SIX SONS ACT AS PALLBEARERS TO A. S. KREIDER

Six sons Wed. afternoon tenderly laid to rest the remains of former Congressman Aaron Shenk Kreider, in Mt. Annville cemetery, within a stone's throw of where the palatial residence where the departed citizen spent his last days, and where a part of the funeral rites were conducted Wednesday afternoon

The funeral was largely attended by citizens from all parts of Lebanon county, including relatives scattered over a wide territory.

The general Conference of the United Brethren church, now in session at Lancaster, sent a delegation of ten members, inclusive of the trustees, to represent the conference. Mr. Kreider had attended many such general conferences, and was elected a member of this one, but his illness and death prevented his attendance.

One member of the delegation was from Ohio, and another from Iowa. These came here in their own autos, and added to a fleet of autos from different states seen at the church. The trustees of Lebanon Valley college, scattered over a wide territory, were also present, together with representatives of various business and industrial corporations with which Mr. Kreider had dealings in his several shoe manufacturing enterprises.

there were so many people present that Kreider shoe factory employes were unable to secure entrance to the church.

The obsequies started at the Kreider home at Mt. Annville, at 1:30 o'clock. Only the members of the immediate family were present, together with invited relatives. The body rested in a beautiful solid copper casket in the middle room of the first floor. The bier was surrounded by floral tributes in banks. Most of them were large designs conveying the condolence of business and industrial houses, and were so numerous that only a few were taken to the church and rest were transferred across the highway to the cemetery.

The Rev. J. Owen Jones, pastor of the United Brethren at Annville, with which the deceased was affiliated, was in general charge of the services. At the home he read a part of the funeral ritual, and the Rev. Dr. W. R. Funk, General Publishing Agent of the United Brethren denomination, at Dayton, Ohio, offered a prayer. The Rev. J. A. Lyter, a former pastor of the Annville Church, assisted in the preliminary service at the house.

The funeral cortege then moved to the church, on Main street, Annville, where an immense throng of people had assembled. The three ministers already mentioned together with Rev. Dr. George D. Gossard, president of Lebanon Valley College; Bishop William M. Beil, of Harrisburg; the Rev. Dr. S. C. Enck, of Harrisburg, conference superintendent; Rev. Dr. S. F. Daugherty, of Steelton, all made brief addresses.

Tribute was paid to the work of the departed citizen in the church, in industry, and as a statesman, the addresses taking the place of a sermon.

At Mt. Annville Cemetery, Robert, Clement, George, Howard, Henry and Aaron Kreider, Jr., all sons of the departed, officiated as bearers.

Two State Policemen were on guard at the mansion while the family was absent at the funeral, and two State Highway patrolmen were on traffic duty at Annville to look after the unusual auto traffic. The town policeman was in charge of the general police arrangements.

Kreamer Bros., Annville undertakers were in charge of the general funeral arrangements.

Lebanon Semi Weekly News - Thursday, May 23, 1929