Show del W colton colt 0 11 PO employee buried mon M on death 0 on n friday follows stroke suffered two I 1 weeks previous was very industrious A amcy memi j I 1 her ber of odd fellows lodge e adelbert Adelber fc woodville colton 52 died I 1 r day night february 1 at 11 0 clock about two weeks ago shortly after ilsung in the morning he was aas stricken with ahat appear ed at first to be a paralytic stroke I 1 sickness but which terminated in sleeping I 1 the funeral the firt to be held in the auditorium of the new vernal first ward chapel was vas con duckee monday afternoon under the joint auspices of bishop pon chrt calder and the odd fellows lodge of atch N the deceased was waa a the music b dutifully ed was furnished furnish Fd by a mix ed double quartet from the ward and also included vocal solos by mrs mr t mae jorgensen and geoage 0 davis with mrs elva davis as accompanist consoling remarks by s a inlaw in law william B erickson Erl ckon president 11 B calder and reverend I 1 george guild made the floral offerings off feie profuse intel ment as at the rock point cemetery where the odd fellows at the graveside graves de pall bearers m were ere wilson murray edwin oaks phil lynn ashton willis willia L johnson and vein deceased was the son of Adel adelbert and mary wilson colton and was born in provo september 3 1881 lie ile came to vernal with his parents 1 when thi ee years of age and has resided in ashley valley since that time lie ile spent his boyhood days in maeser where chere he be attended athe the public school and later the uintah academy in these institutions lie he was nm especially fond and excelled in mathematics on june 5 1900 he married miss irria irna young daughter of mr and mis aris E F i young sr br early in life he acquired a liking for good stock eap e bially horses and has been engaged in that pursuit and farming since from 1913 to 1917 he was operator at the power plant cf the vernal mill and alid light company in 1924 he became superintendent of the vernal federal building and grounds which position he held at the time of his death in all his m work ork he was noted tor for being conscientious an 1 painstaking surviving him are hs his aged parents adelbert and mary wilson colton one brother george colton his widow irrel arnu colton of vernal the following children milas Y colton of Nl murray urray utah calista calesta colton of salt lake city mrs lotus C lisher fisher of duchesne ferre Y colton of vernal also wo grandchildren three children preceded him in death |