Milford chronicle., 1926-05-07
THOUSANDS ATTEND
FUNERAL SERVICES
OF ACCIDENT VICTIMS
Largest Crowd Ever Seen At Kent
County Funeral At The Friedel
Services.
GIRL WILL RECOVER
Delma, Other Occupant OF The
Wrecked Automobile, Shows
Improvement.

With thousands of people looking
tearfully on the bodies of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur B. Friedel and their
daughters, Ruth and Grace, who
were killed at FELTON, Wednesday eV-
ening of last week when their auto
mobile was struck by train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, were lowered
to their last resting places in the
graveyard of Barratt Chapel Sun
day afternoon. The attendance was
the largest ever seen at a funeral in
this section of the State.
Services were held in the old chap
ell, which was crowded to the doors.
AS many as could get inside the
ancient building did so. Scores stood
in the aisles and around the walls,
but not more than One-tenth of the
people in attendance could get inside
the building. The others stood quiet
ly in the churchyard until the ser
vices were over and the bodies were
brought to the graveyard for inter
ment.
Early Sunday morning the bodies
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| taken from their home near FELTON,
to the chapel. There were scores OF
floral offerings. The bodies were
placed side by side in front Of the
altar rail of the church.
The bodies were literally sur
rounded by flowers which. had been
sent to the church.
The bodies were in view to the
public from II o'clock until 1880
p. m. 1t had been announced that
the services would begin at p. m,
but on account of the immense
throng passing through the old
church to pay their last respects it
was necessary to postpone the seTV-
ices for half an hour.
Mrs. Efie Friedel, the mother of
Mr.. Friedel, who is 80 years old, and
; who saw her son and most of his
family killed, who had been pros
trated since the accident, was able
to attend the funeral and listen tC
5 the services.
, Mrs. Cox, the mother of Mrs. Erie
del arrived Saturday from her homG
in the South and also attended the
funeral. The long trip with the shocl
of hearing of the death of her daugh
ter and the other members of thu
family so affected Mrs. Cox that sh'
tainted on the train going to FELTON,
G Word was telegraphed ahead for ;
y car and a physician to meet her ant
on her arrival she was given medica
attention and then taken to the Erie
{ del home. She recovered sufficient,
to attend the services on Sunday.
The family is large and the pro
y cession of automobiles bearing tn
K members of the family to the GENE
u terry was unusually long. The son o
II the dead couple VINO was visiting il
IS New York at the time of the acciden
was present at the services.
\ Delma, the other daughter, VIII
II was seriously injured in the accident
> is much improved and physicians a
!, the Milford Emergency Hospital sa
y she will recover unless some unfOl
seen complication sets in.
20 Services at the church were COL
- Quoted by Rev. D. j. Moore, paste
In of FELTON, NJ. Z. Church, and he wa
r. assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Collins
l. Harrington, and H. B. Kelso,
n Dover. DR.. Moore was the preach'
a. and took as his text: Shall Ma
" Live Again"
DR.. Moore alluded to the fact tn
lis the victims of the accident were re
ular attendants and interested in Il
church. He did not refer to the
cident itself but drew lessons fro
the uncertainty of life and the
CK cessity for being prepared
~ death.
At the conclusion of the serV1C
na. in the chapel the four caskets we
carried to the graveyard connect
with the church. The immense GRO
stood silently and with barred hea
an as the four bodies were carried
am the four graves, side by side, viii
,lv- had been prepared for them. I
any bodies of the father and mother WI
sell carried first in the line followed
ma the bodies of the two daughters. r
ste, Mr.. Moore said the commitment S
hia vice at the grave as the bodies W
the lowered,