Mahlon Steven CRARY

                   Found among the papers from Martha CRARY NESBITT, following her death,were
various notebooks, papers, clippings and letters. Extracted from someof these
are items noted herein, that they might not be lost to her, hersister's and
her brother's posterity (JFN,1997).
A newspaper clipping....dated 14 SEP 1926, (no publicationshown).....Arthur CRARY is spending a few days in Sioux Falls, SouthDak(ota) He accompanied his daughter, Miss Martha, to that place,where she will teach in the schools for the coming year.
Question; what was his military branch (probably Army) and rank? Whereserved?
What decorations? etc.? (JFN)
Newspaper clipping............Obituary of Arthur RCRARY.....Wednesday, JAN 24
1934........... Last Respects Paid Memory of Arthur R CRARY. Dr. M VHIGBEE
preaches Funeral Sermon. Mr. CRARY's life governed by Bibleadmonitions.
Spanish War Veterans Have Ritual at Grave Where Legion Firing Squadand
Buglers Have Military Obsequies. Funeral services for the late ArthurCRARY
were held at the home, 721 Carroll Street, Friday, January 19, at 3:00PM. A
very large number of friends assembled to express, by their presence,a most
genuine sympathy for the bereaved family and to do honor to the memoryof a
most worthy man, who all his life has lived among us a most uprightand
unselfish life.
Friends from out of the city who had known Mr. CRARY in the Army andin
business and social circles were present.
Dr. M V HIGBEE, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, opened the servicewith the
reading of the twenty-third psalm and offered a brief prayer. Mrs. A HSMITH
presided at the piano and Joel CARLSON sang TENNYSON's Crossing theBar, the
arrangement by Dudley BUCK, and Miss Elizabeth ERTZ sang, My Task byE L
ASHFORD.
God is My Refuge The text for the brief sermon was chosen fromDeuteronomy
33:27, The Eternal God is Thy Refuge and Underneath are theEverlasting Arms.
After reading portions selected from the sixteenth and seventeenthPsalms, Dr.
HIGBEE said, in part, there are three admonitions of Scripturefitting three
sets of experiences which are common to men. The first admonition hasto do
with experiences in which, necessarily, a man is alone, and is Leteveryone
bear his own burden.
Help, Be Helped
The second is related to those experiences in which it is possible tohelp and
be helped, by human sympathy and support, and is Bear Ye OneAnother's
Burdens.
The third has it's meaning in those experiences in which human help isnot
sufficient and is, Cast your burden on the Lord. It is with special
reference to this third set of experiences that the text was written.The
eternal is thy refuge and underneath are the Everlasting arms.
In Jesus' Mind.
It was this also which our Savior had in mind when he said Come untome, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.
Dr.HIGBEE said that Mr. CRARY had obeyed each of these threeadmonitions as
these had come into his life as a soldier, a business man and aChristian
gentleman these kindred experiences.
In charge of the flowers were Mrs. James G GALLUP, Miss Louise FAVRE,Mrs. H A
HOUGHTON and Miss Mary GOLDTHWAITE.
Bear Casket.
Those chosen to bear the casket were: Dr. N M WHITHILL, S GGOLDTHWAITE, Deck
CHANDLER, John H GOEPPINGER, James G GALLUOP and Albert A PETERSEN.
At the cemetery the Veterans of the Spanish War gave their beautifulritual
and gave the well deserved military honors to their comrad and friend,
extending also expressions of sympathy to the family. The casket wasdraped
with a United States flag during the rites and at Linwood ParkCemetery, east,
buglers and a firing squad from Arthur D LANTZ Post of the AmericanLegion had
charge of military obsequies.
Personnel of the firing squad which was in charge of Fred T ANDERSON,was J J
MURPHY, Joe MOORE, Albert FORD, Verne PRICHARD, Ralph MATSON, Guy LAMBand
Charles DUNDEE. Bugler J H BRUMHALL sounded taps and the echo wasbugled by A
J EDDY.
Surviving Relatives. Mr. CRARY is survived by his wife, Judith SnellCRARY,
also by a son, Sherman L CRARY, and two daughters, Mrs. Alice STERN of
Burlingame, California and Mrs. Martha NESBITT of Menlo Park,California.
There are also two brothers, Fred W of this city and Charles J CRARYof Palo
Alto, California, all of whom have the sympathy of their many friendsin this
bereavement. (end)