54 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



non, Benjamin Cruzen, M. W. Crozier, Albert Cooper, Fred But- 

 ler and William Shaw, of Oskaloosa, with James Adair and A. J. 

 Bass, of Oskaloosa, in reserve ; special escort, the members of the 

 vestry of St. James Episcopal church, of which Mr. Lacey had 

 been a member. The marching body of the G. A. R. was fol- 

 lowed by the Knights of Pythias, of which organization there was 

 a large turnout; about one hundred members of the Mahaska 

 county bar and members of neighboring bar associations and rep- 

 resentatives of the state bar association ; officials of the Mahaska 

 county court house and the district court ; members of the press 

 and members of the Woodmen of the World fraternal society. 

 The funeral car bearing the casket was followed by the carriages 

 with the members of the family and close personal friends and 

 members of the Woman's Relief Corps and ladies of the G. A. R. 

 Nineteen carriages in all were occupied, and twenty-five automo- 

 biles made up the closing feature of the funeral procession. 



Arrived at the cemetery the closing ceremonies were under the 

 auspices of the G. A. R., Colonel McNeill, Chaplain J. L. Moore 

 and other members of Phil Kearney Post officiating, and words 

 of the ritual service were freighted with a new significance for 

 all who heard. Crowds of people had anticipated the procession 

 or kept pace with it and the attendance at the grave, like that at 

 the house service, was exceedingly large. 



Since the announcement of the death of Mr. Lacey the sym- 

 pathies of friends and people generally have been given expres- 

 sion through many avenues, many in personal notes, messages 

 and cablegram, others in floral tributes, and of these there was 

 a magnificent and touching array, from many of unusual size and 

 beauty to the simple but loving expression of school children, the 

 boys and girls to whom Major Lacey had endeared himself in 

 many little ways, personal kindnesses and favors, visits to the 

 schools, and his connection with the Thirty-third Regiment Flag 

 Fund. The floral pieces were massed in a room of the home and 

 were innumerable. 



While Major Lacey had a most extended acquaintance through 

 city and county, throughout the state, and over the entire nation, 

 no man of the city has commanded a closer or more extended 



