July 7, 1917 



HORTICULTUEE 



17 



Obituary 



Abram L. Pennock. 



Abram L. Pennock died at his home 

 in Lansdowne near Philadelphia on 

 the 29th ult. His passing away full 

 of years and honors was hastened by 

 illness resulting from excitement at a 

 fire in his son-in-law's residence near- 

 by. Less than three weeks ago the 

 family celebrated the golden wedding 

 and the historical sketch published in 

 HoRTicuLTiKE Junc 16th is hereby ap- 

 'propriately reprinted. The writer can 

 say no more now than he said on that 

 occasion— except that we then wrote 

 in Joyful spirit while now we pen in 

 sadness and farewell. 



George C. Watson. 



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(From Horticulture, June 16, 1917.) 

 Abram L. Pennock and wife (nee 

 Anna M. Cadwalader) celebrated their 

 golden wedding at Lansdowne on the 

 5th inst. Some forty of the family took 

 part in the function -which was strictly 

 private and confined to immediate 

 relatives. Mr. Pennock was born Nov. 

 3rd, 1827, on the ancestral homestead, 

 12th street, below Market, Philadel- 

 phia — so that by his next birthday 

 he will have reached the venerable 

 age of 90. His connection with the I 

 flower business dates back to 1861, 

 when he formed a partnership with his 

 brother, J. Liddon Pennock, under the 

 title of Pennock Bros., and did busi- 

 ness there for over a dozen years. In 

 1870 an interest in the business was 

 acquired by John Westcott and Thomas 

 Cartledge. Some six or eight years 

 afterwards Herbert A. Pennock was 

 given a portion of his father's interest 

 and became a member of the firm. He 

 had been the confidential bookkeeper 

 for the company for many years. In 

 1875 the property at 12th and Market 

 streets was sold to make way for 

 what is now the Wm. Penn Charter 

 School, and the firm bought the prop- 

 erty at 1514 Chestnut street, where it 

 still remains. Mr. Westcott and Her- 

 bert A. Pennock sold out their inter- 

 ests in 1892, and ilr. Cartledge was 

 succeeded by his son, Alfred B., in 1896 

 — who with J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., 

 now constituted the firm, the founder, 

 Abram L. Pennock, retaining only a 

 financial interest. From this it will 

 be seen that while retired from ac- 

 tive business for some years Abram 

 L. Pennock has been a prominent fac- 

 tor in the florist world of Philadel- 

 phia for over half a century, and is 

 its "grand old man." He has been not 

 only a great business man but is a wit, 

 philosopher and poet, and has been a 

 benign influence with all with whom 

 he has come in contact during his 

 long and distinguished career. His 

 ancestors came over with William 

 Penn and the numerous descendants 

 have added lustre to the name as gen- 

 eration succeeded generation. There 

 are many distinguished Pennocks in 

 the front ranks today in many walks 

 of life, and they but follow in the foot- 

 steps of their fathers, of whom none 

 is held in greater esteem than the 

 subject of this sketch— the modest, 

 gentle, wise and unassuming Abram L. 

 Pennock^one of the finest men I have 

 ever known. 



The funeral was attended by a large 

 and representative body of citizens 



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on Monday, the 2nd, inst. Among them 

 were many in the horticultural trades. 

 Interment was private. 



Benno L. Hart. 



News has just been received of the 

 sudden death of Benno L. Hart, of 

 Cleveland, O., after an illness of only 

 a few days, which is a grievous shock 

 to a large circle of florist associates. 

 Mr. Hart, together with his brother, 

 Albert, has been conducting the busi- 

 ness of his father, Herman A. Hart, 

 since the retirement of the latter, 

 about five years ago, after a successful 

 career of nearly forty years. 



PERSONAL. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Olinger and son 

 James, of West Palm Beach, Pla., 

 have gone to Conway, .Mich., for a six 

 weeks' stay there. 



James Bond, who has been superin- 

 dendent of the Brooks estate in New- 

 port, R. I., now goes to take charge of 

 the Gugenheimer place (Castle Gould) 

 at Port Washington, Long Island, N. 

 Y., as successor to William Vert. 



Harrison E. Mann. 



Harrison B. Mann, retail florist at 

 2440 Vliet street, Milwaukee, Wis., 

 died at his home June 18th, at the age 

 of twenty-eight years. He was for- 

 merly employed by Nic Zweifel and 

 Gust. Rusch & Company. He started 

 in business for himself last summer, 

 but on account of 111 health was forced 

 to give up all work a few months later. 

 He is survived by his mother and one 



brother. 



Mrs. Jack Keck. 



The funeral of Mrs. Jack Keck took 

 place Monday. Mr. Keck, who is pro- 

 prietor of "The Elite Florist," 9002 

 Cedar avenue, Cleveland, O., has the 

 sincere sympathy of his many friends 

 among the fraternity of florists. 



William F. Zane. 



William F. Zane, senior member of 

 the firm of Wm. P. Zane & Son, flor- 

 ists, died suddenly at his home in 

 Wheeling, W. Va., on June 17. He 

 leaves a widow, two sons and three 



daughters. 



Mrs. Henry Bester. 



Mary M. Bester, florist, widow of 

 Henry Bester, died in Hagerstown, 

 Md., aged sixty-five years. She is sur- 

 vived by four children. 



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