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August 6, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



25 



Oonrad Kohrs. 



Conrad Kohrs, of the State Nursery 

 & Seed Co., Helena, Mont., one of the 

 pioneer residents of that city, died July 

 27 at the age of 85 years. 



Mr. Kohrs participated in the gold 

 rush to California in 1848. After com- 

 ing to Montana he followed various 

 pursuits, finally engaging in cattle rais- 

 ing. He took up large tracts of laUjd 

 where Deer Lodge is now located and 

 became one of th6 cattle kings of the 

 old days. He was one of the first of 

 these to drive large herds of cattle 

 overland to Salt Lake City, Utah, for 

 railroad shipment east. 



In 1902 he purchased an interest in 

 the State Nursery & Seed Co., of Helena, 

 Mont., and while he did not take an 

 active part in its management, he took 

 a deep interest in its progress and de- 

 velopment. By his death, T. E. Mills, 

 the president of the firm, has lost an 

 esteemed and beloved friend, as have 

 also the employees, who have had many 

 occasions to remember the genial old 

 man, who never lost sight of their com- 

 fort and welfare. 



The funeral was held at Deer Lodge, 

 where he had spent so many years of 

 his active life on the ranch. It was 

 largely attended by friends from all 

 parts of the state. One of the impres- 

 sive notes of the occasion was the 

 formation made by the fifty employees 

 of the nursery, as the cortege passed 

 the grounds, expressing in this silent 

 manner the loss they sustained. 



Abner Hoopes. 



Abner Hoopes, 84 years old, a promi- 

 nent resident of West Chester, Pa., died 

 July 24 in his apartment in the Mansion 

 House, West Chester, after a long ill- 

 ness. He was one of the founders and 

 senior member of the nursery firm of 

 Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas Co. 



Mr. Hoopes was of an old Chester 

 county family, a descendant of Joshua 

 and Izabel Hoopes, who emigrated with 

 their children from Cleveland, York- 

 shire, England, in 1683 and settled in 

 Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Abner 

 Hoopes was the second son of Pierce 

 and Sarah Bunting Hoopes. He was 

 born in Philadelphia, his father at that 

 time having a lumber yard on Pine 

 street near the Pennsylvania hospital. 

 For a time Pierce Hoopes conducted a 

 general store at Gay and High streets, 

 West Chester, in partnership with Will- 

 iam Sharpless, and later moved to the 

 old Hoopes farm, in West Goshen town- 

 ship, 



Abner Hoopes, in company with his 

 brother, the late Josiah Hoopes, estab- 

 lished the Maple Avenue nurseries, later 

 associating with George Thomas. Abner 

 Hoopes was president of the company. 



He was a member of the Union 

 League Club in Philadelphia and be- 

 longed to High Street Meeting of 

 Friends, tlfb West Chester Club and 

 other organizations. For a number of 

 years he was a member of the board of 

 trustees of the State Asylum for the 

 Insane, at Norristown. He is survived 

 by his wife, Mrs. Malinda Hoopes; a 

 daughter, Mrs. Louis Baker, of Bala; 

 a son, Wilmer W. Hoopes, of Paoli, and 

 nine grandchildren. Services were held 



Conrad Kohrs. 



at the West Chester Friends' Meeting, 

 with interment in Oakland cemetery. 



' Charles A. Hunt. 



Charles A. Hunt, 1423 Greenleaf ave- 

 nue, Rogers Park, Chicago, an insurance 

 man, committed suicide July 30, by 

 shooting himself in a room at the Lor- 

 raine hotel, 417 Wabash avenue, Chi- 

 cago. Mr. Hunt had registered at the 

 hotel as "0. A. Hunt, Evanston." No 

 reason for his act could be given by his 

 widow. Mr. Hunt was 45 years old. He 

 was born at the corner of Roscoe and 

 Halsted streets, Chicago, in 1875. His 

 father, Myron A. Hunt, who located in 

 Chicago in 1857, was one of the first 

 florists in Chicago. He was of the 

 pioneer firm of Miller & Hunt and later 

 removed to Terre Haute, Ind., where he 

 killed himself many years ago, while the 

 son was still a boy. After attending the 

 Lake View High school, "Charlie" 

 Hunt entered business, first as a florist 

 but later, and for many years, was a 

 special agent for the New Amsterdam 

 Casualty Co. He was a member of the 

 Illinois Athletic Club and was known as 

 an expert swimmer. Besides his widow, 

 Grace B., he is survived by one daugh- 

 ter, Dorothy Grace Hunt. 



The funeral was held August 2, from 

 the chapel at 3419 North Clark street, 

 Chicago, interment being at Graceland 

 cemetery. There were many flowers and 

 several members of the trade also at- 

 tended. 



Charles Moody Sawyer. 



Charles Moody Sawyer, Columbus, O., 

 died of heart trouble July 19 at the 

 home of his brother, Amos H. Sawyer, 

 250- North Twentieth street. He was 

 55 years old at the time of his death. 

 Grief over the death of his mother, Mrs. 

 Laura L. Sawyer, November 20, 1919, is 

 believed by relatives to have hastened 

 his death. 



Besides his brother, Amos H. Sawyer, 

 he leaves another brother, Emery F. 

 Sawyer, of Marysville, O., and two sis- 



ters, Mrs. S. R. Hamill, of Terre Haute, 

 Ind., and Mrs. George H. Atkinson, of 

 New York city. 



The body was taken to Piqua, O., for 

 funeral and burial. 



William J. Hemnann. 



William J. Herrmann, son of H. W. 

 C. Herrmann, Brooklyn, N. Y., died July 

 27 at St. Catherine's hospital of appen- 

 dicitis. He was 29 years of age. 



Mrs. William Nicholson. 



The sincere sympathy of a wide circle 

 of the trade goes out to William Nichol- 

 son, of Framingham, Mass., for many 

 years a noted carnation specialist and 

 florist, in the death of his wife July 31 

 in her eightieth year. Mrs. Nicholson 

 had been seriously ill for a long time 

 and several times her life had been 

 despaired of. Pneumonia was the im- 

 mediate cause of death. 



Mrs. Nicholson had lived on Maynard 

 road over thirty years. She was a hard 

 working, industrious and helpful wife 

 and a great deal of her husband 's success 

 was due to her untiring zeal. Four chil- 

 dren survive : William R., who succeeded 

 his father in business; Harry, well 

 known in florists' circles in the west; 

 Mrs. Mary Lemon, of Richmond, Ind., 

 and Sarah, residing at home. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 home August 2 and were largely at- 

 tended. A wealth of beautiful flowers 

 attested the esteem of a host of friends. 

 Interment was in Edgell Grove cem- 

 etery, near her late home, a beautiful, 

 sequestered and peaceful resting place. 



W. N. Craig. 



Alexandria, Va. — G. G. Wolt, who has 

 been connected with the Washington 

 Floral Co. for several years, intends to 

 open a store of his own. 



Peoria, HI. — A. M. Augspurger has re- 

 turned from Fort Worth, Tex., where he 

 had an exhibit at the convention of the 

 Texas State Florists ' Association. 



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