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Show CHARLES E.MURD0CK PROMINENT CITIZEN OF THE COUNTY DIES The death of Charles E. Murdock occurred at his home in Beaver at eleven o'clock Thursday night, Aug. 27, 1931, following a stroke of paralysis para-lysis on August 21. Charles Edward Murdock, son of John R. Murdock and Mary Ellen Woolfender Murdock, was born at Lehi, Utah, December 12, 1864. In 18 66 the family moved to Beaver Bea-ver where John R. Murdock was sent by President Brigham Young to preside over the church organization at this place. Beaver has been the home of Charles from that time to the present with the exception of five years, 1912 to 1917, during which -time he was in the mercantile business at Hemet, Calif. His removal re-moval from Beaver at that time was because of the ill health of his wife. Beaver was the place Mr. Murdock loved. He received his education in the Beaver schools, where Richard Horn and Reinhard Maeser did such excellent work with the young people of the community. Later Charles was a student at the Deseret University. Univer-sity. In 1890 Mr. Murdock waS married to Elizabeth Carwright in the Manti Temple, and to them six children were born. Mrs. Murdock died in September 1915 at Hemet, Calif, and in February 1927, their eldest child, LaPrele, died. The surviving relatives rela-tives are one daughter, Mrs. Ber-nice Ber-nice Brooks, and four sons, Edward, Wells, Wilford and John; six grandchildren grand-children and the following brothers and sisters: Joseph R., of Milford; George C, and John R., of Beaver; and two sisters, Julia P. M. Farns-worth, Farns-worth, of Salt Lake City, and Myra M. DeWolfe, of Santa Ana, California. Califor-nia. The activities of Charles Murdock have been divided between the church and civic enterprises. Everything Every-thing that concerned Beaver, concerned con-cerned him. He was ever interested in the various organizations of his church, having been at various times, a teacher, a worker in the. Mutual, a member of the West ward bishopric, a president of Seventies, Seven-ties, and a member of the Quorum of High Priests. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Murdock filled a mission mis-sion in England, laboring in the Shire of which his mother was a native. na-tive. Mr. Murdock served as county assessor as-sessor and collector before the separation separ-ation of the two offices, and for sev-, eral years he was on the public school board of trustees. For many years the deceased was superintendent superintend-ent of the Beaver Co-Operative store, and was the first cashier of the First National Bank, and later cashier of the State Bank of Beaver County. At one time he conducted the Beaver Creamery, and had always al-ways been prominently identified with the farming and livestock interest in-terest of the county. Mr. Murdock possessed a rare ability to make friends and he was beloved alike by young and old to I the adults of Beaver he was "Charles," "Char-les," and to scores of the children of the community, he was "Uncle Charles." Char-les." The thousands of blossoms beneath be-neath which he sleeps, testifies to j the affection of the entire town and (Continued on back page) CHARLES E. MURDOCK DIES IN BEAVER (Continued from page one) county, for there were tokens from family friends, organizations and business houses. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon in the East Ward chapel in Beaver, with Edwin Paice in charge. The opening prayer was made by Thos. W. Gunn, followed by a solo "Oh. My Father," by Helena McGarry. Mc-Garry. A male quartet composed of Kent Morgan, R. C. Murdock, Milo and Alvin Baker and Frank Smith, sang " That Beautiful Land." George Paice was the first speaker, dwelling on the virtues of the deceased deceas-ed and paying high tribute to the life just closed. The quartet then rendered " The Teacher's Work Is done." J. F. Tolton delivered a sermon of the remarkable deeds accomplished throughout life by Mr. Murdock, the example he had set and the glowing reward awaiting him. The closing song was rendered by Helena McGarry, " There is No night There." James Yardley pronounced the benediction ,and the grave in the Greenlawn cemetery was dedicated by Samuel O. White. Among those from out-of-town in attendance at the funeral services were Wilford Murdock, of Ogden, Mrs. William DeWolfe, of Santa Ana, Calif., James Glenn, Harry Forgy, Mr. and Mrs. Will Bond, Mrs. James Lang, James Patterson, all of Milford; Lucy Osborn, of Miners ville; John and Dave Pearce, of Ad-amsville, Ad-amsville, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. R. Murdock, Mur-dock, Sf., and Mrs. and Mrs. Jos. R. Murdock, Jr., of Milford |