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The Funeral of T.A. Cullinan
Junction City People Did Honor to the Man's Memory
The funeral of T.A. Cullinan was held Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the home on West 2nd street. It was one of
the largest attended funerals ever held in the city, and the residents of the city did honor to the memory of the
dead city marshal. Monday morning a proclamation was issued by Mayor Thompson requesting the business places to
close from 3 to 6 o'clock and during that time all doors were closed and the businessmen and their employees
attended the funeral.
The city officials attended the funeral in a body as did the members of the fire department in uniform, the Odd
Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. Hundreds of citizens were there to pay respect to the memory of the deceased,
and a great concourse of people followed the remains to te cemetery. The floral tributes that were sent to the
house by friends and many citizens showed the good esteem Mr. Cullinan enjoyed here and were a mark of the very
high appreciation of his services as an officer. The casket was nearly covered with the numerous floral designs and
the room where the body lay in state, also contained an abundance of flowers.
At the home, the Odd Fellows had charge of the serves which consisted of the regular funeral ceremony of the lodge,
and a short address by M.E. Roark.
At the cemetery, the Odd Fellows conducted the burial services and the body was ladi to rest in the Odd Fellows lot
at the sie of the grave of the late Judge Gordon, who was one of Mr. Cullinan's best friends. This particular
place was the selection Mr. Cullinan made several weeks ago when he made arrangements for his funeral.
Following is the address that was made at the home by M.E. Roark:
Brothers and friends: It is the request of the Odd Fellows' lodge of this city that I say a few words at this time
about Brother Cullinan's life as an Odd Fellow. I shall not attempt to speak of his life in general.
The history of his useful life, public and private, would fill a book of many pages and still be untold.
it is indeed with sorrow and profound regret that we are called upon to record his death.
What little I shall say of him as an Odd Fellow will be based upon facts which have come under my personal
observation during my acquaintance of four years with him and from facts obtained by some of his brother Odd
Fellows and from the records of the lodge.
I find from the records of the lodge that Brother Cullinan became a member of the Frontier Lodge, No. 25, I.O.O.F.,
September 16, 1872. For almost 32 years he has been a member in good standing in this lodge. Nearly one-half of
his life has been spent in the service and enjoyment of Odd Fellowship. I am told that it was while he was one of
the trustees of the lodge that the first Odd Fellows' hall was pruchased in this city.
Several years ago, by a vote of the Grand Lodge, I.O.O.F., of this state, he was presented with the veteran jewel
as a momento because of the fact that he had been an Odd Fellow continuously in good standing for 25 years. Upon
more than one occasion I have heard him say that he was proud of that jewel, but prouder still of the order through
which he received it.
Most of the brothers here have known him longer than I have and consequently know more of his life in detail as an
Odd Fellow and otherwise than I do, but I feel that I voice the sentiments of every member of the order who knew
him when I say: He was a true and consistent Odd Fellow, a courteous and affable brother whom it was a pleasure to
meet; he was generous and benevolent to his friends; he possessed a big heart and a nature kind and fraternal; he
loved Odd Fellowship and his fellowmen and did many things to better their condition and alleviate human
suffering.
We, of course, realize that in his death his family has lost a kind and loving husband and father; this lodge a
true and worthy brother; this city and community an efficient officer and a good citizen. He will live in the
history of this lodge as one of its oldest and best members. He will live in the history of the city and the
country throughout which he was known as a splendid and effiicent officer who served this city almost continuously
since its pioneer days--a period of nearly thirty years, and as a noble type of American manhood. His work here was
well done and it is finished.
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