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Show 1L101 I REPORTER iS 1 IAD AT PROVO re H( is C. Larsen Passes Away i in Provo After Long, 5'J Lingering Illness. Oil :)RMERLY WAS yA EDITOR OF HERALD rei cognized in Utah Newspaper News-paper Circles as Capable Newspaperman. S Vis C. Larsen. well known Prova - n ami one of the ablest news-:ht news-:ht men of the state, died in , ,vo Wednesday. Teath came as n Hef after several years of linger- ; illness. Mr. Lnrsen was born in Aalborg, t iimark. February 22. 18'7. As a ;::i!r man he came with his mothex. , Yv.ih. both having accepted the nor-tlay Saint religion in their sire country. He had an excep-anl excep-anl pood education in his mother jarry which he added onto by at liinc the Brigham Young acad-;r acad-;r after making Provo his home. Ho held many responsible posies posi-es in the business life in Provo in , ; early manhood, among others in; that of superintendent of tne Co-operative institution. Ife was mainly known, however, n newspaper man, being a report- iir.il editor of the Provo Enquire id later working for several years the editorial staff of the Provo 'trtikl. He was also correspondent -m Pmvo for the Salt Lakt-;:;s-np and the Deseret News and -al(inkcd upon by the editorial dfr- :'!;iKit of these papers as one 01 ;r Iadincr correspondents. Scrfriil times he was offered -i Finns as reporter on the lanrer !i Lake newspapers, but each time '-lined, being attached to Provo ilfsiring to make, this bis home. .Mr. Larsen had a host of friends L" admired bis exfeptionnl ability .1 his strong intellectuality. Fmu-r.-il services will be held in I'ruvo Second ward chapel S;it-hr S;it-hr aftnrnoon at 1 o'clock, under ''direction of Bishop L. Ij. Nelson. 't-terment will be in the Provo city motery under, the direction of the r; Mortuary. |