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Columbus Daily Advocate, August 27, 1938, Volume XLVI
Funeral For Pat Lane Monday
All War Organizations, Unite In Military Rites For Vetera n Of The World War.
His many friends were saddened last night to hear of the de ath of Pat Lane in the Veterans Facility at Fayetteville, A rkansas, at 7:35 o'clock Friday night after a long illnes s caused by chorine gas inhaled during the Great World War.
Although it had been known for a long time that Pat Lane ne ver would come back home alive, his friends had held to th e futile hope that the splendid care he received would men d his tired and sick body.
His wife, Mabel Lane, has been at his bed-side constantly s ince he was taken to the government hospital June 1 this ye ar and she returned home last night went he long vigil wa s ended.
And so passes another veteran of the World War, one whose s ervices included every major engagement of the conflict wit h Germany.
Military Funeral
Pat will be buried with full military honors Monday mornin g with veterans of the Spanish American war joining with me mbers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legi on.
Funeral services will be conducted in the Christian churc h at 10 o'clock Monday morning by Rev. L. A. Johnson. Nin a Pell of Joplin, a girl-hood friend of Mrs. Lane will sin g two selections.
The body will lie in state at the home until time of the fu neral.
Burial will be in the City cemetery by the side of Mrs. Lan e's son Jess Willard, who was killed in a car accident in 1 937. Pa, who was a real father to his step-son had asked th at the boy be buried here, saying that he felt he had not l ong to live and he wanted to be buried by the side of Jess . Burial will be by Jones-Ruhland.
Pallbearers will be as follows: from the American Legion, C ooper Osterhout and Senator Claude C. Bradney; from the Vet erans of Foreign Wars, Ora Folk and John Wallace; from th e Spanish American War Veterans, Ralph Martin and C. A. Wil liams.
A firing squad and color bearers and guard will be furnishe d by the veterans of three wars.
Wilson (Pat) Lane was born May 9, 1885, near Stoney school , the son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Lane. Besides his widow, Mrs . Mabel Lane, the veteran is survived by six sisters, Mrs . Elizabeth Lewis, Columbus, Mrs. Nora Crossin and Mrs. Sam antha Crossin of Eddyville, IA., Mrs. May Rafferty of Los A ngles, Mrs. Elam Stockton of Stippville, Mrs. Minnie Littl e of Wichita, Two sisters and two brothers preceded him i n death.
The family moved to Columbus when Pat was 7 years old and h e received his education here. He worked for the Campbell a nd Bradney grocery when a young man. He was working in a gr ocery store at Leadville, Colo., when he enlisted in the re gular army May 17, 1917.
A member of Battery A, 5th field artillery, first division , regular army, Pat fought throughout the entire war, servi ng 776 days on the firing line. His army discharge states h e took part in the following battles, Lenville sector, Tou l sector, Ainsse sector, Marne offensive, St. Hihiel, Mus e Argonne, Cantigny, Daizevais, Mont-Didier Nowon.
March 1, 1925, Pat bought the Horse-Shoe cafe from Mrs. Mar y Ward and May 28, the same year he married Mabel Willard o f Girard. Together they have operated the cafe since that t ime although ill health forced pat to stay home on variou s occasions.
Mr. Lane suffered from chorine gas during the war and neve r recovered from it. He was treated for it in 1920 and it b othered him more or less for years. He was treated at a gov ernment hospital in 1931 and during the past two years he g rew much worse. he entered the government hospital at Fayet teville June 1, this year.
Mr. Lane was a member of the A.T.A., American Legion, Veter ans of Foreign Wars and Knights of Pythias lodge.
Members of the auxiliaries of the Veterans of Foreign War s and American Legion will serve as flower girls at the fun eral Monday morning.
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