The funeral of Nicholas Fish, the banker, who died on Tuesday in Roosevelt Hospital, after being assaulted, it is alleged, by Thomas J. Sharkey, a private detective, was held this morning in St. Mark's Church, at Tenth street and Second avenue, Manhattan. The services, the simple ritual of the Episcopal Church, were performed by the Rev. Dr. L. W. Batten, assisted by the Revs. E. A. Dodd and E. J. Burlingham. The Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix and Dr. W. H. Vibberd of Trinity Church were among the congregation.
    About the altar were many large floral pieces from friends of the family. The pews to the left of the central aisle, four deep, were reserved for Mr. Fish's family. To the right of the aisle were seated delegations from the Society of the Cincinnati, the Historical Society and a hundred members of the Alpha Chapter, Delta Psi Fraternity.
    Six bearers carried the casket of dark polished oak to the foot of the altar rail. They were preceded by the clergymen and these pall bearers: G. P. Wetmore, Charles A. Peabody, Frank S. Wetherbee, W. Watts Sherman, George W. Folsom, Commander Rodgers, U. S. N.; Frank K. Pendleton, Dr. J. McG. Woodbury, Talbot Olyphant, Louis L. Lorillard, George E. DeWitt and Richard Martin.
    After the coffin walked the mourners, the widowed Mrs. Fish on the arm of Hamilton Fish. Then Stuyvesant Fish with his daughter; Dr. Stuyvesant Fish Morris and Miss Morris; Mrs. Hamilton Fish Benjamin, two daughters and two sons; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bryce and Mrs. Rodgers. Following them were the ushers; Dr. D. W. Wynkoop, D. LeDresser, Alfred Cooley, Hamilton Fish Benjamin, Maitland Armstrong, P. J. O. Rhinelander, William M. Benjamin and J. H. Prentice.
    The choir sang the burial chant as a processional and Chopin's funeral march after the reading of the lesson. The hymns were, "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
    After the creed was said the choir sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and the members of the Delta Psi marched around the coffin, each placing a small piece of cypress on the coffin.
    The church was crowded. Among those of the congregation outside of the Fish family were: Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Frelinghuysen and Mr. and Mrss. Richard Mortimer of Tuxedo.
    All the pall bearers and ushers accompanied the body to Garrisons-on-the-Hudson, where the interment will take place.
    Mr. Fish was a great grandson of Peter Stuyvesant, whose body lies in the crypt of St. Mark's Church.

Source:

Unknown, "Funeral of Nicholas Fish," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, Thursday, 18 September 1902, p. 3.

    Dr. Stuyvesant Fish Morris was the husband of Elizabeth Hillis Wynkoop, the sister of Dr. D. W. Wynkoop, mentioned above. For a record of their marriage see Weddings of a Day. Morris-Wynkoop.

    Chris