Comrades Pay Final Tribute
Impressive Military Funeral Held Over Remains of Private Frank W. Fonda Who Was Killed on Duty
The body of Frank W. Fonda, member of Company L, who was killed by a train while in the performance of his duty last Monday, was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday afternoon with full military honors. A firing squad of Company L regulars, brought here from the guard camps by Lieutenant J. I. Varney to honor their former comrade, fired a volley over the grave. Prominent city and county officials, including Mayor Harry Hoffman, Major William A. Turnbull and officers from the Third Battalion headquarters here and about 40 members of Company L participated in the funeral. Services were held at the home at 105 East Henry street, at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon while the public services were held in the Riverside M. E. church, in charge of the Rev. C. E. Hutchings, present pastor, and the Rev. A. E. Atwater, former minister. The soldiers escorted the body to the cemetery, making an impressive sight as they marched through the city's principal streets. The casket was draped with a beautiful American flag while six soldiers acted as pall-bearers. Bugler Melvin J. Rhoades of Company L sounded taps at the grave (Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, Friday, May 18, 1917).
Impressive Military Funeral Held Over Remains of Private Frank W. Fonda Who Was Killed on Duty
The body of Frank W. Fonda, member of Company L, who was killed by a train while in the performance of his duty last Monday, was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday afternoon with full military honors. A firing squad of Company L regulars, brought here from the guard camps by Lieutenant J. I. Varney to honor their former comrade, fired a volley over the grave. Prominent city and county officials, including Mayor Harry Hoffman, Major William A. Turnbull and officers from the Third Battalion headquarters here and about 40 members of Company L participated in the funeral. Services were held at the home at 105 East Henry street, at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon while the public services were held in the Riverside M. E. church, in charge of the Rev. C. E. Hutchings, present pastor, and the Rev. A. E. Atwater, former minister. The soldiers escorted the body to the cemetery, making an impressive sight as they marched through the city's principal streets. The casket was draped with a beautiful American flag while six soldiers acted as pall-bearers. Bugler Melvin J. Rhoades of Company L sounded taps at the grave (Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, Friday, May 18, 1917).
Comrades Pay Final Tribute
Impressive Military Funeral Held Over Remains of Private Frank W. Fonda Who Was Killed on Duty
The body of Frank W. Fonda, member of Company L, who was killed by a train while in the performance of his duty last Monday, was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday afternoon with full military honors. A firing squad of Company L regulars, brought here from the guard camps by Lieutenant J. I. Varney to honor their former comrade, fired a volley over the grave. Prominent city and county officials, including Mayor Harry Hoffman, Major William A. Turnbull and officers from the Third Battalion headquarters here and about 40 members of Company L participated in the funeral. Services were held at the home at 105 East Henry street, at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon while the public services were held in the Riverside M. E. church, in charge of the Rev. C. E. Hutchings, present pastor, and the Rev. A. E. Atwater, former minister. The soldiers escorted the body to the cemetery, making an impressive sight as they marched through the city's principal streets. The casket was draped with a beautiful American flag while six soldiers acted as pall-bearers. Bugler Melvin J. Rhoades of Company L sounded taps at the grave (Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, Friday, May 18, 1917).
Impressive Military Funeral Held Over Remains of Private Frank W. Fonda Who Was Killed on Duty
The body of Frank W. Fonda, member of Company L, who was killed by a train while in the performance of his duty last Monday, was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery yesterday afternoon with full military honors. A firing squad of Company L regulars, brought here from the guard camps by Lieutenant J. I. Varney to honor their former comrade, fired a volley over the grave. Prominent city and county officials, including Mayor Harry Hoffman, Major William A. Turnbull and officers from the Third Battalion headquarters here and about 40 members of Company L participated in the funeral. Services were held at the home at 105 East Henry street, at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon while the public services were held in the Riverside M. E. church, in charge of the Rev. C. E. Hutchings, present pastor, and the Rev. A. E. Atwater, former minister. The soldiers escorted the body to the cemetery, making an impressive sight as they marched through the city's principal streets. The casket was draped with a beautiful American flag while six soldiers acted as pall-bearers. Bugler Melvin J. Rhoades of Company L sounded taps at the grave (Elmira Star-Gazette, Elmira, New York, Friday, May 18, 1917).
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