LANGSTAFF, William M. 1830-1903

LANGSTAFF

Posted By: Kathy Gerkins (email)
Date: 9/11/2013 at 18:13:13

Langstaff. William M.
AT REST IN RIVERSIDE
With Tender Hands and Sorrowful Hearts Friends Lay Wm. Langstaff In His Tomb at Riverside.
The funeral services of the late Wm. M. Langstaff were held at the residence on Wisconsin Street at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. A large number of old friends and neighbors were present to do hornor to his memory.
National Lodge 165 I.O.O.F. and of which he was for years an honored member attended the funeral in a body, as did also the members of the Rebekah Lodge. The services at the home were conducted by Rev. Wilson Denny of the Congregational Church.
The I.O.O.F. then took charge of the remains and conveyed the to Riverside Cemetery where the solemn and impressive burial service of the order was concluded and the remains consigned to mother earth.

Newspaper clipping from the Floyd County Museum.