More than 1,500 people attended the funeral services on Tuesday for the late Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Gibbs at the Riverside Memorial Chapel, New York City.
Many jurists, including members of Supreme Court Bench, First Department, were among those who gathered to pay their last respects.
Dr. Nathan Krass, rabbi of Temple Emanu-el, officiated. “To the kindhearted, he was kind; to the tenderhearted, tender, and to the recalcitrant he was just,” Dr. Krass declared. “He became a stern judge and a rigorous judge, but a judge that none could bribe. When he made distinctions he was always firm, believing he was doing so for the good of society. He performed his duties as a deep student of the law, and became an outstanding figure in the community.
“A native of Germany, he came here steeped in the ideals of this country and loyal to its principles. For the flag he felt a deep devotion. His sterling character as a public man was manifest as a private citizen. He was a loyal husband, a devoted father, who believed the home a citadel of greater strength than the community-so he kindled the light of domestic love.”
The funeral procession of sixteen automobiles and a police motrocycle escort proceeded to Mount Hebron Cemetery, Flushing, Queens, where the burial services were held.
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