East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-04-02
Full Military HOnOrs Were
Paid to Lad Who Gave His
Life For His Country.
WAS KILLED IN ACTION
DAY BEFORE ARMlSTICE
Today's Funeral Marked First
Ceremonies Held in City for
Overseas Soldier Of Word
War.

The soil Of his native hand became
/ the last resting place Of Frank shell
don UIrich, PendIeton Marine who was
killed in action a few hours before the
Armistice was signed, today when the
body Of the war hero was buried In the
olney cemetery after the first military
ceremonies ever held here for an ovef-'
seas soldier Of the world war.
The casket. flag draped and flower
he-decked. was followed from the
Brown chapel to the Methodist church
by scores Of ex-service men, The cort-
cge moved from the chapel down Main
etreet to Webb and thence to the
church, leaving there and going down
Alta street. All arrangements wer0
Under the auspices Of Pendieton Post
Of the American Legion. Sergeant ~.
]. Young. formerly OF the local Marine
recruiting office. and Sergeant r. =.
Rerryman, OF the Portland Marine
Corps. and Tom Searcey. Oliu HAi~
Walter Gilmore. and D " Livernasis
of Pendlet0n, an ex- sfaffaes. walked
beside the hearse as pail bearers.
Color bearers were O. p Leslie. Ivan ?
Carr and Truman Rogers Every place
Of business in the city closed from
to'4 p. m. and hundreds paid homage
TO the dead. tI'{3
Services Are Impressive III
For whosoever would save his life
shall lose 1t, and whosoever shall lose
his nfe for Ny sake shall find t."
(Matthew is, Chapter 25) was the text
used by Rev. John Secor. pastor Of the
Methodist church. for the Sermon
Rev. Secor pointed ont that young Ul-
rich. in the flower of manhood. lived
and fought through the drudgery and
suffering Of the war. and met his death
On the eve of victory.
The world. says Alas. a sad pity
that he should lose his life. said
Rev. Secor. but did he lose it, No,
in that death on the fields OF France
he found his life and came into his
own. He aided in an effort to bring
everlasting liberty. peace and happiy
ness to the world. His was the privl-
lege to sacrifice his life: he did what
every man who went TO war pledged
himself to do should the need arise.
Sheldon Ulrich was a member Of the
divine selected draft
Quotes from Isaiah
In closing. Rev. Secor quoted from
Isaiah. "Instead of the thorn shall
come up the fir tree. and instead Of the
trier shall come up the myrtle tree
and ii shall be to the Lord for q .rame
and an everlasting sign that shall not
he cut off"
Clyde Phillips sang solo. Christ
in Flanders and a quartet. under the \
direction of Mrs. $. Fl. Forshaw and
composed of Ray sprague. Q. PEN
land, George Edmunds and Mr.. Phil-
lips sang Tn That Beautiful Land
The Methodist quartet of which Mrs.
NJ l. woodyard. Miss Grace Gilliams :
6. II. Mowry and A. j. Owen are mems
bers. sang Nearer NV God TO Thee"
Mrs. a. J. owen PLAYED the accompani-
menta.
Services ut Grave
Rev. George L. CLARK, pastor Of tho
Presbyterian church, who served over
seas in the Y. NJ. c. A., took his scrip
ture reading from First Corinthians.
fifth chapter. verses 81 to 5S for the
services at the grave. He also read
tho committal service after which the
firing squad, consisting of Tom Keat-
ing, G, Cotton, George Morgan, Ed
Rife. Frank Holtz and Vernon Keu-
nody, fired voiley over the grave.
Taps were sounded BY Bugler Chit
derS