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Show WAINWRIGHT ! FUNERAL IN I SPRINGVILLE j Diamond Fork Canyon Drown- j ing Victim Laid to Rest j Monday. j i Impressive funernl services were held iu the SpriiiKville Second wnrd , ehnpel Monday afternoon for Wil- Ham "Wainwright, Jr., who met hla 1 death while fishing in the Diamond Fork canyon stream Saturday morn- i ing. j Bishop J. F. Brinphurst presided. The invocation was offered by George Wright nnd the beuedic- tion by Bishop George H. itnycock. , Sentiments of sympathy for the bereaved family and eulogies of the young man who was so buddenly i and unawares taken fromiijearth- 1 ly activities were made t-r-J. Burt Sumsion of Springvilhl jfnarlea Booth of Spanish Foil Walter Adams of Prov o and Bi'p Bring hurst. Solos were rendered I fey Mip? I Ellon Jameson of Spaih Fork. piiss Mulba Condie of Sflfrngville and "Walter Robinson of l4,vo. A duet was sung by Walter Kobmsoc and Miss Marguerite Jeppersou oi Trove The pallbearers were sis ex-soldiers dressed in uniform. Preceding Preced-ing the funeral cortege and hearse marched 23 of the young man's com rades of the American Legion, dressed in uniform. A volley of three shots were fire! over the grave nnd taps were sounded following the interment iu the Springville City cemetery. The grave was dedicated by A. W. Harmer. Mr. Wainwright was drowned In the Diamond Fork canyon stream about 6:20 o'clock Saturday morning morn-ing July 19. In company with Dr. G. C. Taylor nnd Paul Allen of Spanish Fork, he arrived in the canyon about 4 o'clock Saturday morning and about an hour later the three separated along the stream to fish. He was not seen after that until the body was found. Hia watch had stopped at (i:20 indicating indicat-ing that he must have slipped into the stream soon after he left bis companions. Investigations showed that he had slipped into the river from a large rork on which he had been sitting sit-ting while fishing in the stream. The water near the rock is more than six feet deep and the current is very swift. It is the opinion of the investigating officers that as soon as he slipped into the river, his high rubber boots filled with water, making it impossible for him to swim. The body had been rolled around byi the swiftly moving stream and had been cut and bruised by the rocks. His shirt was torn to threads and was rapped around his neck when Ihe body was found on a sand bar amid stream about two miles be-j be-j low the scene of the accident by I Alma Butler of Spanish Fork j about 1 p. m., about seven hours . after t he accident is believed to have I taken place. The body was brought to Spring- vi lie by Mr. Butler and John K. j Booth of Spanish Fork'. Mr. Wainwright served over seas for a year and a half in the late world war. He is survived by bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wainwright, one brother and three sisters, John, Mary and Jwy Wninwright of Springville and Mrs. Frank Ramsey, j Jr., of Provo. |