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Show Services Held for Donald Noble Funeral services were held in the Timpanogos stake tabernacle Thursday Thurs-day at 1 p. m. over the remains of Donald Noble. Bishop J. A. West was in charge. A duet, "Sometime We'll Understand," Under-stand," was rendered by Mrs. Viola Beers and Mrs. Stella Hardman, followed by the invocation by James D. Thorne. A solo was rendered by Reva W. Fugal, accompanied by Phyllis Larson, and a sketch of the life of the deceased was read by his granddaughter. Clarence A. Gamett, a life long neighbor and former bishop, was the first speaker. speak-er. A duet, "We Shall Meet Beyond Be-yond the River," was rendered by Stella Hardman and Viola Beers. The second speaker was Bishop F. D. Atwood, a former co-employer with Mr. Noble for the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. Closing remarks were made by Bishop Junius A. West. A solo, "Going Home," was rendered by Reva W. Fugal, accompanied accom-panied by Phyllis Larson. The invocation was rendered by Gottleib Buhler. Sketch of Life of Mr. Noble Donald Noble was bom in Glasgow, Glas-gow, Scotland, October 15, 1853. His early days were spent there, his father dying while he was quite a young boy. After his marriage he moved to Paisley where he had a good position with the J. & P. Coats Thread company. Mormon Elders visited the town and were entertained at his home and he was baptized. This step cost him his position with the J. & P. Coats company as they employed hundreds of girls and stated in the reference they gave him that a man with his views was unsafe where there were so many girls. He moved back to Glasgow and had constant employment. He was j ordained to the Melchisedek Priest -Ihood by David O. McKay, then went on a mission to Scotland. He was presiding elder of the Glasgow branch of the church and entertained enter-tained missionaries, among them the late J. T. Thorne, father of James D. Thorne. He came to Utah in the spring of 1892 with his five motherless children, his wife having died. The dad became acquainted with his present "wife and she came to Utah to join him in September, 1892. They were married in Ogden on arrival ar-rival and lived in Ogden for a few years. They moved to Provo wnere jvxr. Noble worked in the Woolen mills until he moved to Pleasant Grove on the advice of J. T. Thorne, being employed at first in the old Mercantile Mer-cantile store. He was then appointed appoint-ed tithing clerk by Bishop Joseph Thorne. He later worked in the office of the sugar company at Lehi and also acted as agent for the Home Fire Insurance company. At one time he was teacher of the parents class at Sunday school, also al-so was a member of the choir and a ward teacher. He took great pleasure pleas-ure in each of those positions. He is survived by his widow, nine children, 47 grandchildren, one great great grandchild and 11 great grandchildren. |