Show richard james dies the following letter was received last saturday from mrs A J efting announcing the passing away of a former well known partite Par kite los angeles california feb nth 1919 mr S L P park rk city utah regret to inform you ot of another death we were out to serra madre last wednesday to attend the funeral of f richard james lie he spent several years cars I 1 in n park city city and was well known there three years ago he married miss aliss olive cook the rev cooks oldest daughter they moved from riverside up to sierra madre thinking the mountain air might benefit mr james but he passed away february fth from min ers era consumption arthur Mat matheson beson fred fudge and billie miller from park city acted as pall pal bearers richard james was born on june 1883 st S t agnes england his mother died when he was twelve years of ago aged soon after his mothers death he cams came with an uncle to america he became a citizen ot of the united states as soon as he ha was old e enough to take out his naturalization papers attoh at tann nee of sixteen he went to work inthe anthe mines he was employed in tho the mines ot of several states including michigan idaho montana utah and british columbia and also central america ito he leaves a difo wl and two chi children laren also throe three sisters sister ls two ot of them living in america and one in england WIB we are still enjoying the sunshine and flowers of 0 california and dont know just when we will be back to P park a rk city we get the record every week and I 1 can tell you it receives a cordial welcome the ron ken are with us this evening they leaving for park city inthe morning so will bo be there by the time this reaches you yours very trul truly MRS A J EFTING |