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Show Milford Telephone Executive Dies Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed in the Milford L. D. S. chapel at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon for Raymond Oliver Peak, 50, who died suddenly at his home in Milford last Saturday, October 6, of an acute heart attack. Services were ronduced by the Rev. D. G. Blackstock, pastor of the Milftrd Episcopal church. Prayer and opening remarks were by Bishop Mitchel Fisher of the Milford L. D. S. church. Other speakers were A. Vay Shelton, Lyle B. Nicholes, and Rev. Black-stock. Black-stock. Vocal selections were offered of-fered by Mrs. Ila Klich, Mrs. Blackstock, and the choir A man of wide acquaintance whose friends knew and loved him well, Mr. Peak will be sorely missed by his telephone system buddies between Milford and Salt Lake City. For the past six years he had been testboard supervisor at the Milford plant of the American Amer-ican Telephone and Telegraph company, com-pany, and for 16 years before being be-ing assigned here had been connected con-nected with the Salt Lake City officeof the company, the greater part of the time as a supervisor. iMr. Peak was born near Girard Kansas, May 15, 1895, and later moved to Larned, Kan., where he completed his education. He attended at-tended telegraph school in Chilli-cothe, Chilli-cothe, Mo. Before entering the telephone service Mr. Peak had been employed by the Union Pacific Pa-cific Railroad company as a telegraph tele-graph operator in Salt Lake City. During World Wlar I Mr. Peak saw service in France for 18 months in the signal corps. He was a member of the American Legion. Mr. Peak is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mae Peak, and the following brothers and sisters: W. E. Peak, Portland, Ore.; L. W. Peak, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. Lucille Lu-cille Howell, Vancouver, Wash.; Ella Bodine, Sedalia, Mo.; Rolli Peak, 'Girard, Kansas, and a half brother, Glenn Kellar, Larned. Kan. The body was shipped- to Grafton, Graf-ton, S. D., for burial. |