The Coconino sun., 1925-05-01

three sisters-Andrew p. Carron of
st. Louis, Henry Carron of South Da-
kota, Mrs. Thomas Bauman and Mrs.
/ John Kertz of Bloomsdale, Mo-, and
Mrs. Philomena DruFy Of Crystal
City, Mo.
Mr.. Carron at the time Of his death
was grand knight of the local Knights
of Columbus, that being the highest
office in the lodge. He was a mem
ber Of the Elks lodge of Flagstaff and
Of Flagstaff Rotary club.
On Tuesday the members of the
Rotary club held special memorial
service. They met at the usual hour
/ for their regular weekly meeting.
! John @. Thomas, city superintendent
i Of schools, spoke at the request of
President G. B. Wilson. He briefly
! paid feeling tribute to the deceased
and to his splendid character and
citizenship. Rev. FIR. Albouy made a
short prayer, following which all
1 stood with bowed heads for mo-
ment's. silent prayer. The club then
adjourned to hold the regular meeting
the next day
! Mr. Thomas fine eulogy of Mr.
] Carlon is in part reprinted below. It
will find ready echo in the hearts and
minds Of those who best knew, and
1 therefore loved him.
eve have met here today to pay
tribute to a departed Rotafian, Lee
Carron, who became member of
Flagstaff Rotary club on November 8,
1923. From that time until Friday,
| April %, when he departed this life,
1 he had been faithful Rotarian, in
terested in all Rotary phases and ac-
/ tivities. He believed in the idea Of
] Service above self"-he practiced it
! in his daily business, in his devotion
to his family, and in his love for the
town and community in which he
i lived.
"Lee was also a devout christian,
and at no time during his entire life
was he called upon to exemplify such
noble christian virtues as during the
! period Of his final illness, when he
I was patient to the extreme, long suf-
feIing and willing to surrender to the
will of Him who doeth all things we'll
I When it became known to Lee that
his chances for recovery were doubt
i full, he made definite arrangements
! for the material welfare Of his fam
/ lily and planned to meet his God. At
! the same time he put forth mighty
4 struggle to assist medical skill, and
/ with the sympathy of loving friends,
/ he hoped that somehow or other he
/ might be restored to health, in order
that he might make better plans for
! the safety and comfort of his family
and be of greater service to his COM
munity. He fought brave fight and
/ lost, as far as the physical body is
/ concerned, but won a great spiritual
conflict and has now gone to that
1 spiritual realm from whose bourne no
! traveller ever returns.
/ ''The departure of our brother has
/ left a vacant place in our ranks which
no one can completely fill-his per-
sonality and genial disposition were
peculiarly his own, and cannot be
/ duplicated; but Rotary must carry on
! and strive to keep our ranks filled
with men of high ideals-men who
have the courage of their convictions.
| and men who can endure even extreme
bodily sufferings without losing faith
in the aims and purposes of life. Such
We're the two Rotarians, Lee and Fa-
ther Vabre, who have been called from
our midst to their eternal homes to
live as true Rotarians.
"May our prayers and sympathies
cheer his beloved family, and may the
Great Comforter guide and sustain
them in their hour Of sorrow. And
may we, as Rotarians, in the words
Of our nature poet, William Cullen
Bryant, be admonished to so live that
when thy summons comes to join the
innumerable caravan, that moves to
that mysterious realm, where each
shall take his chamber, in the silent
halls of death, thou go not like the
quarry y-slave at night, scourged to his
dungeon, but sustained and soothed
by an unfaltering trust, approach thy
grave like one who wraps the drapery
of his couch about him and lies down
to pleasant dreams"