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Show L. D. DEAL DIED IBIS WIG Former Mayor of Springvllle Passes Away Early This Morning of Heart TroublePioneer Builder of Springvllle Spring-vllle and One of First Children Born In Our Sister City. - Springville, June 16 This morning at 112:45, after suffering suffer-ing poor health for a number of years L. D. Deal passed away. He leaves two children living and two dead. He was general manager of the Deal Brothers and Mendenhall store at the time of his death and was one of the leading factors in prganlr-ing the Springvllle (Bank, the Springville opera house and the company which bears his name. He was twice elected mayor of Springvllle without opposition. opposi-tion. Ho helped organize the Utah Wholesale Grocery Company, which later became the Utah Wholesale Grocery Gro-cery Co. with headquarters in Provo and a branch in Salt 'Lake. 'Mr. Deal was born July 27, 1858, in Springville. At this date there were very few living in that city, it having been settled but two years previous. In 1879 he was married to Ruth Elizabeth Eliza-beth Coats and to this union four children chil-dren were born. The two living are Ella Deal and (Mrs. Naoma Gaffney, the other two are iLucian D. and Mrs. Dottie MerrllL The Deal brothers have always been interested and engaged In railroad construction con-struction work and in 1S79 Mr. L. D. Deal went to Colorado with a construction construc-tion gang and built one of the first and most difficult canyon roads in that state. In 1888 he organized the Deal Brothers and IMendenhall store, and was until 1904 vice president and rec-retary, rec-retary, On this date he became general gen-eral manager, and has held this position posi-tion -until his death. Mr, Deal was a great builder for Springvllle, and at great sacrifice organized or-ganized the company which erected the Rpringvllle opera house. This had long been a dream of the people of that commonwealth. Funeral arrangements have not been made at this tine, but it will be held either Saturday or Sunday. |