The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-13
NOtabIes Attend
Funeral Services
ofJohn H. Flagler
DR.. Grant and DR.. Mackay
Eulogize Capitalist and
Steel Manufacturer.

Two funeral services for John III.
Flagler. capitalist and founder of the
National Tube Company at McKeesport.
Pa. We're held yesterday Mr. F'lagler,
who was In his eighty year. died
last Friday in his home at Greenwich.
Conn. The body was placed in a receiv-
Ing vault at Woodlawn Cemetery pend
ing the completion of a mausoeum there
The first service. attended by members
of the family circle. was held at AS
IN the Flagler city home. 5 Park avenue.
The second followed at $50 in the
chapel OF the Church OF the Ascension,
Fifth avenue and Eleventh street. OF
which Mr. Flagler had long been a
vestryman. The officiating clergymeD
were the Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney
Grant and the Rev Charles Neumann
rector and curate of the Church of the
Ascension. and the Rev DR.. John r
Mackay. pastor Of the North Presby-
terrain Church. in r55th street, near
Broadway
Two hundred former associates of the
dead capitalist flied the chapel. While
they awaited the arrival of the family
an orchestra played classic selections.
The service was an augmented ritual OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church. There
were euloeies by DR.. Grant and Dr.
Mackay.
In referring to the long and successful
career OF Mr.. F'lagler in Industrial de-
velopment, the latter said
we are thankful for the men who
have done things--the outstanding men,
who have raised life to a higher
standard"
DR.. Grant referred to Mr.. Flager as
a producer, not a Spectator one of the
great doors in the iron world whose
inventions helped revolutionize the
manufacture of steel" He told of Mr..
Flagler's multifarious interests in the
business and industrial worlds and. after
observing how little the world at large
know about what the great men of ST.
ness are doing. he added "The trouble
with women uptown in New York Is that
they do not know what their husbands
are doing downtown"
In addition to hymns. the musical
part of the service included "A Perfect
Day." which was sung by the baSso
SoioiSt Oh the CnOiT Win OTCneStrdl dC-
compartment.
The honorary pallhearers were Lewis
l.. Clarke, Thomas r. Kent. Austa r.
Fletcher. George Hammond Sullivan.
George Ramsey who was associated in
business with Mr.. FliG,or for thirty
years: Clarence A. Ludlina. Elbri lge
Gerry Snow. Or. Winfield Scott Schley.
Charles S. Whitman. George Gordon
Battle. Henry NJ. Brightman, I,ob' n
Lundell. I. Michaels. Seward Prosser
and Herbert r. Smith. The ves.ry was
represented by Mr.. Snow. who also Is
senior warden of the Church o. the
Ascension F. X. Rupprecht. Cu.lea Van
Rensselaer, Cogswell. Robert VI. Schley
and Burton F. White.
In the family circle we're Mrs. Flaaler.
who was Miss Beatric Frances W,ncker
of Brooklyn and who was married to
Mr.! F'lagler a year ago; Phelps. Con-
verse and Robert Blagdsl Of Boston.
nephews Of Mr. Flagler cnd sons OF the
late Mr.. an1 Mrs. Rober- Nlagden, and
Numbers OF the T.. c. Converse family
MIR. Flagler and the late Mr.. ConNers
were brothers in-law. There also We're
present Mr. Flasler's sist n, Mrs. Her
man Stumpf OF Belair. I'D. and Mr.
HUME Flagler OF Providen {, nephew.
who accompa MED the widow.