Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1911 — RAFTER’S FUNERAL HELD [ARTICLE]

RAFTER’S FUNERAL HELD

Many Relatives Attend Obsequies of Singer and Actress. Dunkirk, N. Y., Feb. 3. —The funeral of Miss Adele Rafter, the beautiful singer and. aetress daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Rafter of Dunkirk, was held from St. John’s Episcopal church. The services were conducted by the Right Rev. Bishop Walker of Buffalo, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Wm. D. Benton of Fredonia and the Rev. F. L. Metcalf, rhetor of St. John’s church at Dunkirk. The large number of relatives and friends from out of the city included Bishop arid Mrs. Walker, Buffalo; Mr. arid Mrs. James McNaughton and Paul C. Clark, New York City; Rev. Geo. C. Rafter, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Rev. G. Churchill Rafter, Springfield, Mo.; Rev. John Dysart, Olean, N. Y.; Dr. and Mrs. N. R. Bradley, Saginaw, Mrs. Kate C. Washington. Newark.