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Show Funeral Rites for G. E. Holman Held Saturday Relatives and friends gathered join far and near on Saturday afternoon to pay last earthly tribute tri-bute to George E- Holman, and express sympathy and appreciation apprecia-tion for his family. The impressive funeral service b gan at 1 p.m. in the Grove Ward-Tunpanogos Ward-Tunpanogos Stake House and was lirt cted by Bishop Karl Butler of ,he Grove Ward. Prayer at the Ol-pin-Sundbeig Mortuary had been offered by Lewis E. Olpin. For ! he opening number, Willard Mons.n. Stephen Wamick, Stanford Stan-ford Ekins sang "Face to Face." They were accompanied by Mrs. Stephen Warnick. Invocation was offered by Merrill Mer-rill N. Wamick. A vocal duet was sung by Mrs. S. W. Hilton and Taylor Allen "In the Garden," accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Taylor Allen. A biographical sketch of the busy active life of Mr. Holman was road by Bishop Butler, who also spoke words of appreciation to the family, many of whom came from out of the state. Speaker was Chester Olson, close friend of Mr. Holman, who paid high tribute to th? departed and offered tribute to Mr. Holman's love for his fellowmen and read th! e poem "Abou Ben Adhem.' ' The closing number was a vocal solo "Going Home" by Ray Shelley accompanied by his daughter Irene Ellison. Benediction was pronounced by ,T. E. Cldroyd. Interment directed by Olpin-Sun-berg Mortuary -was made in the Pleas-mt Grove City Cemetery where Delbert Chipman ,a brother-in-law offered the dedicatory prayer. Pallbearers, all nephews were Delbert Ray Chipman, Jack Holman, Hol-man, Art Holman, Lynn Peterson, and Vance Holman. Grove .Ward Relief Society cared car-ed for and atxanged the flowers. Mr. Holman, 75, prominent Utah conservationist ,died at 12:15 a.m. Wednesday morning in a Salt Lake hospital of caused incident to age. He was born July 16, 1882, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the son of Annie Rawlings and A.rtemus Holman. Hol-man. He married Alice Thornton in the Salt Lake LDS Temple, Sept. 27. 1905. She died April 7, 1956. Mr. Holman was active in the federal government for over 30 years. He served as forest ranger in Heber City until October, 1915, when he became director of the United States Biological Survey. Mr. Holman organized and supervised the first predatory animal control initiated by the survey. He directed this work in Utah and Arizona until 1936, when he was transferred to Reno, Nev., where he became chief of the Fish and Wildlife Service. He was later transefrred to Boise, Idaho, in the same capacity. He retired in 1934. He -was active in the Republican party, having been a candidate for slate senator in 1948. He was past president of the National Associ-tion Associ-tion of Retired Civil Service Employees, Em-ployees, a member of the Utah Wool Growers, and the Brigham Young University Alumni Assn. Survivors include six sons and ! daughters, George T. Holman, Mc-Gill, Mc-Gill, Nev.; Elmo H., Robert O.. and Mrs. Malon (Deon) Carter, of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Terry Conned Con-ned .Arco, Idaho, and Mrs. J. Morris Oldroyd, Cedar City; 17 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Two brothers and two sisters, Willard Holman, Mrs. Ora Chipman, American Fork; Charles H., Pleasant Grove; and Mrs. Tom (Ida) College, Lehi. |
