Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....Frank M. HAMPTON, 1922
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Daily Local News, March 6, 1922

HAMPTON- In Philadelphia, on Sunday, March 5, 1922, Frank M. Hampton, in his 
58th year.  Friends and relatives and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows are 
invited to attend the funeral on Thursday, March 9, 1922, at 2 o’clock, at the 
funeral parlors of John Thorp.  Interment at Greenmount Cemetery.

 

March 10, 1922

The funeral of the late Frank M. Hampton, of Philadelphia, a former resident of 
West Chester, took place yesterday afternoon in the Thorp parlors, and was 
attended by a large number of relatives and friends.  He was for many years a 
member of West Chester Lodge, No. 42, I.O.O.F., which organization held a 
special meeting, when eulogistic remarks to the memory of the departed brother 
were made by Joseph Parker, George Dale, James Knox, George B. McCormick and 
others, after which the Lodgemen proceeded in body to the Thorp parlors. The 
services were conducted by Rev. Grover C. Walters, pastor of the Goshen Baptist 
Church, after which the funeral rites of the Odd Fellows ere conducted by Noble 
Grand S.T. Smith and Chaplain James Knox.  The body reposed in a solid mahogany 
casket around which were many beautiful floral offerings. Interment was made in 
Greenmount Cemetery, and the appall bearers were Stephen T. Smith, Elmer 
Rodebaugh, Herman J. Smith, George B. McCormick.  Relatives were present from 
various sections of the county.