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Show 1 Benson News I '- RENSO.V, Dec. 21. The tuiioral of William 0. Funk was hold Sun-, Sun-, day nt 12 o'clock nt the rosldenco or if hla patents, Mr. and Mr. W, J. Funk Tho crowd was so largo that Iho SI homo, although quite commodious, , wns entirely too small to nccommo-f nccommo-f date thoso prcsont, bo tho servlcca ij wero conducted from tho front porcli. j ' Tho opening prnyer waa offered r$ by Bishop C. J. Plowman. Tho Wtf' speakers were Eldrs W. 0. Recac,- T. n. Farr ond J. W. Funk.' Tho pinging was furnished by Mrs. W. O. Ueoso, Mrs. Howard Itceec, who rendered ren-dered a duet and by a male quartette as follows Messrs Nathan Done, Robert Rob-ert Iteese, Hugh RnBh and David ' Itoskelley Mrs. Angus Funk rcn-j rcn-j dered a piano solo, which was a fa-j fa-j vorlto of tho deputed. Bishop Howard Reese exprssed , appreciation for tho kind consldera- tlon which had been shown tho bereaved be-reaved and on behalf of tlie parents and brothers and sisters thanked thoso who had rendered assistance and consolation In tho hour of sorrow. sor-row. Invocation was pronounced In Bishop Jesse1 Mortensen. The floral offerings wore -Humorous and beautiful. Miss Connie Mllesand Miss I'lalno lladflcld had churgo of tho flowers and selected n number of olhor yoifhR ladles to assist as-sist them. Mr. Win, Clajpool kindly furnished tluf conveyanco for tho flower girls and tho flowora. Nearly Near-ly forty automobiles followed tho remains re-mains to tho Smlthfleld cemetery, where tho remains of our dear young soldier brother was laid to rest. Tho gmve was dedicated by his patriarchal patriarch-al grand father, Elder Marcus Funk. William O. Funk was bora Janu ary 21, 1831, In Sanford, Colorado. Ho entered tho service of his country last September and has been stn-tloned, stn-tloned, nt Camp Kearney, lln took Blck November with Influenza which was followed by pnoutuonln from Which ho died, December S, ono week ago. Tho body arrived In Logan Lo-gan Inst Thursday and was brought to Benson yesterday. William always had i:vd homo with his parents and Ilka hlfl other brothers, had always striven to do niR duty well as a member of this united family and lie, as Brother Farr oipiossed it n his consoling remarks, re-marks, had only ono regret In leaving leav-ing homo and that was tho leaving extra woik for his father. Trobably no ono knows better than a banker tho dopcndlblllty or a young man, and as a banker with whom tho departed de-parted had dono considerable business busi-ness Elder Tnrr sald William hart lived up strictly to his obligations. WHHam w.as a great Kvorlto among am-ong his yotfaguissoclatcs who looked - i i to him as n loader among them. Ho has given his ilfo for the mnlntcu-. anco of the principles of freedom and righteousness upon which our f.lor J loin government is founded and n gloilous reward awaits him In tho iiiaiflon of Our Father and It Is for us to bow our heads in vovstoiico to ltlm who knows what Is Iwst Apiln swings to us Uio sad word that another ot our dear boys I tUfil A telegram was recently iu- cclvni by i-lntlvos In Ronton thnt Frnt os Monk had bH)n killed In action ac-tion in Fiance. While Proncls did not hesl'au to go at his country cnll, jet he relt that he would nevsr return. He llvoil with .Mr. and Mm. Ocorgo UrlllHlis for worul onrn and was a most faithful lad In looking look-ing nftor their Interests. As u hnul-cr hnul-cr of milk h'o wns nlwas courteous obliging and dependable. It makes our hearts Fad to Irani that ha will novcr return. John, an older brother broth-er of Frances V Just recovering from Influenza jn Now Yoik. Ho Is on Ms way bnck fiom l'rnnco. ' As no word Una ben receive I fror Mnrlnns J fnlslov Jr. for u loop time lils Parents mo becoming ex . cced'nBly nnxlous about him. The Inst word from Dot t Hlgpi to I Ms parents stilted tlmt ho was jus I "goln-oer" and tlwy, loo, mo very ntixlotii to get toh1 nKrdlnB blh wolfuro. Tb sooner llift boy liilil nt thf" ir i i itfl ,) , i i , U ba iuA ptmt wtvcw, brothers Mstei-a fad frlcwila. Mr. nud Mr. R. O. Recie iit jotclnjf over tho anlvnl of a f'u i ' i iOCt M; m nn to t1 .1 home. Mother and sou hi a Retting nloiiB nicely. Mr. I.oster Wadswortb rotutned m his botifo nt Hholloy, Idnbo, thl week nfter sevurnl days islt in Hon-son, Hon-son, lmvliv' coma down to too hl lately nt rived daiiRhter. Mis. Nellie Kvnns has been spend-' lug sonic time lately visiting Uciihoii relatives. Mr. John Mathews Is III with pnyu-nionlr pnyu-nionlr It Is to be hoped that our genlnl postmaster may soon recovor Among thoso who liavo been af flicted with Influnui and pneumonia arc Mr. mid Mrs. John Grllllths, Mrs. It. It. Alllston, Hugh Kicks, Mrs. Jen nlo Young, Mrs. Annlo Hicks and Silas Kicks we nio pleased to say they 1110 rpcoieiliiR. All tho niun.-br niun.-br of Mr. John .) InclnUIng tlv.' father and mother havo had tho tin but are recovering, thanks to the , medical aid and careful nursing they have received. Wo feel that too much prnlso can-rot can-rot be bellowed upon tho faithful nurses that have cuiod for tho sier: Jiong us. lly Intelligent elevation to their patients they hnvo brought them through tho volloy. mid shadow of death, and tho physicians, who havo directed their labors lmva bon vlgllent In tholr watchfulness. Mr. John Cnrllnlo has sold out hh holdings In Dcnson to several different differ-ent persons Including William Hom-or, Hom-or, Gottfried Dcutlcr and W. J. rink. Mr. Homer takes tho home with considerable acreage nnd Mr. Beutlor Intends building a flno homo upon tho pIiim ho purchased In tho enor future Mr. Harvoy Munk Intends In-tends building a now homo In tho spring near tho homo ot Mr. John Mathews. He has already a commodious commo-dious barn. So with- nil our trials wo nra growing. |
