from The Fitchburg Sentinel, 12 May 1906,

The funeral of Samuel F. Slater was at Forest Hill chapel on Friday at 4 p.m., Rev. Harold S. Brewster officiating. Mrs. Fred A. Young and Miss Cordelia Quincy sang "Sometime we'll understand" and "Nearer, My God, to thee." There were many beautiful flowers. The pall bearers who were selected from Post 19, G. A. R., were L. L. Jaquith, William G. Hidden, I. P. Connig and George E. Page. The interrment was at Forest Hill cemetery.