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made by Harry F. Hare to have his sister, 
Jane C. Stout,, of Roxborough and Isaiah 
T. Ryan, an undertaker, enjoined from 
burying the body of his brother-in-law, 
Edward Blankin, in the family lot in West 
Laurel Hill Cemetery. 
It was explained by counsels for Harry 
F. Hare that the decedent was the husband 
of Laura Hare, who died some time ago, 
and the plaintiff and some of the other 
W. H. Sloan, superintendent of River- 
side Cemetery, Three Rivers, Mich., has re- 
cently constructed a novel cobblestone 
hanging basket. The tripod construction 
is made of three galvanized Ijzj-inch pipes. 
11 feet long, connected at top by d'.-ineb 
triangle of galvanized plate and lock-nutted 
to it from the center of the triangle plate. 
The bolt is connected for the chains for 
basket support. The tripod has a spread of 
10 feet 6 inches and the height from top 
to ground level is 9 feet 8 inches. There are 
posts 6 inches thick, of octagonal shape, 
and stand on a 3-foot foundation. The 
chains for su[)i)ort of the basket are com- 
Robert D. Boice 
Robert l)e France I’oice, secretary-treas- 
urer of Oakwood Cemetery, Geneseo, 111., 
one of the founders of the .Association of 
.American Cemetery Superintendents, presi- 
dent of the Central Trust and Savings 
Bank of fjeneseo, pioneer and leading citi- 
zen of his community, died January 8 at 
the age of 86. 
-Mr. Hoice was one of the pioneers of the 
.Association of .American Cemetery .Suiier- 
intendents and active in the affairs of the 
organization. I'ntil last year he never 
missefl a meeting. Coming in touch with 
leading cemetery men of the nation, he was 
able to bring to Oaksvood Cemetery many 
valuable suggestions. 
members of the family objected to the 
brother-in-law’s body being buried in the 
family lot because they felt he had ill- 
treated his wife while she was living. 
Counsel for Hare's sister contended the 
brother-in-law must lie regarded as a mem- 
ber of the family under the circumstances 
and his children’s interests in the lot gave 
them the right to have their father buried 
there. 
mon, hea\y log chains 42 inches long, con- 
nected to a 3-foot band of buggy tire steel 
from which is connected 20 feet of light 
galvanized chain. The basket is 3 feet 2 
inches across the inside and 4 feet outside 
by 2 feet 2 inches high. The cement band 
around the base of the tripod is 12 feet 
across. The space under the basket will 
be used for carpet bedding of Alter- 
nantheras. 'fhe basket will contain the 
usual \asc material. The stones used are 
common field stones. This construction is 
located at the cemetery residence just out- 
side of the cemetery proper. 
Throughout his many years in Geneseo he 
was always known as a public-spirited citi- 
zen and gave substantial assistance to every 
worthy enteri)risc, and .sup[)orted all move- 
ments that had to do with the welfare of 
his community and the state. With all this, 
the one thing which in future years will 
be remembered to his greatest credit will 
be his untiring zeal in the work of u])- 
building Oakwood, Geneseo’s beautiful cem- 
etery. Mr. Boice was one of the founders 
of flakwood in the later sixties, and from 
the day the ground was i)urchased until his 
death gave it his unsparing effort. Xot 
only h;is the scenic beauty of the tract been 
looketl after, but through the forethought 
and effort of Mr. Bf)ice the organiz.ation 
has been well established with a perma- 
nent care fund provided for, which will in 
the years to come guarantee that a greater 
portion of the grounds will be looked after 
and given needed attention. 
Mr. Boice was one of Geneseo’s vener- 
able business men and for almost sixty 
years had been a prominent factor in the 
commercial and social life of this town and 
vicinity. 
Mayor Henry R. Ott issued a proclama- 
tion calling for a cessation of business dur- 
ing the hours of the funeral of this be- 
loved citizen and all of the business houses 
of the city were closed from 2 until 4 
o’clock. The city council attended the fu- 
neral service in a l)ody. Air. Boice had at 
different periods served as a member of 
the board. 
Robert De France Boice was born at 
Burgettstown, W^ashington County, Pa_ 
When still a young man, in 1848, the fam- 
il.\' removed to Ashland, (4., where Robert 
I), obtained a position in a hardware store’. 
In 1854 he was married, and for the next 
two years li\'ed in Rochester, Alinn. Then 
he moved to Geneseo and was the leading 
hardware merchant until 1895, when he re- 
tired to devote all of his time to the presi- 
dency of the bank and the management of 
the cemetery. He was an active member 
of the Congregational Church. The widow 
and one daughter, Mrs. Ollic Richardson, 
survive. 
C. AI. Ford, founder of the Woodlawn 
Cemetery .Co., Knoxville, Tenn., died De- 
cember 23. 1916. The companx- will be op- 
erated by his sons. 
Swain Nelson, of Chicago, original de- 
signer of Lincoln Park, that city, and one 
of the leading nurserymen of the AVest. 
died recently at the residence of his son, 
Seymour G. Nelson, in Glen A^iew, at the 
age of 89 years. Air. Nelson came to Chi- 
cago in 1855 and engaged in the landscape 
gardening profession, having previously 
prepared himself for it in Sweden, his na- 
tive land. His designs for Lincoln Park 
were accepted in 1865 by the city council, 
and during the following fifteen \ ears he 
directed the work of dexelopin.g that park 
as well as several others in Chica.go. in- 
cluding Humboldt, Garfield, Dou.glass am? 
Lhiion parks. He laid out (iraccland Cem- 
etery and also the AA'aller estate, now 
known as Buena Park. He is survived by 
(wo sons. Seymour G. and .Alvin F. Nelson, 
and three dau.ghtcrs. 
Keu' Piihhrations Rere/veJ 
"Prcliminaires d’.Art Civif|uc,’’ by T.oui.s 
Abiii dcr Swaclmcn, landscape architect, is an 
interesting work on civic art just published 
in French by .A. AA’. Silthoffs I'it.gevcrs- 
Maatsebappij, Leiden, Holland, and distrib- 
uted in this country by Brentano’s, of New 
A’ork. 'I’he book includes a careful and 
orderly study of the principles of every 
branch of civic art, both urban and rural, 
including a suggested aiiplication of these 
principles to the reconstruction of Ihlgium. 
'Pbe following summary of the contents. 
Cohblestone J^asc and Tripod 
nOUI.DER VA.SE .\ND TRIPOD. RIVER.SIDE CEMETERY. THREE RIVERS, ytlCH. 
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