| Show PROMINENT FILLMORE PIONEER PASSES AWAY after a lingering illness john J starley died at his home in fillmore at the age of seventy nine on fri day dec dee 10 mr air starley had been a rancher for or many years he moved into the town of fillmore and became active as a civic worker was a member of the city council for several years was on the stock raisers association corn COM cittee and also a member of the city irrigation board earnest con he gave his all to every task imposed upon him and his as so clates respected his judgment and loyalty careful prudent always seeking counsel he could be depend ed upon in all his dealings as a man of sincere convictions and of the highest integrity of purpose at the time of his death he had been a cooperative weather observe er tor for airty lour four years the long es est t record in that government de apartment part ment in 1916 he conducted nell neil M judd eminent archeologist of the smithsonian Smiths onlan institution to various ancient mounds of former indian inhabitants and in bulletin 82 bureau of american ethnology of the smithsonian institution mr air judd says mr joan J starley tarley fl chief informant during our observations near fillmore pointed out the tor for mer locations of numerous mounds in one of these an earthen jar was found halt half filled with sunflower seeds in turn covered over ly dy a lay er of broken corn cobs mr air starley was born march 3 in 1858 at salt lake city tha the son of james and mary jupp starley he ile came to fillmore with his parents when a baby and had lived there ever since his wife ellza eliza payne starley died last july he ile la is survived by five sons jam es morris starley los angeles wm win J starley delta wells starley and reed G starley both of fillmore andi and rulon I 1 starley state bank Coni commissioner missioner of utah there are j fifteen grandchildren funeral services were held at pill fill more tuesday under the direction of bishop P lorenzo brunson the funeral was very well attend ed and the floral tributes most gen erous the speakers were maurice lambert J frank day and james A ke ly interment was in the pill fill n ore cemetery |
