Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....White, Ida May 1884
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Reno Evening Gazette May 26, 1884
The Last Sad Rites
The Funeral Services Over the Remains of Mrs. Ida White
The funeral service over the remains of Mr. Al. White yesterday was largely
attended.  Promptly at two o’clock the corpse was borne from the Palace Hotel to
the hearse thence to the Methodist Church, the bereaved husband being
accompanied in his carriage by Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon and Mrs. James Furguson,
followed by a large number of sympathetic friends in carriages and on foot.  The
remains were enclosed in an elegant metallic casket on which were placed two
large beautiful floral wreaths.  The following prominent citizens acted as pall
bearers: W. R. Chamberlain, A. Lindley, L. J. Flint, A. A. Evans, H. P. Krause,
J. E. Knowles, R. S. Osburn, J. J. Becker, William Goeggel and Nathan Roff.  At
the church a large audience had already assembled.  Reverend G. W. DeLaMatyr
officiated, assisted by Rev. Mr. Ewing, of Truckee, the sermon being preached by
Reverend DeLaMatyr on the subject of the immortality of the soul, and was a
logical discourse, drawing his argument from the analogy of the laws of nature
and the evidences of the soul’s separate and distinct existence from the
tenement of clay, in which it is encased during the brief space allotted to
human life.  The choir rendered in a very effective manner several appropriate
and affecting hymns.  At the conclusion of the sermon the remains were viewed by
nearly the entire audience, and looked very natural, showing that the deceased
passed away as if in a placid sleep.  From the church to the cemetery the
procession was composed of thirty-two carriages, and after brief services at the
grave the remains were deposited in their last resting place, amid the silent
grief of the affectionate husband, surrounded by a large circle of sympathizing
friends.


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