Los Angeles County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Maier, Lulu March 24 1897
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Los Angeles Times, March 28, 1897 pg. 11
Los Angeles Times
March 28, 1897 pg. 11

A Notable Funeral

The funeral of Miss Lulu Maier, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maier, was 
in some respects the most notable held in this city in many days.  The young 
lady, who was stricken down on the threshhold of womanhood, was highly 
esteemed, and a very large concourse of friends followed the remains to the 
grave.  One hundred and twenty carriages were in the cortege.  For the first 
time at a funeral in this city, the corpse was not encased in a regular 
casket.  An innovation was introduced by the funeral directors in the shape of 
a burial couch.This was an elegant divan upholstered and decorated in a 
delecate shade of pink. Upon this the remains, clad in a rich robe instead of 
the conventional shroud, reposed. The dead maiden thus lay in state in the 
richly-furnished apartment which she had occupied during life, having to all 
appearances the effect of not being dead, but calmly sleeping.  When the last 
leave-takings were over and the funeral chant was sung, a cover was placed over 
the couch and it was placed in the bier and conveyed to the grave.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Thomson of the Church of the 
Unity.  The pall-bearers were A. C. Brode, L. Brier, Eugene Roth, George 
Lichtenberger, J. Hartnock, Ed Zobelein, W. Peschke and Karl Gollmer.  The 
music was by a quartette consisting of Mrs. Roth Hamilton, Mrs. Minnie Hance 
Owens, Mrs. Scarborough and Mrs. Wenker. The floral pieces were many and 
beautiful. 

The funeral took place from the family residence, Figueroa and Seventeenth 
streets. Interment was at Rosedale Cemetery. Orr & Hines conducted the burial.

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