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Throng Mourns Dr. Frauenthal

Glowing Eulogy to Surgeon and Hospital Founder

New York Times

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GLOWING EULOGY BY DR. STEPHEN S. WISE PAID TO SURGEON AND HOSPITAL FOUNDER

RITES BY MASONS AND ELKS

MORE THAN 1,000 FRIENDS AT THE PUBLIC SERVICES

SEVERAL PHYSICIANS AMONG PALLBEARERS

Funeral services for Dr. Henry W. Frauenthal,orthopedic surgeon and founder of the Hospital forJoint Diseases, were held yesterday afternoon at the Elks Clubhouse, 106 East Forty-third Street, by Dr.Stephen S. Wise of the Free Synagogue. There were also services by Piatt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and New York Lodge No. 1, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

More than a thousand persons were present, including colleagues of Dr. Frauenthal in his work, to which he had given his affection and life since 1890, and former patients whom he had benefited. The coffin was bedecked with a blanket of roses, and behind it a wall of flowers stretched almost across the room.

TRIBUTE BY DR. WISE

Dr. Wise recalled the growth of the Hospital for Joint Diseases from two ill-furnished rooms to its presentvast building. The hospital, Dr. Wise said, reminded him of the inscription over the tomb of Christopher Wren, "If you look for my monument, look about you." "Dr. Frauenthal blazed a trail as the dream of thisthing grew into a reality," Dr. Wise said. "{At firs the was all alone in his work. Some scorned him, some spoke laughter of him, but then a few friends gathered at his side. They were true friends, and as he advanced toward the translation of this shadowy dream into reality they were ever with him. He did more good than can ever be spoken of, as words are feeble things."

After Dr. Wise's eulogy came the rites by the Masons and the Elks.

THE HONORARY PALLBEARERS

The honorary pallbearers included Dr. Walter Brickner, Dr. Harry Finkelstein, Dr. Herman Frauenthal, Dr.Philip Grauman, Dr. Samuel Jahs, Dr. Ignace Newman, Frederick Brown, Lewis Straus, Dr. Maurice Packard, Charles Kaye, Samuel Arnstein, Louis F. Rothschild, Judge William Blau, Lee L. Doblin, Max Englander, Joseph Koshland, Joseph E. Meyer, Benno Levison, Harry L. Rosenthal, Louis J. Vorhaus, Emanuel Weill, Isaac Weill, Fred W. Kaufman and A. H. Heinsheimer.

Earlier in the afternoon services had been held at the hospital and attended only by the family, the Board of Directors of the hospital and a few intimate friends.From the Elks Clubhouse the body was taken to the Campbell Funeral Church. It will be cremated today.

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Encyclopedia Titanica (2003) Throng Mourns Dr. Frauenthal (New York Times, Monday 14th March 1927, ref: #2006, published 1 August 2003, generated 3rd July 2024 03:50:07 AM); URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item-2006.html