The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-11-25
Obituar y.
cHARLEs q. RuTcHKR.


20, retired lawyer and member Of the
Monmouth County Bar association,
dropped dead in the parlor Of his home,
Court street, Saturday, Of a heart at-
tack.
Mr.. Butcher had taken care Of his
chickens and had looked over his autos
mobile, preparatory to taking drive,
when he entered his home and fell to tbs
floor. He died few minutes later
Mr.. Butcher was born Sept. 8, 1855, at
Freehold. He was the son Of william H.
and mn Butcher. His eduration was
re- eived at the Freehold Academy and
later at the Freehold Institute from
which he graduated in 1875. After leav-
ing school he entered the Office Of will
liam I'll. Vredenburg to study law. he
was admitted TO the bar ia 1879 and
three years later became a counselor.
He served a term as q referee IN bank
ruptcy
Mr.. Butcher was clerk Of the beard
Of. commissioners for a number Of years,
was treasurer of the fire department and
was a member Of the board OF repre-
sentRtives of thai body During the ex-
istence OF the Monmouth County AgTl-
cultural society and Fair association he
acted as treasurer. OF that organization.
He was member of F. & a. NJ. Olive
Branch Lodge, No. 16 and was d mems
Der Of the Baptist church.
Sept. II, 1889, Mr. Butcher was mar
ried to Josephine Dorset Bedle, daughter
Of Elihu B. BedIe of Freehold.
Ee is survived by a brother, william,
of Asbury Park, and sister, Miss Em-
ma Butcher, and son, Donald u.
Butcher, both of Freehold.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at
2 o'clock at the late home, Rev. George
Horn, pastor OF the First Presbyterian
church of Freehold officiating, assisted
by Rev. Cuth bert Newton pastor OF the
First Baptist church. Interment was in
Maplewood cemetery, Freehold.
JOHN R. PARKER
Funeral services were held w ednes-
day, Nov. "a, 1926, for John Reid Par
ker, who died at his home at 10 Broad
street. Sunday night, after two weeks
illness or pneumonia, aged So Mr.. Par
ker was a son of the late Henry VIII
! liam Parker and Mary Reid. He was
educated at the Freehold Institute and
Princeton college, from which he was
| graduated from in 1898 Two brothers,
James A., of New York, and Clarence
4 H., of Paterson. and three sisters, the
Misses Lydia H., Cornelia B. and Nellie
w Parker, all Of Freehold, survive him.
The funeral service was preached
by Rev. George 6. Horn, pastor Of the
I First Prssbyteria church and inter=
rnent was made in Maplewood ceme-
terry, Freehold.
ADoLPH G. KEENER
died at his home in Brooklyn on
Thursday, November 18th. 1926. Funer-
al services were held IN Brooklyn, on
the following Sunday afternoon. at
IL o'clock Interment was in Brook
in January 1878, the son of William III.
Keener and Christina Dittmar. He
lived in Freehold, where he was en-
gagged in the butcher business, until
about 30years ago, when he removed
to Brooklyn where he resided until his
death. The deceased is survived by
his wife and one daughter, one sister,
Mrs. Neidersteriman Of Lakewood and
two brothers William Keener, Fred
Keener, both Of Freehold, also sur
vive.
DIR. ORvILLe vANWICKLE
Services for Dr.. Orvile VanWickle,
for 30 years practicing dentist at
Matawan and long prominent IN Mon
mouth county Republican politics, who
! died Sunday after heart attack were
I held at the late home Wednesday at
2 with Rev. W. W. Ludwig Of the
First Baptist church officiating. inter-
ment was in Rose Hill cemetery. MIR.
Fan Wickle was 20.