Silas  W.  Ash

March 2, 1917- July 2, 1951

Funeral Service Held in Los Angeles for Silas W. Ash
Funeral services were held in Los Angeles, Calif., July 5, for Silas W. Ash, who passed away at his home Monday, July 2. Rev. Theodore Mitzner of the Methodist Church spoke the words of comfort, and two vocal numbers, “Going Home” and “God be with You till We Meet Again,” were rendered , John Stevens. The beautiful floral offerings bore mute testimony of the esteem in which Mr. Ash was held by his friends and relatives.

The pallbearers were all executive members of the Langendorf bakery where he was a faithful employee. He was laid to rest n Inglewood Park cemetery in a beautiful spot overlooking the Lake of Memories.

Silas Ash was born March 2, 1917, in Sioux City, IA to Walter and Clem Ash and had lived to attain the age of 34 years and four months. When a small child the family moved to Decatur where Silas lived until moving to Los Angeles in 1941. He graduated from the Decatur public school with the class of 1934.
He had been in failing health since receiving his medical discharge from the army air corps on June 15, 1945. He served his country for two years and four months and was a corporal at the time of this release. For the past 10 years he had been an employee of Langendorf’s Bakery in Los Angeles with the exception of the time spent in the service.

His passing came as a great shock to his family and friends even though he had suffered periodically from injuries received in the service of his country. He passed quietly in his sleep in the early morning of July 2. He had made a home for his mother and sister in California since the death of his father, Walter G. Ash, in 1939.
He leave

s to mourn his sudden demise his loving mother, Mrs. Clem Ash, a brother, Fred Lyle Ash, one sister, Miss Lavern Ash, at home, and a host of other relatives and friends.

He was a lad of fine character and his family and home were the most important things in his life. He was never happier than when doing a good deed for his friends and neighbors. He will be greatly missed in the home he loved so well where he spent his last quiet hours.

There’s an open gate at the end of the road
Through which each must go alone
And there is a light we cannot see
Our father claims his own,
Beyond the gate our loved one
Finds happiness and rest,
And there is comfort in the thought
That a loving God knows best.

Former Decatur friends attending the services included Mr. and Mr. Thomas Busse, Mrs. Ira Mitchell and Mrs. Barney Neary. Mrs. M.W. Squires of Decatur and Mrs. Ward Wilson of Sebastopol, Calif., were also among the relatives in attendance.