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Show rt Tt i 1 . . THOMSON , IL 'FORMER FORMER ' ORMER COUNTOFFICIAL COUNTY COUNT\ COUNT COUNTY'cl \ I I 'cl- 'cl cl 'clOFFICIAL ' : - OFFICIAL , DJE DJELeath DIES " } - . Death Leath Comes to Respected i iiieer pJO Pu Puneer - . iieer neer Citizen After ExtendedIllness Extended ExtendedIllness Extend ExtendIllness , Illness ; Resided Here Hereat Herear Heref at ar 40 Years . i r : - - * l | I IRobert "Robert Robert " " James Thomson 66 , a citie citief citi citif cltlzcn cltlzcnf ' en > ) f Moab for 40 years , former county countyommissloner count countommlssioner cousommissloner y : ommissloner ommlssioner and county clerk andorder and re reorder r rorder ; : order , , passed awa3 away awa Saturday evening eveningshortly evenin eveninshortly evenihortly shortly before 9 o 0 clock , at the hoof home homeof horn hornof of his son , C S Thomson Death DeathSuited r ru1ted reo reosulted sulted u1ted from infirmities brought on by byIL b ba by , a IL heart ailment Mr . Thomson \ ha haeen had hadht ht een een In very poor health ror for the past pasttwo pas pasitwo itwo two 3cars bears ears and for several months hIS hIScondition hi hiCondition : -is is - condition had been serious While hi hideath his hisdeath ! death was not entirely unexpected , it itd I Icame came came ame as a severe shock t to { ) his host hostmends ofriends o orfends of d riends rfends , tliroughout throughout Grand countygMr county Mr Mi- Mi MiThcmson - Thomson Thcmson tor for many years wasleader \ \ as asleader ; a aleader leader in 111 the public ! life 1ie of Gran Grand Grandtl1ty Gracounty tl1ty , ounty ? } ! . He was one of the count countplinosfc county's countys county county'sIe ' ' and hIS hISCleath hi hideath Ie plinosfc jmos t h1ghly highly nigmy revered reverca vi citizens i na anu ideath Cleath death : brings brmgs to a close a life of servit service serviceFuneral I IFuneral Funeral services were held Monday Mondayafternoon Monda Mondafternoon : , afternoon from the L D S chap chap,1'iwlth chapel chapelwith 1 , , ' wlth with George A Newell Newe11 of the ward wardUJ.bishopric war warbIshopr1c wa rd lI UJ.bishopric- UJ.bishopric UJ.bishopricpresldtng . ,1'iwlth 1iwlth bIshopr1c OlollUpm - IJtC&nuut IJtCnuut presldtng presiding & ; Hundreds .n.miLucuo n.miLucuo nmiLucuo . .n.miLucuopeople . of ofPeople a apeople . people attended to pay their last re respeets re- re repects ispects ; . - pects speets t to { ) a . departed friend fnend and there then theref thenwere therwere g 'Were Were ( ' were many beautiful floral offeringsI'he offerings offeringsO offerini0'rhe offerini0rhe f O ' I'he Ihe ' e services serVlces were v.ere vere sere . opened with a tr10 trio triooftly tr"Softly trSoftly o ( " 'Softly Softly ' oftly and Tenderly , " by b } ' V P Walkipack Walker Walker.Tack > r . ' . .Tack Tack . llCk Walker and L L Taylor , accompanied accom aceoipanied { panied by Mrs V P PValker Walker \Valker Valker \ Prastflas Pra Prae Praeoffered er ) . , 8J ) offered by P F M Shafer A solo'Ii1 solo so'In soIn , , t"In tIn ( " " 'Ii1 Ii1 ' the Garden of Tomorrow Tomorro Tomorros " " , ' wrendeied \ \ ; as a arendeied | rendeied ende1 ed by Mrs Tcm Tem Tern Taylor accom accomroanled accompanied aceoimanied roanled panied by Mrs D E Baldwin . . TSIttirst The ThefIrst ] > e ftirst fIrst speaker " ' was "as as 'as F B Hammond who whc whopaid whcpaid wlpaid of tl tlBeparted the thc thcdeparted the life hfe paid [ [ a ttarm "ann ann " arm tribute tnbute to departed Mr Thomson , he saidan said "as as " wn citizen CtlZen all hirlife hIS hir hIStife rfe an n honorable , upright ] Beparted tife : life , . , a clean , honest gentleman "ho ho "hofould " wlould hc hccould fould could be depended upon to be alwa alwaa always aiwayr aiwayra a man The male trio tno sang the hymn"Have hymn hymnHave hyn"Have hynHave " Have "Have " Thy Own Way , Lord WilmBronson Wl1mer Wilmer WilmerBronson Bronson ronson told of his long acquamtance acquaintance acquamtanceith acquaintancewith acquaintanswith ( ; with ith Mr Thomson extending extendmg ecteiiding over tlfpast the theast thepast past ast 40 years The speaker stated that thate thathe thTie ! he e had many tender memories memor1es of h hi liii liiiassociation ls : ) > _ . f'3.SSOC1ation f3.SSOC1ation f3SSOC1ation association ' . , ' with 'aith aith \ ith the departed dep1.rted dep1rted . , \ who ho was wasa w wa _ a cultured gentleman and a mangreat man olgreat of ol of19reat > 19reat " [ great intelligence intelhgence and nobillty nobility nobilityfctharacter of 01 01character ) ! ? ' ; : t . haracter character ; Mr Bronson and soIs'TSural soIsTSural sons sonst"Eural sonsEural ] t"Eural tEural ! ' " Eural Rex Casey and Don and daughbr daugh- daugh daugh1 daughr daug-rter daug rter - - br r Mrs C J Meador , sang 'WhispeJ WhispeJ 'Whisper Whisper 'WhisperIng ' Whispertrig f 1 ing trig Hope " and the closing closmg prayer was wasaffered w ; coffered Ofered affered ! by Lloyd Somerville Somerv1lle At the theJ thecemetery theemetery tl tlcemetery ie J cemetery emetery the choir thoir hOlr sang 'God God ' God Be Beith BeWith IFWith ; , g With ith You Till We Meet Again " andhe arLthe and the he dedicatory dedicator dedlcator3 prayer " was "as as as offered 1"Howard 1Howard by byaoward . - " aoward oward W Balsley Baisley . Robert James Thomson " was "as as as born bornarch bornkarch boi"March boiMarch " " karch ! arch 23 , 1869 , at London , Englan England Englandjthe Englandhe : the he son of James Strang Strong Thomson andfarian and andMarian ai aiMarian Marian farian Crooks Thomson When Whenyoung , a ayoung a'oung -young young 'oung oung - ' boy his hlS family moved to t < > . , ScotLand Scot- Scot ScotJand Sec'land Secland _ - jthe , Jand ' Land , where v.here vhere 'ahere ahere . ' they resided for a numb.of numbof number numberof numberf . " , . of , f sears , ears When Robert was a boyC15 bOy of oft15 ' t15 15 , the family moved to New Zealand Zealand'l1n ZealandIn ZealanIn - 'l1n l1n ' ' ; : ' In 1893 , Mr Thomson , then a young youngJ youngsian yom J ; . ' 1nan nan sian of 24 came to the United States Stat " to Usifc \ Isit is1t the worlds world s fair at Chicago ChicagoOn - On his hlS return home , he came to south south- southeastern southeastern southeastern - -eastern eastern - eastern Utah to toislt \islt islt .isit isit \ , ' . isit his brotherf brotherfJames brother , , James 'James ' Thomson , . who " was "as as scas a resident of'Monticello of . { ) , 'Monticello Monticello 'VfontIcelo VfontIcelo ' ' ' ] He became attached to tothis toibis this -this ibis - region while visiting here , . and andpartIcularly andparticularly and.particularly andparticularly . partIcularly became interested in themining the themining ; mining possibilities possib1llUes of the La Sal moun- moun mountaIns mountairis moun-'tains moun 'tains tains - - - ' taIns tairis He acquired some mining pro pro- property property property - - perty in the Miner Mmer s 5 basin , .district district . , andinstalled and andinstalled and-Installed and Installed . installed - a stamp mill there In the themeantime themeantime :1 1 : :1meantime meantime he had located at Moab tomake to to1nnke to"make tomake " 1nnke make his home homeL homeOn L ? On January 25 . , 1899 , Mr Thomsonrried Thomson'married Thomson Thomsonmarried married 'married ' rried Miss Gertrude Mary Price.who Pricewho Price , , . 'ho ho ; " ' who . had come to America from from Eng- Eng Engnd Engftfld Eng-wnd Eng wnd - - ftfld nd to join a brother residing here'Mr hereMr here hererand hereMr ' Mr rand and Mrs Thomson have made Moab Moab'their Moabtheir Moahitheir 'their their ' home since smce thenMr then thent thenMr t Mr . Thomson is survived by his hiswidow his'widow hiswidow widow 'widow : ' , three sons Cecil S Thomsonand Thomson Thomsonnnd Thomsonsud nnd sud Boss Ross Thomson both of Moab , and andRobert andWbert and'Robert andRobert Robert Wbert ' J Thomson , Jr , of Grand GrandJunction GrandJunction GrandJunction Junction , and one brother , J ArmorThomson Armor ArmorODlSon ArmorThomson Thomson ODlSon of New Zealand4 Zealand -4 4 " - ' . During his 40 years of residence inMoab in inoab inMoab Moab oab , Mr Thomson was very promin promln- promln promin- promlnnt prominent prominent - - ent nt in public affairs alfairs a falrs , and took an un ae- ae ac- ac aeIve actiye ac active - - tive tiye Ive part in all protects projects prolects tending for the thedevelopment thedevelopment thedevelopment development of the country Mr . , . ' Thomson 'Thomson omson served two terms as county countycommissioner counts\ counts countscommissioner \ ' commissioner 'COmmIssioner of Grand county , being"chairman beingchairman being being"Chairman being'chairman . "Chairman Chairman 'chairman " " ' of the board part of the thelime thetime thetime lime time He also served tor for several yearsas years yearsI yearsas yearsas I as county clerk and recorder , andas and \\as as \ waspunty \ asI asunty as aspounty I pounty unty road supervisor for some timeMr time ? < . Mr . Thomson took a very active in- in interest interest in interest - terest in road building During hisservice his hiservice hisservice ervice service as a county officer , and as aprivate a aprivate aprivate private citizen , he devoted liberally olhis of ofhis ofhis his time and means to building roads roadsHe roadsHe roadsHe He took the lead in surfacing greatstretches great greatstTctches greatstretches stTctches stretches of t the h e MoabThompsonshighwaj Moab-Thompsons Moab Thompsons MoabThompsonshlghwllJ Moab-Thompsonhighway Moab Thompsonhighway - - ! hlghwllJ highwaj , then a n mere trail through the thesand theand thesanj sand sanj and dunes , with shale The piece of ofToad ofroai o'road oroad ' Toad roai , from Courthouse wash t to < > the th 'Dugway Dugway ' In Moab canyon was surfaced surfacedwith surfacedwith with shale as n a result of Mr Thomson'spersonal Thomson's Thomsons Thomson'spersonal ' jpersonal personal efforts Scores of similar similarprojects similarprojects similar similarprojects projects in Grand county were brought broughtto broughtfrto to completion comp1etion by the tho enthusiasm andenergy and andenergy and-energy and energy . - energy of at this tWs cItizenRobert citizen \ : Robert J . Thomson , as stated by theiSpea the the'Speakers thespeakers 'Speakers Speakers ' crs at his funeral services , was aman anan a man nan o of the highest Wghest h1ghes Integrity and andhonor andhonor ' honor Moreover , , he was the soul souI ofgenerosity of ofgenerosity 1 1gcner generosity gcner ity and kindness , and was ai airways al- al at- at always atways - rways ways ready t to < > extend the helping handto hand handf 1 1t f t to < ) .t0 t0 . one " 1 in " nced need In cases s of sickness5 sickncss sickness sicknessiind . and iind affliction atmctlon athiction In the community cominunjty , . he'Was hewas he hef 'Was Was ' 3 al alv.ays alvays . ays one of ot the flrst first fk-St fk St - to volunteer volunteerFtlis volunteerhis f his sen-ices sen ices scn1ces services - He was a lover of or child child- childp - . p 1 . . ren and tor for years almost single hand hand- handed handed handed - ed he conducted the children's childrens ' programsand programs programsand programsand and sports at the Fourth of July and andpjoneer andPioneer andPioneer pjoneer Pioneer day celebrations Many menand men menand menWomen and women of ot Moab , now middle aged agedremember , remember gratitudethe with affection and gratitude the many kindnesses lJndnes.scs lJndnesscs . extended extcnded to t < > them themby themby themby by this kindly man when they werechildren werechildren werechildrenIn were werechl1dren chl1dren children chl1drenIn childrenIn In the death dea.th . of or Robert J . Thomsonthe Thomson , Ithe the people of Grand county lose a asterling asterling asterling sterling friendforhe citizen and a n . kind friend friend-for friend for - forhe he was the friend of everyone . The Therecord Therecord Therecord record he achieved as a citizen will wlll bea be bea bea a alltime aUtime time monument that will endure tor for aU all - - - - - - I |