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Show Death Claims Two Iron County Men Heart Ailment Claims Life of Thomas Lund, Modena Civic Leader Thomas Lund, 54, of Modena, prominent Iron County merchant and civic leader, died early Wednesday Wed-nesday morning from a heart ailment, ail-ment, following a serious illness of a few hours duration. He died at his home In Cedar City, where he had lived during the winter months of the past few years. He was abou' the streets Tuesday, and was apparently ap-parently in good health until Tuesday Tues-day night. As a young man he participated in freighting activities in the mining min-ing areas of Utah and Nevada, and for the past twenty-five years has operated the Lund store and hotel at Modena. Mr. Lund was always an outstanding civic worker, taking a leading part in community af-lairs af-lairs and in the promotion and development de-velopment of his community and county. He was one of the principal promoters of the recently organized organ-ized Escalante Electric Association, which brought electric power to the Beryl-Modena farm area of Iron County. He had served as a member of the Iron County Welfare Board for the past ten years, a position he held at the time of his death. Thomas Lund was born in St.. George on April 19, 1892, a son of Brlgham James and Rozella Branch Lund. He received his early education educa-tion in the schools of St. George, andj later attended the Brlgham Young University, majoring in business bus-iness and accounting. Returning to Modena he helped his father In freight line business from the mines to Modena and Ploche, during the early development of the Utah-Nevada Utah-Nevada mining fields. In 1914 he was called to fill an LDS Mission and spent two years In the Eastern States Mission Field, laboring in Maryland and West Virginia. In 1917 he entered the army and spent two years in military mil-itary service, serving in France and Belgium with a machine gun bat talion of the 91st division. Upon his release from military duty he took over the management of the B. J. Lund Co. business In Modena, and had been engaged In that business since. In September, 1920, he married Ethel C. Iverson of Ephraim, who survives him. Also surviving are five children, Halbert Lund, Modena, Mo-dena, and Lamar, Rose Ellse, Dar-lene, Dar-lene, and Blaine Lund, students in the schools of Cedar City; and three sisters, Mrs. Rozella Hills, Modena; Mrs. Cornelia HaU, Ploche, Nevada; and Mrs. Lyle Nlelson, Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held in the Cedar First Ward Chapel at 2 p. m. Saturday, March 22, with Bishop Lehi M. Jones presiding. The body may be viewed at the family home, 194 South 8th West, from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Cedar City Cemetery. Death Claims Two Iron County Men Continued from front page the following sons and daughters: Lloyd White. Fort Houston, Texas; Mrs. Virgie Mitchell, Midvale. Utah; Herbert D. White, Summit; Elbert D. White. Redding. California; Mrs. Helen Mathesnn and Mrs. Esther Morton, Downey, Califonla: Mrs. Delia Wilklns, Pioche, Nevada; Donald White, Boulder City, Nevada; Ne-vada; Mrs. Lillian Burns. Layton. Utah, and Mrs. Annie Lowe, Babbitt, Bab-bitt, Nevada. Also surviving are twenty-seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held In Summit at 2:00 p. m. Saturday. |