sang more sweetly than
at this time and the music from the
large pipe organ played by Prof. Stras
sen added solemnity to the occasion.
The procession that wendell its way
to Fassett cemetery at the conclusion
of the church services was an impress
sive-sight. After the religious services
at the graveside were concluded, the
firing squad from the local Legion,
under command of Kenneth Lutz, fired
the volley of salute, and in the distance
the buglar sounded taps, and as last
act of the ceremony, Private Reich
sein, who accompanied the remains |
here, removed the flag from the casket |
and presented it to the parents of the |
dead soldier boy, saying: 'Your coun-
try presents you with the flag your son
died for"
Members of the American Legion !
acted as pail bearers. They were:
George Dallman, Max Voigt, Fred
Schoenfeldt, George Boesel, Albert |
Schumacher and Bonnie Schmeling.
Frederick "A. Griepe was born at |
Sheboygan, Jan. Is, 1894, and fewI
years later came to Edgerron with his
parents. This city had always been his |
home up to July "a, 1918, when at the |
call of his country he left for France.
Those left to mourn their loss are the |
father and mother, two sisters, Mrs. |
Richard Stricken and Miss Sylvia |
Crepe, both of this city, and broth |
er, Otto Crepe, whose address is un-
known. His brother, Verne CREPE,
was killed in action in France. The |
honor roll of St. Johns church contains |
81 names-two gold stars-Frederick |
and Verne Crepe.