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Show ACCIDENT TAKES J. E. PECK'S LIFE Fall Down Stairs Cause Of Fatal Injuries Funeral services for James Everett Peck, 27, who died in a Salt Lake City hospital Sunday of injuries suffered when he fell down the basement stairs of his home at Copperton, were conducted con-ducted Thursday afternoon in the Bingham ward chapel. Bishop George Nix of Copper-ton Copper-ton officiated and was also a speaker. Clarence E. Pollard gave the invocation. Elisha Peck of Lehi and Ray L. Larson of Copperton were speakers and musical numbers were by the Copperton Relief Society chorus; a violin solo by John Chipian and vocal solos "When The Sun Goes Down" and "Going Home" by Ray Shelley of American Fork. Benediction was given by Bi.shop David C. Lyon. George Gadd, A. E. Miller, II. F. Wilcox, J. H. Calton, E. E. Lunt, Arvil Bennett, Nick Hanson, Han-son, were pallbearers. Interment was in the Lehi cemetery and the grave was dedicated de-dicated by John Hunter. Mr. Peck had gone to the basement base-ment for a load of kindling Sat- urday at 11:15 p. m. He was knocked unconscious by the fall, and regained consciousness a few minutes later, then lapsed into a coma from which he did not recover. An autopsy performed Monday Mon-day revealed death was caused from a skull fracture and multiple multi-ple brain hemorrhages. He was a carpenter for the Utah Copper company and had lived in Copperton three years. Before that he had been employed employ-ed seven years as a machinist in the Tintic Standard mine. He had lived in Dividend many years. He was born June 13, 1911, in Silver City, Utah, a son of Leonard Leon-ard William and Maggie May Lunt Peck, and married Miss Lola Deakin Octobor 26, 1935, in Provo. Surviving are his widow and daughter, Maurine, 3, of Copper-ton; Copper-ton; his mother, of Bingham; two brothers, Leonard Peck of Rigby, Idaho, and Bert Peck of Bingham; four sisters, Mrs. Hat-tie Hat-tie Stockney of Lof green; Mrs. Faye Prigmore of Bingham; Mrs. Donna Bell of Mammoth, and Mrs. Harvill Nelson of Dividend, and a grandfather, James E. Lunt of Mammoth. |