The New York herald., 1922-06-26
Simplicity to Mark
Rockefeller Rites
To Be Held To-day
Even the Custom of Having
Honorary Pallbearers Is
Dispensed With.

There will be no distinguished pail
bearers at the funeral OF William Rocke-
feller which will be held at 9 80 p. NJ.
to-day at lockwood Hall. North Tarry-
town, n Y. where he died early on Sat
urday morning. In the spirit or Mr.
Rockefeller's own life habits the family
have avoided even the appearance of Inn
posing ceremony. which might possibly
be implied by the selection Of well known
men for the office of honorary pail
bearers.
The services will be as simple as Is
possible to arrange. Among those that
have been invited in relatively small
company to pay the last respects to the
oil industry pioneer are lifetime en-
ploye-s of Mr.. Rockefeller. including the
bcotblack who at 26 Broadway polished
the shoes OF the Standard OIL chiefs for
more than forty years.
There will be others present from vo-
cations almost as humble. men whom
William Rockefeller respected for their
excellent qualities and who remember
him for his courtesy and kindliness.
Dreaded Publicity.
The officiating minister will be the
Rev. Charles w. Baldwin. rector of st.
Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church at
Scarboro. not far from the gates of
the Rockefeller estate. William Rookie
feller, like his older brother, John D..
was a Baptist, but of late years he was
often in attendance at the st. Mary s
services, and for this reason Mr.. Rookie
feller's sons and daughters requested
the rector to read the service of the
Episcopal church. 1t was the Rev. Mr..
Baldwin who made this comment yester-
day about Mr.. Rockefeller:
He was of an intensely retiring dis
position and shrank from all public
display. In death as in life he dreaded
publicity Because of this attitude 1t
may never be known how much good he
actually did in the world. He was of
extremely simple tastes and very gen.
erous."
The residents of the village had many
kind words to say yesterday about Will
liam Rockefeller who had been a
familiar figure in the region for more
than thirty y-five years. and his death was
a shock to the countryside.
The funeral service will be entirely
I
members of the family, old employees
and personally Invited friends and busi-
ness associates of long standing. The
burial will take place in the great marble
mausoleum. which was erected at his
orders and from his own plans, in the
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
More kilograms Received.
Many more telegrams of sympathy
and of coincidence were received yes
terday by the sons. These included the
following message from Judge Robert
S. Lovett of the Union Pacific Railroad
Il am grieved to learn of the death
OF your splendid father. Aside from
the fine courtesy of his manner toward
ALL what most impressed me during his
long service on the Union Pacific board
was the seriousness with which he to- ok
his duties Is director and his high sense
| of fidelity to his trust"
Others that sent such messages were
A. J. Earl;ng. William C. Reick. Fred
Starek. John A. Stewart. L. S. Hark.
ness. James A. Moffett. Jr.; A. C. Bed.
ford. ]. NJ. Duffey. \. F. Stamford and
| Mortimer l.. Schiff.
lockwood Hall, where the funeral
will be held to-day. Is built of native
stone and Is one of the show places
of Westchester county. One of its
many attractions Is sunken garden
OF great beauty. which is stocked with
rare plants brought from many QUAR-
ters Of the globe. At the north end o.
the estate Is a lake which is the home
of hundreds OF water fowl, and here
Mr.. Rockefeller loved to sit. He visited
the birds daily and liked to feed them
with his own hand. Many of them he
tanned completely. His love for wild life
was displayed also by his requirement
of his great preserve In the Adiron-
dacks. where until late years he was
accustomed to spend a part of his time
He was an especial lover of fine trees
and tree culture on the Westchester
estate and forestation in the Adiron-
dack preserve were near to his heart.