Vernal Express | 1957-09-19 | Page 1 | Funeral Services Honor Bill Mantle, Pioneer Resident of Ashley Valley Section

F funeral un f 1 ril services honor bill mantle pioneer resident of ashly valley i 41 1 I 1 lit to N hill MANTLE J 61 6 1 0 konoji aily 1 1 0 O funeral services for william abill bill mantle 79 an early rest resi dent at 0 vernal were conducted M monday 0 da at t 2 p pm m in vernal mortuary ty by 3 harvey madsen of vernal ard 3rd ward bishopric mr mantle died at the J wilford bastian residence thursday at a 8 39 p m of causes incident to age lie ile had been ill in a stilt lake hospital for a month and three weeks ago had returned to vernal mr mantle was born in wasatch county march 23 1673 1873 ile he came to vernal shortly before christmas christinas 1881 mr man ties father was born in 1830 1836 in yorkshire england and came to america as an a co convert rivert to the church the vernal pioneer was the youngest of five brothers and a sister two pi 91 the brothers bud the slater sister married wt but dill bill miner and steve moved to the dig big horn country to lh 1805 1905 to operate a cattle abid horse ranch in n 1914 wag waa reunited in vernal where they established a acre ranch j near continued on page 0 6 bilt mantle 10 continued fron frons s page 1 ashley ashbey creek creek in 1113 BUI fir became I 1 the last blatt survivor of his family with ther the death of his hi brother so he sold the ranch and retired after a lifetime as a cattle rancler rancher A 11 I 1 mr mantle enjoyed hunting fishing and gardening during h his s later years I 1 opening song bong at the mortuary was ung sung by a mixed quartet in eluding joyce roberte robert alice woolley verlin gardiner and dwayne case accompanied by lucille calder the selection was 1 I need thee every hoi invocation was offered by Wilford BastIan A vocal solo face to facea face was wad ung sung by may jorgensen Jorgens eylo accompanied by ma ala ble stagg the speaker was archie johnson who told of mr mantles early life closing song by the quartet was nearer my god to thee benediction was offered by al vin dowden bowden the grave in vernal memorial park was dedIca dedicated tied by A theodore johnson pallbearers Pall bearers were martin fletcher wilford bastian Dast lan darrell johnstun W H R mantle N X J mantle and nora smith