Show FUNERAL SERVICES Last Sad Rites over the Remains of Captain Hooper The Coop Deseret National Bank drug store and some other buildings all Sunday Monday and Tuesday wore the sable emblems in recollection of the death of Captain William H Hooper The grief occasioned athij death was general and kindly remembrances were as numerous as his friends and formed the subject of many conversations about the deceased At 9 oclock on Tuesday morning the appointed hour friends and admirers of the dead captain began to gather at the family home in the Seventeenth Ward to take a farewell look at the wellknown and highlyesteemed features The coffin was suited to the well known tastes of the deceased de-ceased and the surroundings were appropriately suggestive of the occasion which was gathering so many together From 9 oclock until 11 when the services were to begin there was a constant fljw of ptrsons to look for the last time upon the friendly face i of the honored dead and as the features I fea-tures were viewed many a thought of the goodness the activity the I unceasing labor of him whose remains I re-mains lay there motionless came to mind and tears would flow at the kind recollection which the sad 1 scene recalled At 11 oclocK Bishop James Watson Wat-son of the Nineteenth Ward announced an-nounced that the funeral service I would commence A select choir conducted by Prof Beesley was present and sang 0 God our help in ages > set Our hope for years to come Elder A A Carlson offered the opening prayer The choir sung the hymn Unveil thy boom faithful tomb Take this new treasure to thy trust The speakers were President Jos F Smith and President Yilrord Woodruff Both the sneakers were greatly moved and offeied all the consolation in their power to the mourning relatives References to the great worth sterling integrity and unceasing public labors of the deceased were made At the conclusion con-clusion of the exercises the lemains were carried to the hearse and followed fol-lowed to the cemetery by some fifty vehicles filled with mourners At the graveyard a few words were said and all that was left of the Hon W H Hooper was consigned to that dust whence it came The esteem in which Captain Hooper was held was evidenced by the immense throng present to pay their last respects to the honored dead The mourners embraced all classes perons of all religious faiths and of all political opinions and the universal expression was that great and a good man had passed from earth |