It is said that Fred Carpenter was conscious until the last moment, and gave directions concerning all matters pertaining to his business, funeral, etc.

“Town and Neighborhood,” Clay Clay Reporter (Clay City, Indiana), p. 3, col. 3

The funeral service of  Fred A. Carpenter, the young Normal student who was taken sick while attending school in this place, occurred at Cloverland, last Saturday. The exercises were conducted, by Elder J. W. Nye, and the attendance is said to have been the largest ever witnessed upon any similar occasion in that place. W. H. Chillson, J. S. Goshorn, M. Markle, J. E. Travis, P. E. church, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Funkhouser, of Clay City, were present to witness the last sad rites of the popular young man.

“Town and Neighborhood,” Clay Clay Reporter (Clay City, Indiana), p. 3, col. 3