Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-24
MANY At FUNERAL
Of GAMBLE LATROBE
THIS AFTERNOON
Prominent Officials Represent
ed Penna. r. r., of Which He
Was a General Supt.
SERVICE AT TRINITY CHURCH

Ar flags along the Southern Di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad
System were placed at half-mast at
. O'Clock this afternoon, the time
scheduled for the funeral Of Gamble
Latrobe. general superintendent OF the
Southern Grand Division. who died
Wednesday afternoon at Atlantic City.
The funeral service was held IN Trinity
Episcopal Church at Delaware avenue
and Adams street.
High tribute to the deceased rail-
road executive was contained In
eulogies by Rev Frederick NJ Kirkus.
u. n. rector al Trinity and Bishop
Philip Cook of the Diocese Of Della
ware. Beautiful floral pieces from
every branch OF the service Of the
, Pennsylvania System filed the church
chancel. The floral tributes were con-
veyed TO the church by automobile
I truck. and until 2 o'clock. the time FOR
! the funeral services, the remembran nc
es continued 10 be received.
The body OF Mr.. Latrobe rested In
casket OF bronze near the chancel
From an early hour this morning
many Of the former superintendent's
associates paid their last respect:
when they viewed the body.
Interment was made late this after.
noon in the cemetery at Upland. Pa
Only members OF the family and rela.
tives attended the burial
The active psllbearers were profes
sional men. The honorary pallbearers
comprising executives OF the Pennsyl
Vania System. numbered so. The,
were az follows:
Samuel Rea president OF the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. Gen. W. W. At
terbury. vice president; a. c. Shand
chief engineer; Elisha Lee. vice-presi-
dent Of the Eastern region; c. s
kriCk. general manager Of the Eastern
region: II. NJ. Parson, general superin-
tendent, Central Pennsylvania Divi-
sion: c. r. Leiper. general superin-
tendent, New Jersey Division: Frank
lyn Duane. engineer OF maintenance
Of way, Southern Division H II
Gerrigues. superintendent Of West
Jersey and Seashore Division; James
BuCkelew. superintendent OF Mary
land Division; G. NJ. Smith superin-
tendent OF Baltimore Division; J. r
Sinclair. superintendent Of Delaware
Division; r. II. Pinkham. superin
tendent OF Norfolk Division; A c
Davis, superintendent of motive power
Southern Division; J. II. Rooney
chief clerk. Southern Division: r. A
Nottingham, assistant engineer
maintenance Of way, Southern Divi
sion; J. II. Stadelman. assistant en-
gineer Of the Southern Division; II. L
Turner, assistant chief clerk, Southern
Division: II. +. Smith, special agent
Southern Division; c. E Scwarts
superintendent of freight transporta
ton. Southern Division; T. A. O'Toole
superintendent OF passenger transpor
tation. Southern Division; s. "
Nicholson, district store keeper
Southern Division; NJ. Il. H. Legg
supervisor OF stations and transfers
Southern Division: T. H. Watkins
sion: W. W. Moore, Jr. supervisor O
wage bureau, Southern Division; Rob
ert Rogers. general division account
ant. Southern Division; Charles Cor
man. inspector OF police. Southern
Division; Adam Bachman. secretar
OF general superintendent, Souther
Division; c. F. King. chief clerk I
the superintendent OF motive power
Southern Division; G. J.. Evans, cler
of maintenance Of way, Marylan
Division; W. S. Ballantine chief clerl
engineer OF maintenance OF wa,
/, Southern Division.