Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Grams, William 1907
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The Ionia Weekly Standard, Friday, July 26, 1907


The funeral service over the remains of Charles Hass and two sons, Paul and 
Herman, Mrs. August Richter and William Grams, was attended at St. John’s 
Lutheran church this afternoon, the five caskets being aligned before the 
preacher and the pulpit at one and the same time.  And what an intense scene 
it was!

There were caskets of spotless white, caskets of softest gray, and caskets of 
sombrous black.  There was blended grief and hope; there was the beauty of 
banks of flowers, and there was evidence that was a solemn admonition to all 
mankind.  Can you contemplate the picture?

Pastor B. H. Succop rightfully invoked assistance in administering these last 
sad rites to this group of five of his faithful parishioners, and aiding him 
was the Rev. Otto Boecler of the Emanuel Lutheran church of Grand Rapids, who 
delivered a discourse in the English tongue, basing it upon Hebrews, 12:11.  
Fearful as the awful tragedy was that snuffed out these lives, the direct 
result of the mistake of one human being, illustrating human fallibility, yet 
the preacher found comfort and consolation even in this crisis, in the fact 
that the disposition of it all by the good Godhead, will be merciful and 
wise.  “The Lord hath given, the Lord hath taken away.”

Following was a discourse in the German language by Pastor Succop, in which 
the lives and Christian life work of these dead of his church family was taken 
more particularly into the account.  His text was based on 1 Peter, 5. 6:8.

The funeral procession was most imposing, both in its character and size.  It 
was headed by a marching line made up of representations of the Elks, Knights 
of Columbus, P.M. Shopmen, and Lutheran Benevolent therein.  Those in vehicles 
could be computed by hundreds.  The carriers were:

For Charles Hass—Charles Holtz, Frederick Hass, Fred Bilow, Godfrey Wendland.

For Paul Hass—Charles Ammon, Peter Diehm, Herman Doebbert, M. Dreger.

For Herman Hass—Emile Hahn, Chas. Heiden, Frank Schipper, Emil Hass.

For Mrs. Richter—August Heiden, Louis Tafel, William Warnke, Louis Melzow.

For William Grams—Robert Tafel, Henry Storch; John Steele.

Card of Thanks:

We appreciate full the many kindly acts of neighbors and friends for our son 
and brother, William Grams.  We thank you all, very much.

Mr. and Mrs. John Grams and family


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