Show joseph erich E rich funeral held wednesday son of colonizer of bear lake section of idaho and early pioneer of ashley valley buried at vernal cemetery operated coal mine in ashley valley for nearly half century impressive Impress he funeral rites were held at the vernal venial first feard aad cha chapel pei wednesday tor for joseph E rich 65 who succumbed monday afternoon following an illness of more thin than it a sear the casket was bedded in wreaths of beautiful floral offerings bishop pontha calder conducted 1 abide with me ale was the opening selection by a double mixed quartet bartet by mrs mra mable stare stagg stake clerk charles hardy tae rave the opening braer I 1 conia come unto jesus was the second selection bv the quartet consisting const of mrs mae alae calder mrs M mac jorgensen g e men helen calder meda med a walker harold E da davis via llod winn carl 0 davis and win B wallis onest ernest eaton and driver E smith ea e the speakers they told of ahli unselfish work mork in the community as ag a pioneer of his father chas 0 rich one of the first settlers of utah and a colonizer of the bear lake country in idaho they referred to the responsibility of the present prent generation to carry on the traditions of their ances tors sometime somewhere was wa sung by a ladles ladies quartet and the concluding selection A as I 1 though deepening trials by the mixed quartet the benediction was trounced proun ced by B shop calder interment was in the vernal ernal cemetery where the pie grave was mas by warren richardson chardson Rt the pall bearers eie ch u les clyde boien sam and alvn alva hatch and reed rich joseph edwin rich son ot of chas coulson and jane susanna stork rich was 4 as born february 13 1870 at a fr paris idaho ire married louisa pool hatch daughter of alvah alexander exa rider and mary elizabeth nelson hatch both of vernal venial early pioneers march 1 7 1889 at vernal surviving aro ara three brothers and three sisters john rich boise ida charles rich vernal arthur rich price mrs clara johnson L long 19 9 beach mrs libby sabey san francisco mrs george young gusher three daughters end and three sons mrs mark coo cook k Snig aUvIlle callif alva rh long B beach ch john rich R ch los angeles ang eles mrs ALs AL s mars mar pope moab reed need and mont rich and mrs mary freeman vernal mr rich has blen bien a prominent ocial coal miner in vernal for nearly half a century the mine line rr lie he operated tor for so many icara ears Is now owned by IL 11 his father was called CS ailed to colonize cOl tho th bear lake section tn in southeastern idaho in the early days under the direction of president brigham young these pioneers plo iwers went ent to this section bec tim and built up one of 01 the finest agricula agricultural ural areas in the west WWII reunions ons of the family mv are held each year on A the of bear lake attended by hundreds reds of cecen dant |