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Show Memorial Exercises Held Sit r SvM . 1 if ' ! $ y v ibhJF jF iA 0( i -A. lit J. D. Shilling, Sr. ' Memorial exercises in honor of the lute J. D. Shilling, former superintendent superin-tendent of the Utah Copper Co., were held at the R. C. Gemmell Memorial Club on Saturday evening. Mr. Shilling died at his home in Bingham, on May 23, 1923, after being be-ing connected with the above company com-pany since 1919. He was born in Zainingem, Wuertemberg, Germany,. December 30, 1854 and was a veteran of mining activities with which he had been identified since he was fifteen fif-teen years of age. Funeral services were held from the home of his son, J. D. Shilling, Jr., with the Rev. Elmer Goshen officiating of-ficiating on Thursday afternoon, the 24th of May, and the body was shipped ship-ped by the O'Donnell Co., to San Diego, California, for interment. Two special trucks were needed to ship the many beautiful floral tributes from Bingham. The meeting was presided over by D. D. Moffat, assistant general manager man-ager who substituted for General Manager L. S. Cates, who was detained de-tained by the illness of his wife who is in San Francisco. The unveiling of the portrait of Mr. Shilling was the principal event of the evening, the painting is from the brush of L. G. Richards, the famous portrait artist of Salt Lake City, and proved to be an excellent likeness of the deceased de-ceased superintendent. E. G. Lucas, attorney for the company, in chosen language eulogized Mr. Shilling. The Rev. George E. Davis, of the First Presbyterian church of Salt Lake City also made a brief talk. M. L. Jones demonstrated to the full the respect with which Mr. Shilling Shil-ling was thought of by Mr. Jones' fellow employees at the Utah Copper Company. The popular Arlington Girls' orchestra or-chestra furnished appropriate music. |