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Show EARLY PIONEER PASSES AWAY Funeral services were held Wednesday, Wed-nesday, January 22 for Nils L. Elia-son, Elia-son, one of the early settlers of Moroni, who died Saturday, January 18th of general debility at his home in Moroni. He was born in Sweden August 27, 1838. In 1867 he Came to Utah, crossing the plains with Captain Rice and located at Moroni. He became a farmer and stockraiser and in 1881 was appointed Postmaster Post-master which position he held for thirteen years. He always took a very active part in politics. He served as a registration officer during dur-ing the time of the Utah Commission and was census enumerator for the eleventh census. He was one of the directors in the Moroni Irrigation Company and a prominent and respected re-spected citizen. He was married in '1863 to Elna Pherson, who with the following children survive him, Mrs. J. R. Wren of Ogden, N. L. Elison of Sterling, Alberta, Canada, Dr. P. W. Eliason of Logan; Miss Erica L. Orlando and B. F. Eliason of Moroni. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. E. Mork of -Salt Lake City and Jabez Faux of Moroni. Beautiful music was furnished fur-nished by Fery J. Faux. Dr. P. W. Eliason of Logan came to Moroni Wednesday to attend the funeral of his father. A very sad death occured Tuesday morning, January 21 when Mrs. Eulalia Blackham . Sorensen, passed away at her home from complications following influenza, at the age of 26 years. She was the wife' of N. P. Sorensen, Supt. of the People's Sugar Company, and was possessed of and aimiable and kind disposition, which endeared her to every one who ' knew her. Her loss is keenly felt by V'ores of friends. She ia survived her husband, two children and jpp children, her mother, Mrs. sHkliani and several brothers Xrvices for her were Vy at her home. The Ephraim Nelson. ,d Jabez Faux Jr., ;p beautiful life ised. Very lied by seven months, two of which he spent at the University of Utah and the other five in training at camp Buckeye, Buck-eye, Louisianan. Mrs. J. R. Wren ard her' two daughters, Wanda and Beulah of Ogden are visiting at Moroni. In a recent letter received from Fred Stark, one of Moroni's first boys to enlist in the navy, he states that he is feeling fine and has crossed the Atlantic Ocean 14 times and expects to cross it about six or seven times more. He is aboard a hospital- ship which is bringing the soldiers home. Eugene O'Leary arrived home last Sunday on a month's furlough. He is the first of Moroni's soldier boys to return from France. He enlisted en-listed soon after the declaration of war with Germany, and has been in France for a year past where he was in the heaviest of the fighting. He spent four months in the trenches at Verdun, and saw many of his com-panoins com-panoins slain. He, himself, was severely wounded in the arm, and was in a French hospital several weeks. Later he returned to the front and saw action In the famous battle of Chateau Thiery. Mr. O'Leary will return to Camp Quantlco Virginia for an indefinate stay. |