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Show Last Rites Held Saturday For Louis Bastian Impressive funeral rites were conducted Saturday at 11 a.m. for Louis Bastian. The Third ward chapel was well ' filled with relatives and friends from many parts of Utah, Nevada, Nev-ada, and other points.. The opening number "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go," was sung by a male quartet, John anfi Glade Hilton, Theodore Rees and Eugene Bezzant, accompanied by Mrs. Mary Neves, who also played prelude and' postlude organ music. Invocation was offered by Joseph Farnsworth. First speaker was B. M. Jolly of Orem, a lifelong friend of the Bastian family, who in paying tribute to the Eastian family as church workers and empire builders build-ers told of early life in Utah, Dixie and of the faith and thrift that made the settlers carry on, and paid special tribute to Louis Bastian Bas-tian as a great teacher and as a seeker after truth. Neils Fugal chose to speak of the plan of Life and Salvation, stressing the fact that life has no beginning and no end. Musical numbers interspersing the speakers were a vocal duet, "Hold Thou My Hand," by Mrs. Ellen Peterson and Mrs. Afton Atkinson, At-kinson, accompanied by Mrs. Alice Judd, a vocal solo "In the Garden," Gar-den," by Miss Berdene Terry, accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Sherrie Terry Balser. Final speaker was Bishop Calvin Cal-vin Walker, who in his kindly way expressed sympathy and appreciation apprec-iation for the family. E. B. Terry, accompanied by Mrs. Balser sang the closing number, num-ber, "Going Home." Benediction was pronounced by Bert Samsbury, and the grave in the family plot in the Pleasant Grove cemetery was dedicated by Wilford Bastian. |