Brande, Edward B. 1866-1928

BRANDE

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes
Date: 1/21/2014 at 09:24:21

The Grinnell (IA) Herald
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 1928

ED. BRANDE PASSES
TO THE OTHER SHORE

Passed Away Late Monday Afternoon
In Hospital in Minne-
apolis.
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FUNERAL ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AT 2 O'CLOCK
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Services Will Be Held In Baptist
Church Conducted by Rev.
H.C. Rice.
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Ed. Brande is dead.

The news was not unexpected but when word was received that that genial spirit had departed late Monday afternoon it came as a shock just the same. Ed had ben in a hospital in Minneapolis for a number of weeks in steadily failing health but Grinnell people who had seen him recently had reported him much as usual and all his friends were hoping that many days were in store for him in the sunshine of the good fellowship which he loved. He passed away very peacefuly just as he was finishing his evening meal.

The body will be brought to Grinnell at 3 o'clock Thursday morning and will lie in state from noon till 1:30 pm. in the Baptist church. After this time the casket will be closed. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the Baptist church, the church of which his father was one of the earliest pastors and builders and which his mother sanctified by many years of unselfish Christian service. Rev. H.C. Rice and Dr. E.A. Steiner will conduct the services. A quartet from the college will sing. Burial will be in Hazelwood beside the mother whom he so devotedly loved. The Masons will have charge of the services at the grave.

Many hearts are filled with kindly thoughts of Ed Brande today and many are cherishing pleasant memories of happy tiems spent with him. It is not The Herald's purpose to write at length today of the life that has just closed but it is impossible to think of Ed Brande without remembering his warm friendliness, his kindly impulses and all the many qualities which made of him a royal companion. He was successful in business, but he did not let his success spoil him. He used his money to perform many kindly deeds by...(missing the rest)

It was only last week, on Armistice Day, that Grinnell people gathered to attend the dedication of Ed Brande's gift, the towering flag pole which now stands in the city park.

Next Friday afternoon Grinnell will gather again to receive another gift from Ed Brande, the starry banner which will float from the flag pole.

Ed Brande was a good Elk. The time has come for him to join that innumerable caravan, but the brothers left behind will enshrine his virtues on the tablets of love and memory. "An Elk is never forgotten" and the memory of Ed Brandes especially will always be green in the community in which he was born, in which he lived so many years and which he loved so well.

He is survived by his son, Dawson, who has the sympathy of all in this great sorrow.
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ATTENTION MASONS.

Your attendance is requested at the funeral lodge for our late Brother E.B. Brande. Assemble at the Masonic Temple at 1:15 Thursday, November 22.
D.H. Snook, W.M.
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NOTICE.

The Grinnell business houses will close at two o'clock Thursday during the funeral services for E.B. Brande.
Grinnell Chamber of Commerce.
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The American flag 12 x 20 which E.B. Brande has given to the city will be formally presented Friday afternoon between halves at the game. The presentation talk will be by a representative of the Kiwanis club through whom Mr. Brande gives the flag.