This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hEBBAIB/1235 Message Board Post: Los Angeles Times, Jun 9, 1920: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RAILROAD MAN. Funeral services for John H. Pollard, retired official of the Illinois Central Railroad, who died Saturday, aged 79 years, will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in the chapel of Pierce Bros. and Co. Burial will be in Rosedale Cemetery. Mr. Pollard died at his residence, 1436 Albany street, where he lived with his son, E. R. Pollard. Mr. Pollard was an active figure in railroad circles for many years. He was one of the organizers of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad and later was master mechanic of the Illinois Central at Centralia, Ill.