| Show FUNERAL OF JHO BUCKLE Held Yesterday Under the Odd Fellows Auspices GREAT THRoNE OF MOUIOTSBS AT THE RESIDENCE Rev Alfred H Henry Chaplain of Utah lodge Officiated Impressive Impres-sive Services The Interment at lit Olivet Cemetery The funeral of John Buckle was held yesterday afternoon The services were conducted at his late residence No 330 South Seventh East street under the auspices of Utah lodge No 1 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of which Mr Buckle had been a member The interment was at Mount Olivet cemetery A very large number of friends of the deceased attended the services at the house so many in fact that there was no room in the house for them and many Including a large representation from the various lodges of Odd Fellows waited in the street in front of the house while the services were in progress The Rev Alfred H Henry pastor of the First M JS church and chaplain of the Utah lodge officiated and a male quartette sang several appropriate hymns The principal prin-cipal address was delivered by the Rev B F Clay pastor of the Central Christian Chris-tian church and also a member of the order of Odd Fellows He commenced his address by alluding to the very large number of friends present to offer their lost testimonial to the worth of the deceased and the esteem in which they held him The speaker said he did not believe that he had ever met a person who impressed him more strongly strong-ly than did Mr Buckle as being an honorable and upright citizen and a Godfearing and Godloving man He had discussed religious subjects with Mr Buckle a number of times and he felt that he could bear testimony to the fact that his reverential love and fear of God and his love of truth and righteousness were his strong characteristics charac-teristics There was a breadth of charIty char-ity in his religious convictions which gave him a brotherly feeling towards his fellow men and which caused him to recognize the rights of others to think and act for themselves He was an earnest and honest seeker after truth In religIous matters He had never met him anywhere in business or social life but that he felt he could do honor to the manhood which characterized charac-terized his every act In his every day life he exemplified the principles of the order of Odd Fellows in the spirit of brotherly love and the peace with his fellow men and the friendship which he displayed for them Mr Clay spoke of the test of a mans character which was to be found in his conduct as a husbandand father and said that In Mr Buckles life this test showed his high character and he believed that hs love for what was honorable and upright up-right was exemplified m his sons and daughters He was possessed of that nobility which found a place in the hearts of those with whom he was associated as-sociated He had lived and died an honorable man a gentle man and a noble no-ble man and when he went out or this life he went to God who is just and merciful The Rev Mr Christiansen also de i livered a short address in which he spoke of the lessens to be learned incoming in-coming to a house of mourning and said that while those who came to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory mem-ory of Mr Buokle mourned at his loss they could rejoice in the life he had left behind him The body was then taken to Mount I unvet cemetery where the burial services ser-vices of the Odd Fellows was held A large number of carriages containing friends of the deceased followed the remains to the crave |
