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Show - - - J 1L . T Eleaming . learning , Grand GrandCounty GrandCounty County Leader , ; Dies Prominent Businessman Busmessman and andPublic andPublic andPublic Public Official Stricken Strickenby Strickenby Strickenby by Heart Attack Sat Sat- Saturday Saturday Saturday - urday E Evening " % ening cuing . , Moab and Grand county sustain sustain- sustained sustained sustained - ed the loss of an outstanding leader leaderSaturthy leaderSaturday Saturd'lY SaturdlY Saturthy ' evening evenmg , , when John . T TLearning TLearning Learning , 44 , manager of the . . . Moab MoabDru MoabDrug MoabDrug Dru Drug company compan and Ides theater theaterdied theaterdied theaterdied died as the result of a heart at- at attack attack at - tack attack He ha9 haa been in ill health for forseveral forseveral forseveral several sears 5 : } ears and about two t\\O t O \ weeks weeksgo weeksigo weeksago \go go igo ' \ goas \ was \\as as \ stricken with influenza influenzaaggravated influenzaaggravated influenzaaggravated aggravated by a heart ailment ailmentWhen ailmentWhen ailmentWhen When he failed to Improve he was wasremoved wasremoved wasremoved removed to the local hospital 1'or 1or for 1'ormedIcal formedical ' formedical medIcal care , but his Ius condition conditiongradually conditiongradually conditiongradually gradually greworse grew ' \ worse \\orse orse On Saturda Saturda3 Saturda3complications Saturdaycomplications compUcatIons complications set in m and he passed passecL passecLaway passed-away passed away . - away at ' 7 7 o'clock oclock ' that eveningU eemngI evening e\emng e emng eerung \ eemngThe eerungThe The death of \ Mr I\Ir I Ir Learning Leammg was a agrievous agrievous agrievous grievous blow to hundreds of offriends offriends offriends I friends throughoutUtah and associates throughout Utah and western Colorado For ForI Fornearly Fornearly Fornearly nearly 20 sears 3ears ears he had been active activein activeIn activein I in the public publlc affairs affalrs of Grand Grandcounty Grandcounty Grandcounty county He served for eight elght eightears \ears ears years ) \ ears as asma asmayor asmavor ma mayor or of Moab1oas Moab \ was \1oas 1oas the first pre- pre president presldent pre president - sident sldent of or the Moab Lions L10ns Club , and andat andat andat at the time of his death was v . as vicepresident VIce VIcepresident vicepresident countyboard president of the Grand county- county - board of education a member of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Moab city council and a a , mem mem- member mern- mern mernber member - - ber of the Grand county board of ofpubl1c ofpublic ofpublic publ1c public v w . wellhre elfnre elftxre elfnreFuneral elftxreFuneral Funeral services ' \ were ere held Tues Tues- Tuesday Tues- Tues Tuesday Tuesday - - day afternoon at the L L . . D S chapeland chapel chapeland chapeland and were under the direction of ofmembers ofmembers ofmembers members of Orient lodge No 15 15.Free 15Free . , Free and Accepted Masons , or of orWhICh ofwhich ofwhich WhICh he was a member Hundreds Hundredsof of sorrowing sorrowmg friends fnends attended the theserVIces theservices theservices serVIces , , and there was a remark remark- remarkable remarkable remarkable - able BishopW array of floral tributes Bishop W . R McConkie of Moab wardL ward warcL . of ofthe ofthe ofthe the L D S church presided at the thesE'rvices theservices theservices sE'rvices sErvices ' , , and the opening opernng number numberwas numberwas numberwas was a vocal duet "What What " a Friend FriendWe FriendWe FriendWe We Have in Jesus , , " by Miss M1ss Mlnam Miriam MlnamTaylor MiriamTaylor MinamTaylor Taylor and Miss Ruth Stout , WIth WIthMIss withMiss withMiss MIss Lorena Taylor accompanyingThe accompanyingTheinvocation accompanymg accompanying accompanymgThe accompanyingThe The ' -invocation invocation 1lwocatlon mvocation - was gn given en by the theRev theRev theRev Rev William W111iam E Parks .Parks . , pastor of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Moab Baptist church . . . The first firstspeaker firstspeaker firstspeaker speaker speakeras \ was \\as as Howard W Balsley Baisley , . a afellow afellow afellow fellow member of the board of ofeducation ofeducation ofeducation education who paid a " warm "arm arm tnbute tribute tnbuteto tributeto tributeto to the life hie lifb of the departed MrLearning Mr MrLean MrLearning Lean Learning ng , , he said was a man of oX ofrare oXrare ofrare rare abilities abllltJes , a thinker thmker , and abso- abso absolutely absolutely abso-lutely abso lutely - lutely fearless in m all things thmgs In InspIte Inspite Inspite spIte of his afflictions affhctions in recent recentyears recentyears recentyears years , he earned camed on cheerfully cheerfullygiving , . gvmg giving ! his last ounce of energy to tohIS tohis hIS family and his community commumty commumtyA communityA A vocal duet . , Nearer 'Nearer ' My God to toThee toThee toThee Thee " \ was as rendered by Mrs MIS Car- Car Carroll Carroll Car-roll Car roll - - roll J Meador and Mrs Eural Earal EuralBronson EaralBronson EuralBronson Bronson with Mrs D E Baldwin Baldwm Baldwinis Baldwm'ts is 'ts ts ' accompanist W D Hammond of ofSalt ofSalt ofSalt Salt Lake City Clty , member of the thestate thestate state 1'0 10 ro ' roid { d commission , spoke feelingly feeIpgl feel feeI- feeI fee1- fee1 fee1rngly - pgl ingly rngly ) ) of his long friendship fnendshlp WIth WIththe withthe withthe the depal depaited ted In all his Ius life Ufe he hesaid hesaid said he had never had a neighboror nelghborI nelghboror neighborI nelghbor neighbor I or friend fnend \ who ho had grown into mto Ius ins Iusheart insheart hisheart heart more than had . John JlJ"In JlJIn ) tn " Learn Learn- Learning Learning Learning - ing The true me-isunng me isunng me'1sunng me1sunng meisuring ' - stick stich . of or a aman aman amans man s life , the speaker said , is his hischIldren hischildren hischildren chIldren and Mr Learning Leanung leaves leavesa a family f'l.mlly fl.mlly flmlly frnily ' . that is a i ' \ credit and honor honorto honorto honorto to his nameBishop nameBishop name Bishop W R McConkleVas McConkie McConkle \ was \Vas Vas the theconcluding theconcluding theconcluding concluding speaker He mentIoned mentIonedthe mentionedthe mentionedthe the remarks of the former seakers speakers speakerswho speakerswho } : who ' \ ho were close neighbors nelghbors of the theLeammg theLeaining theLearning Leammg Leaining family for manv mam nians ) iears , ears earsand earsand | and s\Id s Id snc1 s ' \ id Itas it ' was \as as \ very pleasing that thatso thatso thatso so many fine things thmgs could be saidof said | of an anv } min m'ln mln mm ' by his neighbors Bish- Bish Bishop Bishop Bish Bishop - - op McConkie McConkle commented on 011 Mr MrLe"tnung's MrLeiming's MrLearning's MrLearnings Le"tnung's Letnungs Leiming's Leimings " ' ' love lo\e lo e loe \ % for childi cluldlen childien en not no notonlvhis onlv only onlvhlS onlyhis hlS his own but all children chlldren His heart heartand heartand heartand and soul were in theork the ' \ work \\ork ork of the theschools theschools theschools schools , , and his services serVlces on the theboard theboard theboard board education educahon were dictated by byhlS byhis byhis hlS his sincere S1l1cere desire deSlre to piovide plovlde those thosetlungs thosethings thosetilings tlungs things that would benefit the thechIldren thechildren thechildren thechildrenA chIldren chIldrenA A solo 'In In ' In the Garden , " was wasrendered wasrendered wasrendered rendered by Mrs Boyd Jorgensen Jorgensen.and Jorgensenand . , and the mvocaUonas invocation mvocaUon was \\as as w ' \ as given b by byBishop byBishop r , BIShop McConkie McConkle At the cemetery cemeterya a mixed quartet sang "GCl.d GCl.d GCld "Gqd Gqd " "God God " . Be BeWith BeWith BeWith With You Till We Meet Again Agam , " , " ant antthe ancthe anc ancthe ( the dedicatory dedlcator } pi pIa piaer aver ' er was offeredbv offered offeredbv offeredby bv by Bishop W D Hammond BurIal BurIalwas Burialwas Burialwas was under the direction dJrection of members membersof of the Masonic Masomc fraternityJonthan fraternityJonithan fraternity Jonathan Jon\than Jon than Jonithan ' \ Triplet Triplel Triplei Learning was wasborn wasborn wasborn born at Montrose Montros : Cob Colo , October 15 15,1892 151892 , 1892 the tl-e tl e - son of Arthur W . . Learn Learn- Learning Learning Learning - ing and Ella Dla May M'y My M ' y Triplet Triplel LearningHis Learning LearningHIs LearningHis HIs father aied cbed Uied when he was/ was wasa&oung . . / a ato as a&oung aoung t\o t o & \ s oung boy He spent his hlS earlyrUfe earlydife earlyrUfeat earlydifeat early lifeat at Montrose , Ophir Oplur and PlacervlUep Placerville PlacervlUepColo PlacervlUeColo , Colo Gob His mother married marned . Andrew Andrew-F Andrew F AndrewF - F Fell who became a real father fatherto fatherto fatherto to the boy and tohom to \ whorn \\hom hom whom \ John Jolm was wasvery wasvery wasvery very devoted all his life me While ayoung a ayoung ayoung young man , Mi Ml Learning Leamlng engaged engagedin in the livery 11\ery 11 ery liery \ business busmess at Placervllle Placerville Placervllleand Placervilleand Placervilleand and built up a very substantial substantialtranspOI substantialtransportation substantialtranspoitation transpOI transportation tnhon business busmess In the thePlacervi1leNor thePIacervlleNorwoodTeIiuride thePIacerville-Norwood-Tellunde thePIacerville Norwood Tellunde Placervi1le-Nor\\ Placervi1le Nor Placervi1leNoroodTellunde PIacervlle-Norwood-TeIiu-ride PIacervlle Norwood TeIiu ride ] - ' \ ood-Tellunde ood Tellunde - - dis- dis distnct district dis district - - trict tnct In 1918 , he sold out his Colo- Colo Cola- Cola Colorado Colaratio Colo Colorado - - rado ratio interests and moved to Moabwhere Moab Moabhere Moabwhere \\here here where \ with his brother-in-law brother in law brother-In-Iaw Iaw brotherInIawRalph brother-in-lawRalph brother in lawRalph - - , . Ralph J Pletcher Fletcher , he 116 ho purchased purchasedthe purchasedthe purchasedthe the Moab Drug company . , He man- man managed managed man managed - aged the store to tha the time of lus Ins lusdeath Insdeath hisdeath death , and SC\ SC several SCeral seera1 \ eral years ago also alsotook alsotook alsotook took . over o\er o er \ th th'e the ' management man\gemcnt man gemcnt manigement ' \ of the theIdes theIdes theIdes Ides theater . Under his h1s directionthe chrechon direction chrechonthe directionthe the theater erected , a n fine nev nevbullding nevbuilding nevbuilding bullding building at nt Moab last year . On September 21 , 1915 , at DenverMr DenverMr Denver Mr . , Learning Lcnmmg married Miss GlavdMerling GIavri GIavriMerling GIavrH Glavd\ Glavd \ Meriing Merling , and to their union unioii : ' threr- threr thre threrS0115 thrc"sons thrcsons - " ' S0115 Sons were bom born Mrs . & Learning died dfed cUed dfedat cUedat at Moab June 21 . , 1933 . Two year- year yea- yea yearago yeaago yea yeaago " ' - - ago he married Miss Margie MY Myersard Myers ; ard nl"d nld " to this union a daughter was wasContinued wasContinued wasContinued ( Continued O oi on last lasV page ) J . T . LearningContinued Learning LearningJ ( Ocntinued Ccntmued Continued trorn from first page ) ) j born now nov . eight Clght months oldHe oldHe old oldHe He is surviVed survVed { by his widow widowMrs , , three threesons threesons threesons Learning Leuuing : Mrs Margie Marglc Mycrs Myers sons Jack 20 , George , , 17 , , and andFletchel andFletcher andFietchei Fletchel Fletcher . , 13 , , his daughter , , Margery MargeryMa.Y MargeryMay MargeryMay Ma.Y MaY . , eight months old , , his step step- stepfather stepfather stepfather - and andMrs andMrs andMrs father and mother . , Mr Mrs Andrew P F . , Fell rcIl cell of Montrose Montroseone , , . Nellie FIetchel rIetchel rletcher of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab one sister Mrs Moab , , and ru his grandfather , , Jona Jona- Jonathan Jonathan Jonathan - than W Tripler TripIer , 90 , a retired bank- bank bankel banker bank-ei bank ei - el er of Monfrose Mont'rose Montrose ' ' a member 01 of 01the ofthe 01the I Mr Learning Leanl1ng was I the Masonic lodge and was a aKnight aKnight aKnight [ Knight Templar of that fraternity fraternityHe fraternityI Wood Wood- WoodI Woodmen Woodmen Woodmen - the He was v.as vas . also a member of I men of the World and had served servedas servedas I [ as local clerk of the Woodmen Woodmen'lodge Woodmenlodge Woodmenlodge lodge for over 10 years Mr Learn Learn- Learning Learning Learning - 'lodge lodge ' , ing was president of the Moab Moabtown Moabtown Moabtown town board for four terms and was wasinstrumental wasinstrumental wasinstrumental I instrumental in m securing the muni mum- mum mumclpal mumcipal municipal - cipal clpal waterworks and sewer systemthree system systemthree systemthree three years ago He was appointed appointeda a member of the county board ofeducation of ofeducation ofeducation education early last year and was wasI waselected waselected waselected elected vice president of the board boardWhen boardWhen boardWhen I When the federal relief administra administra- administration administration administration - tion was launched early in 111 1933 1933Mi , Mt Mr Learning Leaming was appointed appomted amember a aI amember amember member of the Giand Gland Grand county relief reliefcomnl1ttee reliefcommittee reliefcommittee I comnl1ttee committee , serving in that capacIty capacityto to the time of his death He was a aI acharter acharter acharter . charter member of the Moab LionsClub Lions LionsClub LionsClub I Club and served as the first presi presi- president president president - - I dent of the organization Afterserving After Afterserving Afterserving serving four terms as mayor of ofMoab ofMoab ofMoab Moab , , Mr M.r . Learning Leaming declined a afifth afifth afifth fifth term but consented to remain re- re remain re remain - main on the city council , a position positionhe positionhe he held at the time of his deathDuring deathDuring death deathDuring During his nearly 20 years ' reSl- reSl resi- resi reSlaence resiaence resi residence - dence aence at Moab J T Learning Leaming took tooka a very active part in m community af- af affairs affairs af affairs - | fairs Naturally civic minded and andplogressive andprogressive andpiogresslve plogressive progressive , heas he \ was \\as as \ a leader in inscorcs inscores inscores scorcs scores of projects tending tendmg towardthe toward towardthe towardthe the betteiment bettelment betterment of the town and andcounty andcounty andcounty county It would be impossible to torecall torecall torecall recall a single smgle public enterprise enterprisedurmg enterpriseduring enterpriseduring durmg during the past 15 years in m whichhe WhICh WhIChhe whichhe he was not a moving spirit HIS HISdeath HISdeath Hisdeath death is 15 a stunning blow to the theCOllUnumty thecommunity thecommunity thecommunityTo COllUnumty community communityTo : To the bereaved family famtly , , the theI theSIncere thesincere thesincere I SIncere sympathy of the entIre entIrecounty entirecounty entirecounty . county goes out in m full measure measureMay measureMay May the knowledge of the usefulconstructive useful usefulconstructive usefulconstructive constructive life hfe John Learning lived hved Learninglived Learninghved be an ever-present ever present - - comfort COmfOlt to tothem tothem tothem them Caid Cald Card of Thanks ThanksI ThanksOui I Om Our deep appreciation ThanksI is ex- ex exL extended ex extended - - I L tended to the many friends fnends whose whosekindly ; , kmdly kindly sympathy and assistancevv assIstance assistancewere vv \ ere so freely ! , extended to us during dur- dur during dur during - ing our bereavement We gratefully gratefullyacknowledge gratefullyacknowledge gratefullyacknowledge |