Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1937, Page 6

A—6 xx THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1937. ILLNESS IS FATAL T0CANON DE VRIES Funeral of Cathedral’s Pre- centor Will Be Held Tomorrow. Rev. Dr. William Levering De Vries, 1, canon and precentor of Washing- ton Cathedral, died yesterday at his home, 3515 Woodley road, after an illness of several months. He had been associated with the Cathedral en- terprise for more than 25 years. Funeral services will be held at 10 | am. tomorrow in the great choir of the Cathedral, with Bishop James E. Freeman officiating, assisted by the Cathedral clergy. Bishop Philip M. Rhinelander, warden of the College of Preachers, will read the lesson. The Cathedral choir of men and boys will sing. Burial will be in the crypt of Beth- lehem Chapel of the Cathedral in a vault near where rest the ashes of Bishop Satterlee and Bishop Alfred | Harding, first and second Bishops of ‘Washington, under whom Canon De Vries served on the Cathedral staff. All Episcopal clergymen of the diocese of Weshington and members of the Cathedral Chapter are being invited | to attend The burial service will be followed by holy communion for members of Canon De Vries' and close personal friends. 1] Bishop Freeman Mourns Loss. ‘ Bishop Freeman today said i he death of Dr. De Vries, the iral loses one of its most trusted, mlunm and informed advisers. Dr. | De Vries began his connection with | the Cathedral under Bishop Satter- | lee. Hence, he was thoroughly fa- | miliar with the mind of the bishop who founded | the church he was ed for his scholarly He was an expert in | the traning of young men for the ministry and in i Dr. De Vries was a man of strong convictior E B with a rare facility hem. He was singularly just and fair in his de- cisions. and his place in diocesan con cerns was a conspicuous one family | Valued Counselor personally, he was at all of my most value and be- loved counselors. Loyal, devoted and highly in everything I com- his loss repa n of his long and | ! be buried in the 'm Chapel, in | which he ercis is ministry through man Canon De more on William Crane De St. Pa cry Vries was born in Balti- ember 8. 1865, the son of Rogers and Mary Clement Vries. After graduating from School, Concord, N. H., in A. B. degree from | Johr pkins University, later being | appoir ellow of that institution and ta is doctor of philosophy degree e in 1892. He was gradu- ated from General Theological Semi- | nary, New York, in 1894, and was hon- ored in 1931 with the degree of doctor | of sacred theology from that insti- | tution ashington University V's College, Annapolis, Md., each conferred the degree of doc- tor of v on Canon De Vries some years ago Ordained in 1894 He was ordained in the Protestant piscopal Church in 1894, first serv- g as a4 missionary in Howard County. Md. From 1896 to 1908, he was pri- vate chaplain to the first Bishop of Washington, Right Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, and served as rector of St Mark’s Church, then the pro-cathe- dral. at Third and A streets southeast On nom on of Bishop Satterlee, Dr. De Vries was elected canon and chan- cellor of Washington Cathedral in 1911 He had served as canon and precentor of the Cathedral since 1929, Up to a few weeks ago, he had con- tinued his work as secretary of the Cathedral Chapter, and chairman of the Committee on Monuments and Memorials, and had given attention | to his many other duties connected | with the Cathedral's worship. He had | profound knowledge of the liturgy of | the church and had prepared for many years the special orders of service for | notable occasions in the Cathedral or | its amphitheater Headed Diocesan Board. | Apart from his duties at Mount St Alban, he found time to serve as president of the Diocesan Board of Examining Chaplains and as vice nt of the Commission on the in the Episcopal Church Many young men prepared for holy orders under his guidance. dent of Alpha Delta ternity, he had come to know hun- dreds of men while they were tak- | ing their college and university courses. He cultivated their friend- | ship throughout his life. His home opposite the Cathedral grounds was often the scene of reunion with his | fraternity brothers and the clergy. 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