Show A M I 1 C 9 S ua DENLY passed away tuesday night following emergency operation era tion was III less lem than 36 hours the people of moab and southeast ern uto were deeply shock chocked hocked and grieved grieved yesterday erday when it became known own that george W mcconkie Me Mc Conkie Coultis prominent and respected citha of of Moab had died very suddenly short ly after twelve wednesday mornin morning 0 as a real remit at of ol p perito niU mr sir conkle mcconkie bad been ill but awen ty four hour the new news of hit his death came as a a a evere severe blow to his scores of friende friends many of whom wre were not even aware of hie his illness mr McCon mcconkie klo had just returned from a trip to hie his ranch at la aw when stricken ricken tt with ith his hi fatal illness he ile pent spent monday night in upper M mob oab valley and at about eleven that night he complained of ever evers palm pains through his hi abdona abd omea which steadily etea dily grew grow worse he wu was brought on gri to town and dr L W alien allen waa called he life advised I 1 ah I 1 tin mediate operation which was wa performed at eight bilock tuesday even ing it was found that mr mcconkle waft was suffering from perforation of 0 the bowel bowels and consequently peritonitis and it was wa realized that death was wa near life expired shortly after midnight although the immediate cause of pf death waa was peritonitis and ad shock mr McCon kiei fes condition wu was brought on by ulcer ulcers ol 01 the stomach funeral service services were wem held yesterday afternoon from the ward meeting home house the church waa was packed to ite its capacity and many people were unable to find and standing anding et room T inside the building remaining outside 1 tes IA large attendance attested the esheim in a which mr mcconkle McConk fe wai held by the community and gave evl evidence deice of the sadness cast over the town by hil his untimely death the services were presided over by bishop W D hammond Hamnio nd and were opened by 4 a election selection flom the choir though Deepen ng trial trials E F 0 spencer offered the invocation after niter which mr mrs W E gordon rendered a vocal f olo oh my father P F U M young wa was the first speaker and aid lie he was wa followed by I 1 john dalton euh of whom s poke ke glowingly of the life Ws mr MCC mcconkie monvle had led mif Is no kaoda a barne barnes ang sant unanswered yet ye president L IT redd and beup flammond hammond were the concluding peak sva en ers they told of their an and friendship friende hip for the departed au referred to his hl splendid Jd character ae the commendable record he had hod i a as a a husband hub nd father chust churchman hman aal sad as a cluzen generally all of Vs t I 1 speaker dwelt on 0 the principles kincl plea ka oc th their ir church and told W go ahe ce certainty certai aty of the future would emu to mr mcconkle Me Conkle va tu of hw exemplary exea plary life the choir ang sang IN tle bentro goda 8 conemara Comia Cont marA and aft after woo the ben benedi M cUon i wu rais offered by job je 4 dalton A large conlow of f ele accompanied the tm ca to tm soft tery en where britt brie WH woo held A selection W WM adehid k the choir and the dedicatory was offered by J H jokan Jok neon I 1 george W meco w w kra nemer v 2 IM 1 at uto uj isad was 41 years of age agis ahik abik a TOW young oung boy yeah hij I 1 Is father died aad ad ak w kis ils mother and brothers ana aister be he came me to moab in 1897 the child in n the family george early took upon hiela the responsibility of helping provide for his widowed mother and the younger ch chU dreu he was a devoted son on and br brother oVier when twenty year years of age he went on a A alstion for hi his church chure rc serving for tei nearly arly thirty enoth in zito the ali ern em stat kix hi abne being largely spat la 14 texas in he waa was married to hie I 1 surah somerville rille of doab the ewe mony being performed in n the sak SAN lake temple their union WM baw ed ad by the birth of five children chUd cea all au of whoa survive they are ba ins dikon andrew ellen andere and Tre mr mccon mcconkle e is I 1 also adz tur survived by Ns M wife his mother urr mr ZA Z A 3 me conkle one sitter sister mrs UM nisma dal dd toni and two it brouen roi mat mayor r W R mcconkie skis of moab N and bit bisbon op omar W mcconkle Je of monticello Moat kello A number aber of year years ago kr mr mc me conkle secured stored a farm at la sal and since that time be and fanny had spent the summers corn tola ing to moab for the winter winters mn mrs mcconkie mcconkle took a prominent part in the affairs of hie community and county during hu bli residence at st moab extending over a period of more mora khan han twenty years he ile arved served for many marty years on an the school board at moab and he waa was particularly active tf ial educational matter he ile abo also sery erred for some time as to town par ar thai thal of moab mr mcconkle waa was very active in charch church work and during als his life held wd many pIt positions Ions of an occle alsis rats jaring recent yeen years be bad had served a uret 1 04 the IU bleh earic ot efla a sal ward UL GW W mccoale WK M wh be ow L all peo GEO W mcconkle mcconkie DIES SUDDENLY continued from fint first page litile community lie lived for his imi family nilly and friend friends he lie wa was the lout soul of honesty and sincerity lie ile waa was a sk model husband and father fattier a staunch worker for hie his church and a citizen of the tile highest order lie ile leave leaves be hind a record that his children can I 1 reverence alays ills untimely death in the prime of manhood man hool ie in a blow that will be hard for his hi wife and family to bear yet they may well bo be comforted by the knowledge that he lived his hi life well WCO I 1 kind that the world has been be benefited n by hid his brief existence here the sympathy tym pathy of a hoit host of friends sympathy gots out to hin h s ft ricken family in their great bereavement |