Show Mortuary Is Fully Dedicated d to Friendly y Service to All Park City I i ip p 4 a t r rP P y ff a v vs rI s A n I. u i AL ALF F k 4 t r tom 1 Js ia T In Jn charge of the e Mortuary i In In Park City featured in this w weeks week's ts' ts community o page i in The The Record ar are Joseph center head of the firm irm which ich he be e operates rates with th his sons in Heber City Roosevelt and Park City Guy Guy left a a partner wh 6 wife is the former Shirley Hewitson of Park City and Clifford Roach driver custodian and local representative funeral b n rl directors orl sort of run j in inthe the family family for Uie who own O own and Ind operate the Mor Mortuary luary Jn in Park City Three generations gen gen ot of have been inthe inthe In Inthe the mortuary business The family profession started with Edwin D D. who was born at Rockport and moved down t tl tile e e W Weber rYa down down the S Salt t tL L Lake ke v valley working with rock IOk construction Many of the rock homes J Jn iii Northern em Utah were built by Edwin D D. Incidentally there is a very strange coincidence concerning Edwin place of birth He was born at a house just back of the Church in Rock Rockport port i On tay f 15 U 15 1830 Just s 5 years yean Did and six days YI later r a baby y girl wa was aa born I In this fry y tame same e house hoOle to Ill Kir and Mr Mrs I Thomas I n of of r Pl Park rk City It The baby girl irl grew up to be Shirley wife of Guy grandson o 0 I INow Now the old oid house houie is gone gone Its foundation under many feet of water In Dam Edwin became the plo pio pioneer neer veer funeral director at Pleasant Grove He had three sons and five daughters and each of ot the sons followed his hi fathers father's Continued on Page Three Mortuary Serves Park City Community Well I t. t L 4 n ft J 1 f o o e e z l I I 1 r I For a great many years this this building in Park City has been the site of A It mortuary William D D. D Richardson operated the place for a long time selling in the early Twenties Twenties ties to Wildermuth and Archer Wild Wildermuth Wildermuth Wilder Wilder- r. r muth moved to Ogden leaving ying Archer in I Ision Continued from Page One sion son each Independent of the the others other Lewis E. E has the mortuary mortuary ary at Pleas Pleasant nt G Grove ve and Orem Roy D. D established a mor mortuary mot mot- at Fillmore FIlmore Joseph with his sons Joseph E. E Ted and Guy operates the mortuaries at Heber City Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt and Park City George L. L Knight formerly o of Park City is married to one x of Af f I the Ol in girls and is aUto also now working with the he firm AU All Licensed Embalmers Joe Ted and Guy are all li licensed licensed li- li censed embalmers and funeral di dl di- rectors Joseph is a graduate of Hohen- Hohen shoe Carpenter Kansas City mo Ted is a graduate of the Worsham Worsham Wor- Wor sham sharn College of Embalming In Chicago Ill Guy graduated from the California California Cali Call fornia College of Mortuary Science Science ence at Los Los Angeles While Lewis and Joseph were at one time partners for the past 10 years they have been friendly competitors Roy D. D has always been independent Plans Changed The original intention when the purchased the Archer Mortuary in Park City six years ago was to establish Guy in residence residence resi resl dence in Park City But mining conditions forced the firm to alter the plan Resident representative Is Clifford Clifford Clifford Clif Clif- I ford Roach who has his own I possession His son son law law in-law Carl t took ok I over later Six years ago it was purchased by Joseph and Sons who remodeled and modernized modern modern- modernized modernized the interior and r redecorated decorated the ex ex- Adjoining rental property helps defray expenses of upkeep Cleaning leaning establishment I In Park City One of the community's liked best-liked citizens bishop of Park City Second Ward of the Church Cliff Is the ambulance and emergency operator Presence ot of Cliff Roach on the scene and ownership of rental properties which help to 10 carry t the ie overhead expenses expenses rises makes makes' it possible to maintain the P Park rk City In spite of temporarily temporarily temporarily tem tem- adverse e economic o con con- We Ve feel that our services ser are arc needed In Park City said Joe doe And we are convinced that In the foreseeable future minerals mineral will ill come back back Into their theta own Then we will build a It new mortuary for a new Park City City City-a a mortuary comparable to the new one we will open In Heber this spring Park City residents an and former residents should know of oC the best ways in which the mortuary servIce service service ice can be of benefit at time of death Mr pointed out If Il relatives desire the service they should contact the Mortuary first first NO NO MATTER MATTER MATTER MAT MAT- TER WHERE the place of death have arrangements for this service with the best mortuaries mortuaries mortuaries aries In Salt Lake City other Utah cities all points on the West Coast throughout Coast throughout t the h e United States Each case deserves individual study Mr lair said especially in regard to transportation In some cases it is jest est to transport by coach especially if relatives wish to accompany the body In others shipping by rail or airline Is Is- preferable In several cases casts In t their ex experience ex the nt have found it much b better and Will much more more economical to ship b by chartered plane pane This This is most most true at points where o other het methods methods of 01 tr transportation on are slow blow or cum cum cura In still other cases relatives find it pr preferable to to have the services at dist distant nt points This can al also be readily arranged In a city of such cosmopolitan nature as Park City the Mortuary is often a busy place Many rosaries are said in the mortuary and are frequent fre fre- quent Normally bodies are are re retained in the Park City Mortuary and only in rare instances are bodies taken to Heber City and and andre re returned returned returned re- re turned for Park City burial Military 1 Background There is a strong military background In the family Joseph served in World War I. I Ted picked up his Purple Heart in France and Germany during World War II and Guy served In Korea Its It's quite probable that the profession profession profession pro pro- will stay in the family too Ted has five children and Guy has two Park City is coming back they agree And when it does the Mortuary will be here |