Laid to Rest. – Funeral of Howard E. Norton – A Friend’s Tribute
Ironton Register Jan. 07, 1904
The funeral services over the remains of Howard E. Norton, who died Wednesday, December 30, were held at the family residence on South Fourth Street. Due to illness in the family, the funeral rites were conducted in private, with only the members of the family, relatives, and immediate friends present.
Chicago, Illinois Friday, October 29, 1886
Revs. W. H. Hampton and L. O. Richmond conducted the services, the Episcopal service being read. There was no singing. The ministers read the favorite hymn of the deceased. The pallbearers were: Col. E. J. Bird, Jr., Judge J. K. Richards, F. A. Bixby, Emil Arnold, D. H. Clark, and C. B. McQuigg. The remains were laid to rest at Woodland.
The following notice of Mr. Norton’s death is from the pen of Mr. Joe Campbell in the Notes and Comments column of the Commercial Tribune of Friday:
“Sad news comes at times in a singular way. As I went home Wednesday night, I noticed the messenger boy from the Western Union in the car. He got off at Hutchins and Reading road. Beneath the lamp, he said: ‘Mister, where is 838?’ I said: ‘I am going to that number and may save you a walk.’
The telegram announced the death of an old and dear friend, a man just in the prime of life who deserved to live longer if bigness of the heart were to be a gauge of life.”
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