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Source: The Milwaukee Sentinel
        March 11, 1915
        
                      VETERAN LAKE CAPTAIN
                         IS BURIED ON THURSDAY
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                 John Massey, Known at All Ports as
                    Vessel Master, Is Interred in
                          Union Cemetery.
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                   The funeral of Capt. John Massey, vet-
                eran master of steamers, known all over
                the great lakes, and who at the age of
                19 years was captain of the Penfield, was
                held from the residence, 864 Ninth street,
                at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon under the
                auspices of the Shipmasters' association,
                Milwaukee branch No. 6.  Services took
                place at St. James' Episcopal church.
                Interment was in Union Cemetery.
                   The pallbearers, selected from the Ship-
                masters' association were Capts. John
                Moody, F. A. Dority, Joseph Brownell,
                O. J. Soleau, D. C. Sullivan and Martin
                Walle.
                   Among the floral tributes was one from
                the Chicago branch of the Shipmasters' 
                association.  It was designed in the form
                of the pennant of the association with
                Capt. Massey's number, 749, in the center.
                The Milwaukee lodge also sent a char-
                acteristic design.
                   Capt. Massey, who came from a family
                of seafaring men, died of pneumonia on
                Sunday.  The funeral was held on Thurs-
                day to await the arrival of relatives from
                Cleveland, Duluth, Ogdensburg, N. Y.,
                and upper Wisconsin.
                   He is survived by his wife, two sons,
                and four daughters: Capt. Chester A.,
                Floyd, Florence, Olive, Ruth and Ethel.
                   Capt. Massey was born in Alexander
                Bay, N. Y.  He was captain of the schoon-
                ers Penfield, Frank Cole, E. A. Vickery,
                Thomas L. Parker.  His first steamer was
                the Josephine.  He was also master of
                the steamer Arthur Orr.  The steamers
                William R. Linn, William L. Brown and
                G. Watson French were brought out by
                him.
                
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