Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Jacobus, Harry 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net August 20, 2011, 5:10 pm Unidentified Publication, 1909 The funeral service for Harry Jacobus, held at the home on West Lincoln Ave., yesterday afternoon, was largely attended by relatives and friends, the company being composed mostly of the large circle of young people with whom Harry had passed the happy hours of his school life and among whom he had chosen his intimate companions. Rev. W.K. Spencer, the pastor and one of the staunch friends of deceased, read in a very effective manner, well chosen verses of scripture, which not only were a source of consolation and comfort to the broken hearts of those who mourn, but were doubtless among the many verses upon which the deceased had based his faith, his aspirations, and behind which he would have without doubt rested with perfect confidence and trust had many more years of health and happiness been his to enjoy. After the sweetly rendered hymns, “Nearer My God to Thee” and “In that Beautiful Land, “ by the quartette composed of Mrs. B. Maurice Phelps, Mrs. Thane Benedict, Thane Benedict and Dr. L.W. Yates, Dr. Spencer in tender and affectionate remarks spoke of the great influence deceased had brought to bear upon his life and the personal trust and confidence he had placed in his pastor and his church during the five years he had known the young man. Rev. Spencer told of the many pleasant talks he had had with deceased, of his ernest desire to take a stand for his Master and unite with the church he so dearly loved. When a lad of thirteen years of age he was admitted to the church, and from that time he bent every effort to help push forward his Master’s kingdom and build a character that would in the fullest degree develop him into a strong God-fearing man. As a young man, he was one of whom Ionia had reasons to be proud, and the loss of whom Ionia will deeply mourn and will not soon blot out of her memory. In behalf of the sorrowing church, the broken-hearted pastor, and the bereaved company of relatives and friends, Rev. Spencer called upon Rev. E.E. Branch to offer the closing prayer. After another song, “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior,” six of Harry’s associate students at the High school: George Taft, Will Douglass, Edson Hemmingway, Morris Spaulding, Harold Bradley and Earl Hanigan bore him away with their many floral tributes of love, to the last resting place in Oak Hill cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/j/jacobus16606nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb