An\/ou£-  PharnM     Funeral  Services  of  Martin  I.  Wilbert.  m 
March,  1917      J  J  1 J  J 
fitting  that  the  last  sad  rites  in  connection  with  his  passing  away 
should  be  held  here  and  among  the  friends  who  knew  him  so  long 
and  held  him  in  such  esteem. 
Amid  the  many  floral  tributes  sent  by  his  many  friends  and  the 
scientific  societies  that  claimed  him  as  a  member,  lay  our  friend  and 
fellow-worker,  while  the  pastor  of  the  "Motherhouse,"  the  Rev. 
Ernest  F.  Bachmann,  read  the  simple  and  impressive  Lutheran 
service  for  the  dead,  and  spoke  eloquently  of  the  many  fine  qualities 
of  this  man.  The  choir  of  the  chapel,  composed  of  Sisters,  closed 
the  services  by  singing  Dr.  Wilbert's  favorite  hymn,  "  Abide  with 
me." 
The  honorary  pall-bearers  were  Dr.  Henry  F.  Page,  Dr.  William 
T.  Shoemaker,  Dr.  George  G.  Ross,  Dr.  A.  D.  Whiting,  Prof.  Henry 
Kraemer,  and  Mr.  John  K.  Thum. 
Among  the  many  who  attended  the  services  were  Mr.  Howard 
B.  French,  president  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Prof.  J.  P.  Remington,  Prof.  S.  P.  Sadtler,  Dr.  R.  A.  Hatcher,  of 
New  York;  Dr.  C.  A.  Weidemann,  Dr.  F.  A.  Stewart,  Mr.  George 
M.  Beringer,  Mr.  Edwin  M.  Boring,  Mr.  William  L.  Cliffe,  Dr. 
R.  P.  Fischelis,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  LaWall,  Prof.  E.  G.  Eberle,  Mr. 
Ambrose  Hunsberger,  and  from  Washington,  D.  C,  there  were  present 
the  following  co-workers  of  Dr.  Wilbert  in  the  hygienic  laboratory : 
Dr.  A.  M.  Stimson,  Dr.  Carl  Voegtlin,  Dr.  Murray  Gait  Motter,  Dr. 
George  B.  Roth,  Dr.  Albert  F.  Stevenson,  Dr.  G.  A.  Menge  ;  and 
from  the  same  city  Dr.  S.  L.  Hilton.  Mrs.  John  M.  Maisch,  wife  of 
one  of  the  great  leaders  of  pharmacy  now  deceased,  and  a  warm 
friend  of  Dr.  Wilbert,  was  also  present.  Dr.  Marie  L.  Bauer  was 
also  among  the  many  Philadelphia  friends  present. 
The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the  sermon  delivered  by  the  Rev. 
E.  F.  Bachmann. 
When  Almighty  God  summoned  from  our  midst  our  beloved  Dr. 
Wilbert,  a  life  of  exceptional  usefulness  was  brought  to  its  close, 
prematurely  in  the  opinion  of  many.  Yet,  as  a  recently  departed 
servant  of  the  Lord  used  to  say,  "  All  the  ways  of  God  lead  to 
Transfiguration."  Let  us  therefore  also  in  this  instance,  humbly 
and  with  unshaken  confidence  in  God's  infinite  love  and  wisdom,  bow 
under  His  Almighty  hand.  We  whose  presence  to-day  is  a  tribute 
of  our  esteem  and  love  to  our  departed  friend  and  fellow- worker, 
are  but  a  small  fraction  of  the  host  of  friends  to  whom  this  early 
close  of  his  career  is  a  distinct  loss,  both  to  their  personal  life  and 
to  his  profession. 
