The Denver Jewish news., 1921-10-12
Memorial Exercises For
Sigimund Friedenthal
Denver Lodge No. Ill !. q. II. n. Pays
Tribute Of Respect to Late Secre-

AT che regular meeting of Denver
Lodge No. III l. O. II. Il. last Sunday
special memorial services were con-
Quoted in memory of the late secre-
tary. Sigmunsl Prudential. The serv-
ice consisted of an address by Past
President J. j. Iierrn.an who said
in part:
This memorial address Is intended
10 he marked by simplicity. in keeping
with the simplicity of the life of our
Brother Frictlenthal. 1t is. indeed n
special occasion which calls forth these
few remarks. We are not accustomed
to hol,! special memorial exercises in
memory of a member of our lo.lgc. But
the unique and distinguished position
which our late Brother Prudential oc-
cupied in the lodge and the Order
calls for unique and distinguished rec
ognition. ta.
For seventeen consecutive years, he
served as secretary of this lodge, and
had even filled that position before
the cOmmcnccmcnt of his continuous
service An old member of the ORDER,
he served it faithfully. He was zeal
Gus and whole hearted In the work.
kccnly sympathise with the pres
cnt president and with every brother
who is to follow him in the prcsidcn-
tial chair in this lodge. because Of the
aid and support which have been lost
to them through the death of this
faithful secretary.
Another distinguishing feature OF
Brother Prudential WAS his char
is true that 1t is customary not to
speak i'll of the dead, to forget their
faults and their vices, although
Shakespeare said that '.dhe evil of men
lives long after them. the good is oft
inferred with their bOncs.'' Perhaps
HrOther Frietlenthnl had his faults.
He would not have been human. if hr
had none. But where is mere the man
who can now mention any? Think OF
living in community for fOrty-four
years. withour leaving anything i'll to
bc said of him. And vet he did not
hesitate to denounce injustice. to
criticise wrong. to disagree where
things did not satisfy his conscience.
His ideals were uppermost at all times.
In this day of turmoil and material
ism. in these dimes of stress and
strife. when the spiritual Is so often
rclegatc,l to the background. how in
spring to behold man who held so
trnaciously to. who lived in fact FOR
ideals. The dollar was forgotten.
Material gain was not regarded. He
lived for the right. He lived to do
good. for shat is the explanation of
his interest in the lodge and the Or
der. He hoped to see the Order II
great influence upon earth, and he
was happy to see 1t become such. He
interest in the affairs of his govern
memo. and even In his own quiet way
was active in party politics. althO he
did not hesitate to express his dis
agreement with his party.
Sigmund Prudential died n poor
man. because he would not sacrifice
his ideals. But he was able to look
into the eye of his fcllOwman and
fear nothing. and when he lay on his
death bed his mind was not besef with
the accusing visions cOnjured up by
n troubled conscience. but he could
stretch out his arms and look up to
his Maker and say. My conscience is
clear. Oh God. l have lived right.
have prepared myself for your heaven
ly reward"
1t is passing such as his which
justifies the attitude which an earlier
people took. as we are told in our
burial service, who gave tears to che
birth couch, triumph to the grave.
This address was followed by an
appreciation of the late secretary by
Arthur +. Friedman, list vice-presideht
of District Grand Lodge No. .. from
which we quote:
In Appreciation Of Sig Frietientt,ai
\ few short days ago we stood be-
side che open grave of Sig Frie.ien-
thai. our brother and our friend. \
solemn silence-hearts filled with ach-
ing vOid-a casket lowered into Mother
Earth-and there reposed the lifeless
clay of one who worked among US but
a little while before; whose calm
voice still speaks in our ear: whose
warm and friendly hand clasp still
fingers in our own.
And as l stood beside that sacred
spot which from thenceforoh would he
the only resting place of him whom we
had known and loved. pOndered over
some of the vicissitudes of that which
we call Life" and that release from
ca rthly pain and suffering We SYM