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Show Services Held Saturday For George Sipes Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Franklin Elser of Richfield Rich-field for George G. Sipes, at the L. N. Nickle and sons mortuary on Saturday at 1 p. m. "Abide With Me" was the piano prelude, by Mrs. Hamilton McCul-lough. McCul-lough. "Green Pastures Are Before Me" was sung by Hamilton Mc Cul-lough. Cul-lough. The sermon, words of comfort and tribute were by the Rev. Elser. Interment was in the Delta cemetery, ceme-tery, where the grave was dedicated dedic-ated by the Rev. Elser. George Gibson Sipes was born Jan. 1, 1889, a son of George and Harriet Gibson Sipes, in Denver, Colo. His father, a jeweler by trade was a fireman on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. He was making mak-ing his last run before leaving the road when his train was wrecked by an open switch and Fireman Sipes was killed leaving his wife and two little sons, Theron and George. He was 34 years old, and had the distinction of being the youngest 32nd degree Mason in the United States at the time of his death. The mother later married George E. Beach, of Denver, who had a ranch in the vicinity of Englewood and Cherrilyn, where George received recei-ved most of his early schooling, and later enrolled as a cadet at Fort Collins. While a youth George was taken tak-en ill with spinal meningitis and typhoid pneumonia, which left his hands in a crippled condition. The family moved from a ranch near Littleton, Colo., to Salt Lake City, and then to Delta in 1912. Since that time George had worked wor-ked on many of the pioneer construction con-struction projects of ditches, canals, can-als, reservoirs, roads and land in this country and throughout Utah. He will always be remembered for his way with horses and ability to work hard regardless of his handicapped handi-capped hands, and for his kind and gentle nature. Survivors include Frances B. Haumann and family and William F. Beach and family. |