Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-17
MANY HONOR
:. MR.. CLAYTON
Funeral for Late Surrogate is
Largely Attended at Gram
bury Yesterday

Approximately five hundred per-
sons from every profession and
every walk of life joined at Gran
bury yesterday afternoon in ar i'm
pressive tribute to the late Daniel
w. Clayton, former surrogate of
Middlesex county.
Practically every municipality In
the county was represented at the
funeral service, included among
whom were city and county officials
and private citizens who had known
and revered the late surrogate both
as an individual. a friend and neigh
Dor, and as a valued and able public
official.
The services were held in the late
home of Mr.. Clayton and the gather
ing was so great that every avail
able space in the home was crowded
to capacity as well as the large
porch in front of the house. In ad-
dition at least one hundred persons
were on the lawn throughout the
services.
Members of Apollo Lodge. F. &
A. NJ, of which Mr.. Clayton was a
past master. performed the impress
sive masonic service, while the SER
mon was preached by Rev. Joseph
E. Curry, of C%ranbury, the pastor If
the church attended by the late sur
rogate. Floral offerings were sent
In profusion from all parts of the
county.
Living is not all of life and dy-
ing Is not all of DEATH Rev. Mr..
Curry said in his sermon. "The
after life is but another hemisphere
and so we are certain that Daniel
Webster Clayton has but passed on
to the scene of a fuller service"
His was a noble Christian life.
He was strong in faith. loyal in SER
vice to his church, faithful in at
tendance, but his Christianity was
also carried into his business life
and official duties"
Rev. Mr. Curry also eulogized the
Christlike character of the deceased
and characterized him further as a
sympathetic. affectionate, loyal and
faithful public servant and a true
Christian gentleman.
Following the sermon those pres
ent filed by the casket and many
open expressions of genuine grief
were noted. The members OF the
masonic order, in their aprons and.
symbols formed a procession and
marched to Brainerd cemetery,
where interment was made. The
funeral cortege followed the ma
sons.
Honorary pail bearers included
Circuit Court Judge George S. Sill
ger, County Judge Peter +. Daily,
District Court Judge Freeman Wood
bidge, H.. NJ. Willis, superintendent
of the county schools, DIR. David Z.
English, Howard G.. Reynolds, Fred
erick Weigel and William E. Flor
ence.
Among others at the services were
George l.. Burton. chairman of the
state highway commission; County
Clerk Bernard NJ. Cannon, Deputy
Clerk Robert Macan, George w.
Litterst, Robert w. Helm. Deputy
Surrogate William F. McCloskey
and Ella Whitaker.
Freeholders William S. Dey, Rob-
ert Vandenbergh. Fred Orpen,
George S. Apologize, Clarence, NJ.
Haight, Lewis j. Belloff and Walter
Quakenbush; John P. kirkpatrick,
Klemner Kalteissen, John Becker,
John Greenwald, Anthony j. Geb-
hardt, Sheriff Elmer Wyckoff, Under
Sheriff Fred Gowan, Harry Silver
stein, Mayor John J.. Morrison,
James H. Maher, William s. Har-
kins, Eugene Mclaughlin, city
clerk of New Brunswick; former
Senator Thomas Brown, Schuyler c.
Van Cleef. Fred w. De Voc. Stephen
F. Somogyi, Assemblyman Wilton T.
Apologize and officers of the or
phan's court.