Show A versi vern bracken church leader dies monday A vern bracken member of too ele stake high council and former b shop of tooele thoele fourth ward died monday evening at the hos pital of a cerebral hemorrhage he was born in ophir october 29 1895 a son of william and cal lista lee bracken H s mother died when he was a child and his fath er died a few years later he mar ned ried edith tate june 14 1917 in the salt lake temple As a member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints he took an active interest in church work and had served in many cap until lately when ill health prevented it he had been in the st john ward bishopric for seven years and after moving from there to tooele thoele he served as sunday school teacher second counselor in the south ward bishopric and was especially active in scout work ser ving as scoutmaster t for many ye years ars he was the first bishop of the to thoele tooele oele fourth ward serving for 7 years and was called into the high council inake surviving are his widow and three sons song and daughters lee vern reid 3 floyd dean mrs helen george and norma rae bracken all of tooele thoele and mrs clarice lee of salt lake city five grandsons and one granddaughter also surviving are brothers and sis glen L bracken and stella russell st john and flora drou bay los angeles frank lee seat tie charles bracken tooele thoele and myrtle abbott midvale funeral services were held in tooele thoele first ward chapel thurs day afternoon and burial was in the city cemetery wak work is progressing on the eureka tooele thoele highway west of the eureka cemetery the road is being widened and a ter grade being built |