The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-08
MoRrAL REMAINS OF LAwYER AND
RrAvHsMAN LAID TO REST
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
GREAT THRoNG OF SoRRowIN4
FRIENDS AT LATE HOME TO PAY
LAST TRIBUTE OF RESPECT

Following services tIat wee marked
by s!implc''y. yct tcu"lr.Hg = IN
p~rCss!vc IN IN" highest degree. TIC NOR
tai rclna!ns % Hon. William +. Hubbard
were consigned % RS. Yesterday after
coon in Grcc.Wood cemetery. The
burial eery.ces At the cemetery were
private.
The Hubbard home at liubhar1s Lane,
Elm Grove. was packed With so:rowlng
LENDS Of Ire late Nv. Hubbard when
a!s funeral s-rN!Se was held az $3.50
u'c'ock Yesterday afternoon. Personal
friends ami prorcs-!rral ard hHs!n"sS
Associates from "vc"! Qunrie" 80 Nest
Virginia. AZ WEI as : host ~ N@,"l!ng
friends. gathered 70 pay their last 'Eth-
ute o: respect 10 4 citizen who WAS no
ordinary man"
Before I've casE-: wR- closed for rhe
lat time upon tie form O.: ~" G!St!n-
guished citizen WHO slept peacefully
nwHy sunday might. Ihc remains were
viewed by \ throAR the incurred his
pa Ss!ag yet experienced Il sense Of
Thanksgiving FOR thc!r a'Qaaiatance
With ore who had complete! 4 ne flied
with service 70 his r~oighh"rS. his huSl-
ness associates. hts community. his
state md his country. and /" humanity
In 6cne-al. Mourning friends. rs tt"y
PASSED the bier. saw IN every detail the
natural c6u?t+nAHce -: NJ. Hubbard.
Even IN death his features ;old the
story that he had ended II we.i-uianned
career successfully aud had slept
peacefully away.
aeautiful floral Tributes
The foral tributes grouped about the
bic wero p~rofus" and beautiful. silently
r"m;Ml.ng those who saw them OF TIE
love and esteem IN which MIR. Hubbard
$780,. ,' ~r - , go, Ha,tN ,,R.He-
vas one which rcpoScd Urun the raekct.
II wIs the offering ~ Mr.. Nn"h'7d's
class. the class "f $50 OF Wesleyan
University at Midhictuwn. connecticut.
II was seEt by the survivors OF the
class. WHO rc'lde in Boston. Mas+:cAu-
u";ts. Tho Rotary Tub and "t&er or
Iaa.zationS 70 w.,;,h Nr. hubbard be-
;cnGed also sent beautiful lowers.
Funeral services FOR NJ. Hubbard
wee conducted by the Rev. pr. Jacob
E-ittjngnam. rector OF s.. Luhe'S Prot
c-.an' Episcopal Church. a touch!rS
part -: ne service vas ;he hr!rf al
dress delivered by III" Rev. Or. Alfred
g.. Wright, n prominent Boston Method
II minister. who was a cIass,Iatc or
Nj. ~llnbbard's IN college. and K~radua.cd
with him at Middletuwn in 1868. Ir.
Wright spoke with tender feeling and
his voice trerblcd with emotion as he
SPOKE Ills eloquent il.buie TO his de-
ceased claSsmate and cuioEized his life.
Dr.. Wright was tho secretary and Mr..
Hubbard the president o. the Wesleyan
University Class Of Sc at Middcltown.
and, although K Is more than ha,r II
century since they separated after 4
"ullege career. thev mot repeatedly in
that TIM. and the hrM friendships
begun n college, days remained firm
until death separated them. Before thc
funeral service. Or. Wright told friends
OF Mr.. Hubbard In wheeling many in
,erest!ng incidents OF their college days.
lie was an interested attendant at the
Ohio County Bar associations meeting
when that organizations tribute was
paid TO Mr.. Hubbard. The Rev. DR..
ll!HY h. Ferris, pastor OF he" Second
Presbyterian church. where The Hubbard
family worship. also delivered n short
bat impressive address. cUluSiGiug Mr..
Hubbard MS he had come 10 SNOW him
N q short time. and tor tar good tia:
IS said oc him by acqua!ntnnccs Of long
standing.
Cou Adjourned
Out O: respect Ia Hon. W. T. Tub-
bard's memory Judge Alan II. Robinson
yesterday adjourned criminal court for
the day and attended the meeting Of the