Statewide County AZ Archives Obituaries.....Chung, Quan 1901
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Arizona Republican-May 1, 1901
QUAN CHUNG
May 1, 1901

Quan Chung is dead and buried.  He died at Maricopa a 
few days ago and was brought to Phoenix the next day 
and prepared for internment by an undertaker.  He had 
been employed by P.M. Williams for some time and was 
only sick a day or two before his death, according to 
information furnished by his countrymen.  His funeral 
occurred yesterday under the auspices of the Chinese 
Masonic Lodge and it was an ostentatious event.  Quan 
was about forty years old and had spent about half his 
life in Arizona.  He was therefore well known and 
popular among his countrymen and they did their best 
to show for him proper respect in the arrangements 
of the funeral.

The funeral took place early in the afternoon and 
after the ritualistic ceremonies in Chinatown, the 
big procession wended its way to the cemetery, preceded 
by the Chinese band with beating drums.  The Chinamen 
followed behind, some on foot and some in carriages 
and other vehicles.  After the casket was lowered and 
dirt thrown in, came a bonfire and the burning of the 
earthly effects of the late departed.  

While this was going on the Chinamen were engaged in 
laying out the food supply that had been prepared for 
the use of the dead between here and the spirit land.  
There was a chicken, nicely cooked, with head, feet and 
all intact, a fine looking roast pig, a quantity of 
rice and other edibles.

Here is where the disgraceful part of the proceedings 
took place.  Before the Chinese mourners had left the 
grave yesterday, Americans, Mexicans and Indians took 
possession of and parceled out among themselves the 
roast pig, chicken, etc. that had been placed on the 
grave.  Worse yet, it is said that the first onslaught 
at the barbecue was an American woman.

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