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Show JOSEPH VANE SERVICES TODAY j Services for Joseph H. Vane, Sr., 88, who died Monday afternoon after-noon of ailments incident to age, will be held Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Second ward, with Bishop Harold Alleman officiating. Friends may call at the family residence, 313 South Second West, prior to the services. Interment will be in the Springville City cemetery under the direction of the Deseret Mortuary. Mr. Vane was a pioneer railroad man, retired farmer, and one of the oldest residents of Springville. He was born in New York on the Moore estate, Wayne county, March 9, 185 3, a son of John and !j Sarah Vane, and was the only member of his family to migrate west. Associated with the late George Goss, general superintendent of the early Pleasant Valley Railway, Rail-way, Mr. Vane came to Utah in 1874, to aid in construction of the ; railroad. Later he assisted in the building of the early day narrow-gauge narrow-gauge tracks into the Bingham mining district and was connected connect-ed with the building of a tram to Jordan. When the Pleasant Valley Railway Rail-way was extended from Springville to Schofield, Mr. Vane had charge of pile-driving equipment for-bridges for-bridges in Spanish Fork canyon. Later he served as road master for the railroad company for several years When the Rio Grande Western West-ern Railroad absorbed the Pleasant Pleas-ant Valley road in 1882, Mr. Vane served as roadmaster for the new corporation. In 1884 he assisted (Continued on page 16, sec. 2) JOSEPH VANeT SERVICES TODAY (Continued from paKB , with the installation 0f 2 large water tanks in thi "t!l the state. 18 Part 0 In the late '80s, Mr v came interested n mlni US left railroading for the h M districts in the vicinity 70rt ango, Colo. His mining a' led him into the placeBr also in Colorado, where he I k known as a successful opera" He later became interested'' , ranching, with large hu near Salina. Tirine of n,7 5i he sold his interes? and Schofield, where for six w engaged in mining and the TJ business. From this work hi back to railroading and for years- was yardmaster at r!!? gate. Ust- In 1896 he moved to s ville on one of the largest !' in Utah county, which he had 7 chased about 1884, and W !' one of the most successful C ers in the vicinity. m He married Sina ciarlt i, 23, 1881. ' J Surviving besides his wid. are a daughter and two sons j seph H. Vane, Jr., of Salt ut City; Mrs. B. M. Mendenhall , ' Howard L. Vane of SprlngvinJ nine grandchildren and four m. grandchildren. 6 |