A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Vermont > Rutland http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=627 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=55053 Submitted by: Joan H. Bixby Article Title: Rutland Daily Herald Article Date: May 10 1912 Article Description: Funeral Services of Earle Clark. Article Text: SERVICES FOR THE RUTLAND MOTORMAN WHOSE DEATH WAS DUE TO TROLLEY ACCIDENT ,HELD AT THE HOME OF HIS SISTER. Funeral services for Earle C. Clark of School street,who died at the Rutland City hospital Monday night from injuries received in the wreck at Parson's curve in the afternoon ,were held at the home of his sister,Mrs. Frank E. Handley, No. 117 Lincoln avenue, at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon,and were attended by several fraternities of which he had been a member. Rev. Joseph Reynolds, pastor of Trinity church, officiated. Rutland aerie, F.O.E., Rutland Nest of Owls, and Rutland Hive, Ladies of Maccabees of the World attended in a body. There were many flowers,among them being pieces from the motormen and conductors of the Rutland Railway, Light ad Power company, the drill team of the local camp of Woodmen, Rutland aerie, F.O.E.,Rutland Nest of Owls,Rutland hive, Ladies of the Maccabees of the World, and Tim & company. John Barrett sang," God Be With You Till We Meet Again ," and John and Francis Barrett sang a duet," Lead,Kindly Light." The bearers were Arthur La Rock and Isaac Fish, representing the motormen and conductors, S. E. Huffmire and Claude A.Place, representing the Owls, and Charles P.Quigley and O.S. Bergstrom,of the Eagles. At the grave at Evergreen cemetery to which the fraternal delegations were conveyed in special trolley cars,the Eagles conducted their burial service, and John E.Barrett sang a hymn. The funeral was well attended, and there were a number of people from near-by towns present. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ VT-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com