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Show MANY ATTEND FUNERAL FOR EUGENE OAKS Funeral services for Eugene T. Oaks, 50, former well known Utah salesman, who died at his home, 117 East Second North street, Springville. Sunday afternoon following fol-lowing a two years' illness, were held in the Fourth ward chapel Wednesday afternoon, with Leo Robertson cf tha bishopric presiding. presid-ing. i'he speakers, all of whom eulogized eulo-gized the life of their departed friend, were Patriarch O. B. Huntington, Hunt-ington, William T. Tew, Jr., and :ishop Seymour L. Mcndenhall. Music was furnished by Richan . Tondie, of Salt Lake, who sang tw solos;... Mr. end Mrs.. Guy Browr who sang a vocaj duet, as did A; erta and Howard Mendenhall. The invocation was by Hcber'C Tex of Salt Lake City, and the ben .'diction by A. G. Thorn. The dedicatory dedi-catory prayer at the Evergreen ;cmetery was offered by Bishop R. L- Mendenhall. i Mr. Oaks was born in Jacksonville,-111,, October 2, 1831. He gradr jated from the Naples high school and the Jacksonville Business coi-cgo. coi-cgo. He moved to Salt Lake City n 1915, where he oponed a branch of the Fisk Rubber company. He continued to represent this company com-pany until 1922, when he moved to California to become engaged in '.ho fruit raising business. He returned to Utah in 1926 and vos employed as a salesman until two years ago when he was obliged o retire due to illness. He was narrtod to Mary Mendenhall of -Springville on May 14, 1920. Surviving, in addition to his widow, are two sons. Royal, 7, and Thomas, 4, and one sister, Miss Grace Oaks of Chicago, 111. |