Alonzo Rea died at his home in the Dorchester district of Boston, December 9, 1910, of paralysis, complicated with diabetes. Mr. Rea was the son of Israel and Eliza Ann (Mason) Rea, and was born in Topsfield, Mass., October 28, 1837, and prepared for college in his native town. In college he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. After graduation he went to Colorado to prospect for gold, but was soon called home by a serious accident to his father, and remained on the farm until 1873. He then went to California, and became a broker in San Francisco. He was afterwards variously employed in California, being for a time connected with the United States Coast Survey. In 1891 he returned to Massachusetts, and has since lived in Boston. He was married December 18, 1874, to Susan E. Russell, formerly of Boston but a native of Bath, Maine, who was a daughter of Jesse and Mary Jarvis (Robinson) Russell. Mrs. Rea survives her husband, without children. Rev. Dr. Arthur Little officiated at his classmate's funeral.
Secretary, Rev. Arthur Little, 6 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass.