Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1921-01-13
FUNERAL OF
H. {. PADDOCK
AT LA VALE


direction of the Masonic Lodge of
Reedsburg of which he was member.
The services were held at IL Thurs
day. The Reedsburg Male quartette,
consisting Of Messrs Clark and Will
liam Townsend, C. A Dinsmore and
Herbert Mansfield, sang There's a
Land" and Where Jesus Is. Rev. E.
&c. Henke of Baraboo offered the
prayer. County Judge James H. Hill
Igave the eulogy, speaking particularly
iof Mr.. Paddock's public services and
his devotion to principle and friend
ships. The pall-bearers were Messrs.
Harry Thornton, Dan Elder, Park Ap-
ker, Eleazar Pearson, l.. Waller and
William Sloniker, associates in bust
ness and members of the Woodmen of
and Masonic Lodges. The funeral pro-
cession was escorted to the cemetery
by the knights Templar of Reedsburg
of which Mr.. Paddock was a member,
and by the Reedsburg Lodge of F. and
A Masons, led by Grand master Prof.
A. B. Olson.
the Scripture and offered prayer ]. S.
Briscoe of Baraboo delivered the eul-
ogy and led in the Grand Honors
Representative were present from
Eastern Star and Masonic and Wood
man Lodges Of all the nearby towns,
Elroy, Ironton, North Freedom, Caz-
enovia, Hillsboro, as well as Reeds
burg, Baraboo and Madison.
The relatives present included Sis
tiers (his)-Mrs. Cora L. Tennent
Wawautosa and Mrs. Carrie M. Will
son, La Vale; (hers)-Mrs Josephine
Gerlick, st. Paul and Mrs. Christine
Elder, La Vale; Henry Eyer and Mr.
and Mrs. ]. B. Morse, Libertyville, ILL.,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Beard, Chicago,
the former president of the Chicago
and Alton railroad, a boyhood FRIEND
came in his private car. Gov e. L..
Philip, unable to be present, sent
tribute Of flowers to be placed on the
grave. The Governor, when operator
at La Vale, united with the Masonic
lodge the same day as Mr.. Paddock.
These going from Baraboo were the
following, many of whom represented
the county board: VIM Welk, F. A.
Cooper, G. w. Andrews, J. P. Doll, w.
D. Hudson, John Mears, P. Horkan,
TerbilcCx, ]. Schoephoerser, DR.. L.
w. Sayles, J. H. Hill, Fred Purcell,
A. P. Cheek, Oscar Doppler, J. S.
Briscoe and Rev. E. G. Henke and
Mesdames F. E. Warner, Ewald Gust,
F. A. Cooper, w. Schellenberger, E.
Boehm and G. Butterf1eld. The ladies
are members of the Baraboo o. e. S.
The floral offerings were many and
very beautiful, emblematic of the or
ders and the Christian hope
Mr. Paddock's friendship and &C
ouaintance were so very large that
the capacity of the house and grounds
was taxed and the procession very
long. The business houses of the
, town were closed during the services.
Following is an extract of Judge
Hills address:
Friends:
81 cannot say, and I will not say
That he is dead-He is just away.
With CHEEKY smile, and wave of
the hand,
He has wandered into an unknown
land,
/ And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be since he fingers
there"
| Nor need we think of him as gone You
have all travelled lonely road at
night, when your destination seemed
uncertain and the way precarious,
end just as you came up over the
longest. hardest hill, you saw Jhe
| light of q home shining out from a
W ndow. You could see nothing of
, the outlines Of the house, nothing of
| the surroundings, but you went on
your way cheered by the warmth and
/ glow Of the light within And why
can lit not be thus with our friends?
Why can we not put away and forget
the physical structure that we know
must yield to the whitening hand of
time?
| And SO it is with Herb Paddock
| We know that the physical body in
which lived his personality and spirit
must be laid away. But all that en-
deared him to us we still have, and
these things may abide with US as
long as our hearts have the capacity
to trea sure memories and friendships
| No one of you could nor can ].
sneak of Herb Paddock in an imper-
gonal. detached way-for he was not
ou impersonal. detached character.
You either had an abiding affection
'fcr, him, or you disliked him utterly
He was never neutral or negative.
Friendship was sacred word to
Herb Paddock. The quality Of his