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Show SERVICES HELD FOR LEIII SOLDIER WHO DIED ABROAD Frank Walter Edwards, who was a member of the American expeditionary expedi-tionary force in France and died there October 26, 1918, was buried here today with full military honors. hon-ors. The local American Legion post with Stanley Taylor as commander j and Floyd Goates vice commander, had charge of the services and the firing squad fired the usual salute at the grave. Major Jorgensen was present and delivered the principal address. The large flag which covered the casket on its long journey from France was in a fitting speech presented to Mother Edwards. Mr. Edwards enlisted n Milford, October 3, 1917 and after training at Camp Lewis, went to France' in July 1918. He was wounded in the Aragonne forest engagement, October 2 and taken to the hospital. Recovering quickly from his wounds, he went back into active service, but was stricken with pneumonia pneu-monia and died October 26, 191S. Mr. Edwards is survived by his widowed mother, Mrs. Francis Edwards, Ed-wards, two brothers, JohnW. and Charles C. Edwards and four sisters, Mrs. Lemma Blanpied, Mrs. Mary Nichols, Mis Emma Edwards . and Miss Alta Edwards. At the special request of relatives and friends of the departed soldier, the casket was opened by the officers offi-cers in charge of the services. The remains were found to be in a remarkable re-markable state of preservation, and were fit nnfd nncitivolv irlnntiflo He was buried in the family lot in Lent cemetery. The funeral was attended by all relatives residing in Milford Mrs. Frances Edwards and two- daughters Charles Edwards and family, E. C. Blanpied and family and Willard Nichols Ni-chols and family. , Frank Edward's when he answered answer-ed the call of his country was working work-ing in Railroad shops at Mlford as a machinist. Although having lived in Mlford but a few months, he was quite well known and universally liked. "Slowly and sadly we - laid him down, From the field of his fame, fresh and gory, We carved not aline and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone in his glory. |
