Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-09-16 | Page 3 | Pioneer of Willard Dies

PiONEER OF WilLARD DIES lomer Omer Call Progressive Citizen Suc Sac Succumbs After long Illness Funeral to Be Held This Morning Special Sp cial to The Willard Sept pt 13 Oner Call one of the early pioneers of Willard died this morn morning morning I ing lag at after a lingering illness of six i months When h n Mr tr Call cams came to Willard Villard Willarda I Ia a over fifty years ago there therl were ere I Ionly only four tour families s here her and the place was WIUS wasa a land of sage sae brush and Indians Omer and his twin brother Homer were born in Ohio in 1831 1834 and came cam to Utah LUah when young men They formed a partnership and built the first flour mill In Willard that was located d In northern Utah and one of the first la Ia the state Mr Ir Call has been identified with the ad advancement and progress of Willard Villard in inmany Inmany Inmany many ways both In Industrial and re religious religious movements For many man years the two brothers brothen claimed the distinction of being bt the oldest twins in the Mormon Jormon church Homer died just one year ago and since then Omer has been failing His Ills wife died six months ago and since then it has hall only been a matter of time until he would succumb to the dread disease which was attacking his vitality cancer of f the tom atom stomach ach Mr Ir Call leaves lenes a family of fourteen children all but two of whom are mar married married ried vied They are Omle Omie Syril George Al Albert Albert Albert bert and Aggie Cordon and antl Lydia all of Rigby Idaho Elihu Ellhu of Salt Lake attorney hey ney J D and Benjamin C of Bingham Elisa Eliga Jensen of Geneva Vasco of Brig Brigham Brigham ham Esther Esthe of Provo and Margaret of Willard Villard I