Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Ladow, Fred June 10, 1889 ************************************************ 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: Pat Currigan currigan1932@comcast.net April 21, 2020, 2:32 pm Ionia Sentinel-Thurs. June 13, 1889 Fred Ladow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ladow, died at the home of his parents, in the Fourth Ward, at 2 o'clock a.m. Tuesday of typhoid fever. The funeral will be held from the Church of Christ Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. the deceased was a Corporal in the Ionia Light Guard, and will be buried with military honors. 'WITH MILITARY HONORS, SUCH WILL BE THE BURIAL OF CORPORAL LADOW, OF THE LIGHT 'GUARD. The armory is draped and its flag flies at half-mast for the death of corporal Ladow. The Arrangements for his funeral have been entrusted to the Light Guard, and Capt. Mitchell has issued the following order: HEADQUARTER Co. G. 2nd Regiment, M. C .T. Ionia June 11, 1889. The company will assemble at the Armory on Thursday. June 13th, at 12:45 p. m. sharp, in full dress for the purpose of according military honors to the remains of their departed comrade, Corporal Fred J. Ladow. The Armory, company colors, and officer's side arms will be draped in mourning for 30 days, curing which time officers and men will wear the mourning badge. By order: John H. Mitchell, Captain Commanding Company. Joel R. BENEDICT, 1st. Sergeant. Company meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 12. The funeral will be attended at 2 o'clock tomorrow from the Church of Christ, Rev. W. H. Scott, officiating. Corporal Ladow will be buried with military honors, and in addition to the Light Guard about 50 men from the machine shops of the D., L. & N. will attend in a body. The interment will be at Highland Park. Ionia sentinel-Thurs. June 20, 1889 CORPORAL LA DOW'S FUNERAL THE LIGHT GUARD ACCORD HIM MILITARY HONORS-RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. At. 1 o'clock last Thursday the Light guards assembled at the armory, prepared to attend the funeral of Corporal Fred J. Ladow. Privates Henry J. Horrigan, Frank Youngs, Charles Pratt, John Cutler, Wm. D. McDonald and Walter Keyes were detailed as pall bearers. There were 52 rank and file as they marched to the residence to escort the remains to the Church of Christ. All wore the regulation mourning badge The colors were furled and draped, and the officer's side arms were knotted with crepe. The machine and blacksmith shops of the D., L. & N. were shut down in the afternoon and over 50 men awaited the arrival of the Light Guard at the house. They were promptly on hand and the funeral procession moved at once to the church in the following order: Schmucker's Band. Ionia Light Guard-Capt. J. H. Mitchell. Railroad Shop men-Frank L. Fox, Marshal. Carriage with Officiating clergyman. Hearse, guarded by bearers. Family and friends in carriages. Arriving at the church, the Light Guard was halted and the railroad men filed into the church. the Light Guard stood at "present Arms" as the hearse and family carriages passed. Privates G. C. Allen and Carl Williams were detailed as a guard of honor, and, preceding the bearers, stood at "present Arms" as the casket was placed before the altar and the family were seated. In the mean time the Light Guard had stacked arms and entering the church were seated, the guard of honor standing at the head and foot of the casket in position of place rest. The church was crowded and the funeral services exceeding impressive, Rev. W. H. Scott preaching an able and feeling sermon. Mrs. L.P. Brock and Miss Edith Milligan sang appropriate selections. Many beautiful floral tributes attested the esteem of friends and associates. The railroad shops were represented by a handsome broken column and the Light Guard by a pillow, with the word "Rest." At the close of the services the order o procession to Highland Park was as before. After the body had been deposited in the grave the Light Guard fired the burial salute of the three volleys by company. After returning to the Armory, the Light Guard adopted the following resolutions; The death of Corporal Fred J. Ladow, who for so long a time bore with us the trials and enjoyed the pleasures of social and military life, is the sad cause of this meeting of our company. In expression of our feelings of high regard and fraternal love for him, and in commiseration of the sorrow of his relatives and friends, be it...Resolved, that we hereby express our appreciation of his excellent qualities of mind and goodness of heart, and that by kindness, sympathy of action and uprightness of life he has forever endeared his memory to our hearts. Second, That we keenly regret the loss of a comrade of such a noble character, and, as much as weak words can, we bespeak our deep sadness for his untimely death. Third. That we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family, who have done so much to alleviate his suffering, and who so deeply mourn the irretrievable loss of their son and brother. Fourth, That the armory, company colors and officer's side-arms be draped in mourning for 30 days, during which time officers and privates wear the mourning badge. Fifth, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased; also that they be published in each of the Ionia papers, and filed with the records of this company. Charles Thompson, H. L. Hubbell, B. R. Fales, Committtee on Resolution. Ionia, Mich. July 13, 1889 Additional Comments: Highland Park Cem.-#6-75 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/l/ladow35864nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 5.8 Kb