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Show Blcinding Man Dies in Auto Wreck Joseph LeRoy Nielson, 67 a Blanding man died Nov. 20, in Shiprock, New Mexico of injuries suffered in an automobile au-tomobile accident. ' Mr. Nielson was born July 9, 19D2 in Bluff to Francis and Leona Jane Walton Nielson. Niel-son. On Sept. 7, 1927 he married mar-ried Marian Gardner in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. A stockman, Mr. Nielson wais also a member of the Cattlemen's Association, the BLM Advisory Board and the Forest Advisory Board. He was also superintendent of the LDS Stake in Blanding Bland-ing and superintendent of his -Ward Sunday School. Mr. Nielson. is survived' by his wife, sons and daugh-. daugh-. ters: John H. Salt , Lake City; Robert J., Provo; Francis Fran-cis J., Salt Lake City; Prej-ton Prej-ton G., Blanding; Mrs. William Wil-liam T. (Rhoda Jane) Ash- . ley, San Antonio, Texas;1-; Mrs. John L. (Barbara) Bal- lif, Thousand . Oaks, Calif.; Mrs. Donald K. (Virginia) Black, Salt Lake City; and 20 grandchildren. Burial was Monday, Nov. 24, at the LDS Blanding Chapel Cha-pel under the direction of the San Juan Mortuary with burial in Blanding. |