Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXI, Number 50, 26 May 1937 — ROCKEFELLER DIES AT FLA. WINTER HOME Funeral Services for Bilionaire to Be Held Wednesday At Pocantico Hills Death Comes Peacefully to Aged Capitalist and Philanthropist At Age of 97 [ARTICLE]

ROCKEFELLER DIES AT FLA. WINTER HOME

Funeral Services for Bilionaire to Be Held Wednesday At Pocantico Hills

Death Comes Peacefully to Aged Capitalist and Philanthropist At Age of 97

Ormond Beach, Fla., May 24 —With only members of the lioasehold a»d a few oW frien<is prcsent, a brief funera! service was held today for John D. Rockefeller. His favorite hymns were sung and the Rev. H. N. Anderson, pastor of the Baptist ! church at baytona Beach read the scriptures, The billionairc's body will reach Pocantico Hills, New York tomorrow m a private car, TARRYTOWN, N. Y„ May 24 —Funeral services for John D. Rockefeller, Sr., will be held Wednesday in the same - room at the Pocantico Hills estate in whieh services for his wife were held 22 years ago. Only members of the family will attend services for the 97-year-old oil billionaire who died at Ormond Eiaeh, Fla,; at 4:05 a. m. Sunday as a result of a gradually weakening heart, a &pokesman for the family sald last night. Burial will be in Lakeview eemet€ry, Cleveland, beside his wife. Tne Kev. Henry Emerson Posdick will preach the funeral sermon, ORMOND, BEACH, Fla., Mav 24 iJP)—John D. Rockefeller Sr., 97, died peacefully in his sleep at 4:05 a. m. at his winter home. A spokesman for the family said that Mr. Rockefellcr, who donated more than a half billion dollars to carefully chosen phi3anthropies, left ''a relatively small but Vfry liquid" estate.