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Show ' "'' ' " "" '' - n - . Funerals ALTON PICKUP Funeral services for Alton Pickup, 63, Randlett farmer and stockman who died at the Roosevelt Roos-evelt hospital, Sunday, of a lingering lin-gering heart ailment, were held at 11:30 a. m. Thursday in the Roosevelt stake chapel under the direction of Bishop Marriner Mc-Mullin Mc-Mullin of the Randlett ward. Mr. Pickup was born August 14, 1886 in Provo, a son of George and Mary Durfee Pickup. Pick-up. He was married to Ada Bell Wright, December 2. 1912 in Vernal, He operated one of the first farms in the Ballard area following fol-lowing the opening of the Ute Indian reservation in 1905. In 1919 he moved to Bennett where he resided during a 10-year period of employment with the U. S. Reclamation Bureau. Later Lat-er he operated a stock ranch at Neola, moving to Randlett in 1934. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lalter'-Day Saints, serving in the Randlett bishopric until ill health recently forced his retirement. re-tirement. He was a High Priest at the time of his death. He was also active in community work and in the Boy Scouts. Survivors include his widow; 4 sons, Wayne, Grant, , George and Quint Pickup, all of Randlett; Rand-lett; 3 daughters. LaRue Pickup, Leah Mae Pickup and Mrs. Thora O'Niel. Randlett; a broth-er, broth-er, Ray Pickup, Provo; 2 sis- ters. Mrs. Lola Richens and Mrs Rella Fleldstead,' Roosevelt; and 10 grandchildren. , V. ,. Make hundreds of contacts without using one drop of gas-oluve gas-oluve the want ada. |