| Funeral of Charles F. May
Draped with a silken American flagand surrounded by a profusion of beautiful flowers, the casket containing the remains of Charles F. May was viewed by his comrades of Post 53, G. A. R., and many relatives and friends, including delegations from Fitchburg and adjoining towns, as the last funeral rites over them took place at the home of his sister, Martha H. Russell on central street, Tuesday afternoon. Rev. G. M. Bodge spoke words of comfort to the bereaved sister and son, and Mrs. R. H. Safford and W. H. Upham rendered appropriate vocal selections: particularly so was their last song, "Gathering Home." The final exercises at the house included the G. A. R. burial service, impressively rendered by the officers of Charles H. Stevens Post. The burial took place in the family lot at Evergreen. The bearers were Francis E. Colburn, F. W. Polley, S. F. Maynard, Cornelius Wilder and H. A. French, all G. A. R. men, and each a fellow member of the deceased's in Co. A, 15th regiment, Mass. Volunteers. Among the more prominent floral tributes were: Mound of roses and immortelles, family; violin and bow, friends; basket of 55 pinks, neighbors; sicle of Easter lillies, D. of V.; sickle, W. R. C.; ivy wreath, Emma M. Wells and Mary A. Flagg; pinks, Napoleon Perrault and family; box of pansies, Mrs. A. S. Paton; smilax and roses, Mrs. F. A. Whitney; pinks and fersn, Charles E. Allen and daughter, Fitchburg; 55 tea roses and sickle of Easter lilies, Fitchburg friends. |