| Show T A V 4 V vr 4 q rt kt W F 0 SUNRY TO GEO M JONES enormous crowd attends impressive funeral service how much the people of richfield thought of geo bl jones and how highly lie he was hem held in their esteem was proven by the enormous attendance the numerous beautiful floral tributes and the remarks of 7 at the funeral po neld held in the gacona var sunday afternoon the house was by far too small for all those who hall had come to pay the last tribute of respect and love to tile the departed bishop W A conducted the services and music was furnished by an especially selected choir augmented by the best voices of all the wards of sevier stake mrs airs anna callaway directed the music and mrs Al marlell arlell christensen and mrs lizzie hansen were at the piano and organ respectively the invocation was offered by bishop H J hansen mrs jas al peterson sang as a solo one sweetly solemn thought and bishop read a poem composed by ora and fern christensen two granddaughters of the deceased the first speaker was president R D young who dwelt on the thought that geo al jones was loved by all who knew him not only for his manly qualities and his willingness to serve but also for the reason that he was generous in giving love to those lie he knew an agreement had been made many years ago between geo al jones and mrs mary alary A bolitho that the one surviving the other should sing at his or her funeral and fulfilling I 1 this pact airs mrs bolitho with mrs lizzle lizzie hansen in the contralto part sang a duet wanted on the other side 1 judge N J bates paid an eloquent tribute to the departed in behalf half of the high priests quorum and max lloyd accompanied by his sister melba 9 grandchildren of mr and mrs jones played as a violin solo thais by massanet Mas senet geo H curry spoke in behalf of the genealogical committee of which the departed had been chairman and a quartet composed of mrs helen poulson mrs hattie bean W L castleton and kenneth L hood sang thou dost not weep alone consoling remarks were made most eloquently by patriarch J L jensen of elsinore a long time associate of the deceased and after bishop had read a letter of condolence written by patriarch jos S horne home who at present is doing some temple work in manti Mant kenneth L hood sang a solo face to face president jas al peterson spoke touchingly of his long acquaintance with geo 31 jones and the words of 0 f all previous speakers were then indorsed endorsed indor sed in an address by patriarch 11 H bell the closing remarks were made by bishop who in behalf of the family thanked all those who had bad contributed to the in impressiveness pre ssi veness of the services tile hoir choir with dari dan baker of salina as soloist sang 1 I know that my redeemer lives and bishop F al ogden pronounced the benediction after which a long row of cars moved to the city cemetery where president john christensen dedicated the grave pallbearers Pall bearers were N P peterson F H gunn joseph ogden J F ogden henry peterson and john R curtis i vs s |
