FIRST AERIAL FUNERAL.
new" York, July s.— New York's first aerial funeral was held yes'erd'ay, when a clergyman, seated m a seaplane! piloted by Lieut. A. Frank Mallen. of the United States Marine Corps, scattered upon the statue of .Liberty m the bay as he re^ cited the burial service, the ashes of Mrs. Sarah D. Brown, the well-known temperance advocate and writer of stories for children. He then dropped nine white roses— hue for each decade of Sirs. Brown's life— and two pink ones for the two years she had lived above ninety. Mrs. Brown's son and daughter watched from fqrrj*. flrnia tho .ceremony, which was carried out m accordance with a request made m a letter the authoress left to he opened on the day of her <ieatli. 1
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 6
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131FIRST AERIAL FUNERAL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15303, 26 August 1920, Page 6
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