Show BEAR fill CIP RESIDENT DIES at about tuesday afternoon of this week jacob hansen of 0 bear river city closed ills his eyes and passed on oil to his rest in the eternity in the death of elder hansen one of the most prominent and stain art lart residents of bear river city has gone hence and the entire county lias has lost a good citizen the cause of death was wag stomach trouble from which he nas suffered for a number of months and for ten days or two weeks prior to his demise he could retain no I 1 tood 0 od at all on his stomach the old trouble for which he underwent an operation a year and a halt ago has never bothered him since that time and the cancerous growth on his colon was w as completely removed by the operation opera tiou mr hansen was born in kievet ofie copenhagen amt denmark nov 21 18 1812 12 he received a tei testimony of the I 1 gospel ot of jesus christ in his native land and was the church s of jesus christ ot of latter abier day saints july 2 1866 the following yeah year he emigrated to utah locating in bear f ri river er city which has been bi his home shome f ever since in october r 1879 lie he departed I 1 tor for scandinavia candi navia on a mission and labored in im the islands south of aja elland presiding ing ovet over that branch he returned home in 1381 and in 1886 1881 waa aa 7 j f v afi again called called to lo scan d ina a on a mis sion this time laboring in the orth th ft f branch rehe had bad the J i pleasure of 0 associating miti his big ori div people he also Ii presided resided in the branch T ret returning home in 1888 1889 lie he took look up his work as manager of the bear river coop co op store position he accepted in 1869 and held at the time ot of i ecclesiastically he held the position of counselor to the late bishop carl jensen from sept 1883 until december 1839 1859 when the died upon the reorganization of the waid lie he was chosen first counselor by bp lars P johnson april 17 1904 and hed that position at the time of his death lu la a chiv civil il capacity he has served his constituents also being a member of the town board of bear river for two terms and he was always vitally interested te in all the affairs of the com in january 1912 lie he anent ent back to rochester wisconsin to mayo bros and underwent an operation for the removal of a cancerous growth of the colon the oper operation atlon was entirely successful and mr air hansen never suffered any discomfort after his recovery from that source his stomach became deranged some time ago and nothing appeared to rectify the trouble hla HIS case grew worce worse until no food could be given him and then it waa vaa only B R quee question of time before the end would come ho he leaves a wife and eight living children beside numerous grand children two wives wires and two children having prec preceded edid him to the great beyond jacob hansen was a man of unas suming sumi ng mein but true as aa steel he never betrayed a trust nor a friend but went about doing good to human ity and lending his bis influence tn in the progress of the community in he resided and in mankind generally he H will be missed in bear river city and hosts of friends throughout the county and state will be pained to learn of his bis demise for he was a splendid type of the noblest work of god an honest man the kind of individual who enriches the lives of his friends by reason of his big acquaintance and splendid character and a man who has made the world better by reason of his hia having lived in it funeral services are being held today in the bear river tabernacle at 2 and a great many from this city went over this morning to be present at the services |