| Show funeral services for joe christensen funeral services were c conduct I 1 ed at the moab ward chapel for N J christensen on saturday at p in by bishop lance as follows duet whispering hope by mrs maggie taylor and anna ann somerville accompanied by norma raye maxwell opening prayer owen W despain violin solo by thomas evans accompanied I 1 by madolyn ev remarks by bart dalton a lifetime friend who paid high tribute to the deceased a song the end of a perfect day b y donna ann somerville I 1 and gwen meador accompanied by norma raye maxwell benediction by ephra ephraim im moore I 1 the grave was dedicated by bp lance followed by the hymn abide with W ith me 1 sung by mrs 1 r aylor mrs somerville and mrs ivi iv eador leador niels joseph christensen one of pioneers passed away at moab friday at p m after an illness of several years having gone a serious operation at the L D S hospital in december it was for a time that he would recover but during the last month hebrew he grew steadily weaker until the end came in th early days of san juan he worked fr for the L C cattle cattels company where he was nicknamed dick hootin which name followed him the rest of his life he was one of the first to locate uranium in the county he H built two homes in monticello and one at cane springs his last home where he resided until ill health forced him to move to moab niels joseph christensen christeasen see second aci nci son of C L and ann E christensen isen was born at ephraim san apte county utah june 24 1877 and came to san juan with his parents in the spring of 1893 on dec 13 1900 he married jean hyde daughter of edward and emma hyde to this union were born nine children three of whom have preceded him in death surviving are his widow albert clarence leo and ted christensen mrs stewart and mm dalton curtis leo and ted ai aie e serving in the armed borcea and were unable to attend the funeral lut both were home in late De december ember and were able to spend quite a bit of time with their father at that time I 1 |
