62 MAJOR JOHN F. LACEY 



But what appealed to me most of all in Major Lacey's career 

 was his private life. No man could have been purer, no man 

 could have been cleaner; devoted to his family, his domestic re- 

 lations were ideal. His life was an inspiration to all who knew 

 him. 



Then followed talks by numerous members of the bar, 

 old and young, in which they paid tribute to the memory 

 of the late Major Lacey. Each one had some incident to 

 relate of the man who had been their friend upon all oc- 

 casions though not infrequently their opponents in the 

 practice of law. Each speaker presented some new phase 

 of the man's life, or held out some trait of his character 

 for emulation. Talks were made by former Judge Ben 

 McCoy, L. T. Shangle, Supreme Judge Byron W. Pres- 

 ton, John 0. Malcolm, 0. C. G. Phillips, H. H. Sheriff, 0. 

 N. Downs, Dan Davis, Frank T. Nash, S. V. Reynolds, W. 

 H. Keating, C. Ver Ploeg, Liston McMillen, District 

 Judge K. E. Willcockson, and in summing up the heart 

 tributes that had found expression with the bar associ- 

 ates, Mr. True concluded the meeting with the following 

 appropriate and well expressed sentiments : 



As one of the members of the bar of Mahaska County, and one 

 who had a most pleasant and personal professional acquaintance 

 with Major Lacey I am impressed with this thought: that life, 

 death, and the great unknown, commencing with humanity and 

 unconsciously drifting into infinity, are what We make them. 



I firmly believe the good we do is immortal; that every good 

 impulse of our hearts put in action, lives on and on, gathering 

 strength, momentum, and grandeur as the years go by. 



Such a life, active, energetic and impressive to the very mo- 

 ment of its translation as an advocate before the greatest of all 

 Tribunals, has Major Lacey builded so well for himself and by 

 such translation bequeathed it to you and to me as a legacy most 

 worthy of emulation. 



Judge Preston made formal second to the resolutions, 



