"THE KING'S" FUNERAL COST $4000 And Was Attended by 3,000 People / Floral Offerings Cost $400
Three thousand people attended the funeral yesterday of Steve Lovas, a Bulganian known as the "King of the Little Six," in Granite City, which was held at St. John's Catholic Church.
It is estimated that the funeral cost $4,000. The flowers alone cost $400 and the casket, which was said to be a duplicate of the one in which Adolphus Busch was buried, was specially built at a cost of $1,750. It was constructed of bronze and copper.
The funeral was the largest and one of the most impressive ever seen in the Tri-Cities. The cortege was led by the Granite City Band and escorted by a special detail of four policeman, one of whom was a Bulgarian. The first seventeen cabs of the procession was drawn by snow-white horses. They contained the relatives and members of Bulgarian societies. These were followed by fifteen cabs drawn by black horses and those that followed were drawn by bays.
Lovas got his title from a row of six apartment houses, which he rented to his countrymen. He owned stores, saloons and flats all over the city. He was known as the benefactor of all foreigners with whom he came in contact and especially Bulgarians. He died last Tuesday.
Source: Newspapers.com / Alton Evening Telegraph, 26 Jun 1914, Pg.5
Three thousand people attended the funeral yesterday of Steve Lovas, a Bulganian known as the "King of the Little Six," in Granite City, which was held at St. John's Catholic Church.
It is estimated that the funeral cost $4,000. The flowers alone cost $400 and the casket, which was said to be a duplicate of the one in which Adolphus Busch was buried, was specially built at a cost of $1,750. It was constructed of bronze and copper.
The funeral was the largest and one of the most impressive ever seen in the Tri-Cities. The cortege was led by the Granite City Band and escorted by a special detail of four policeman, one of whom was a Bulgarian. The first seventeen cabs of the procession was drawn by snow-white horses. They contained the relatives and members of Bulgarian societies. These were followed by fifteen cabs drawn by black horses and those that followed were drawn by bays.
Lovas got his title from a row of six apartment houses, which he rented to his countrymen. He owned stores, saloons and flats all over the city. He was known as the benefactor of all foreigners with whom he came in contact and especially Bulgarians. He died last Tuesday.
Source: Newspapers.com / Alton Evening Telegraph, 26 Jun 1914, Pg.5
"THE KING'S" FUNERAL COST $4000 And Was Attended by 3,000 People / Floral Offerings Cost $400
Three thousand people attended the funeral yesterday of Steve Lovas, a Bulganian known as the "King of the Little Six," in Granite City, which was held at St. John's Catholic Church.
It is estimated that the funeral cost $4,000. The flowers alone cost $400 and the casket, which was said to be a duplicate of the one in which Adolphus Busch was buried, was specially built at a cost of $1,750. It was constructed of bronze and copper.
The funeral was the largest and one of the most impressive ever seen in the Tri-Cities. The cortege was led by the Granite City Band and escorted by a special detail of four policeman, one of whom was a Bulgarian. The first seventeen cabs of the procession was drawn by snow-white horses. They contained the relatives and members of Bulgarian societies. These were followed by fifteen cabs drawn by black horses and those that followed were drawn by bays.
Lovas got his title from a row of six apartment houses, which he rented to his countrymen. He owned stores, saloons and flats all over the city. He was known as the benefactor of all foreigners with whom he came in contact and especially Bulgarians. He died last Tuesday.
Source: Newspapers.com / Alton Evening Telegraph, 26 Jun 1914, Pg.5
Three thousand people attended the funeral yesterday of Steve Lovas, a Bulganian known as the "King of the Little Six," in Granite City, which was held at St. John's Catholic Church.
It is estimated that the funeral cost $4,000. The flowers alone cost $400 and the casket, which was said to be a duplicate of the one in which Adolphus Busch was buried, was specially built at a cost of $1,750. It was constructed of bronze and copper.
The funeral was the largest and one of the most impressive ever seen in the Tri-Cities. The cortege was led by the Granite City Band and escorted by a special detail of four policeman, one of whom was a Bulgarian. The first seventeen cabs of the procession was drawn by snow-white horses. They contained the relatives and members of Bulgarian societies. These were followed by fifteen cabs drawn by black horses and those that followed were drawn by bays.
Lovas got his title from a row of six apartment houses, which he rented to his countrymen. He owned stores, saloons and flats all over the city. He was known as the benefactor of all foreigners with whom he came in contact and especially Bulgarians. He died last Tuesday.
Source: Newspapers.com / Alton Evening Telegraph, 26 Jun 1914, Pg.5
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