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Show TRUE MAN WITH A GREAT HEART Such Was the Estimate of Dennis Eichnor, Expressed by Prionds at Funeral. , w , "A true, genuine man, with a great heart." Such was tho estimate of Dennis Clay Elchnor, lato District Attorney and be-loed be-loed citizen, as communicated to tho Rev. Benjamin Young through tho medium medi-um of a letter of Introduction written by a college classmate of the man whose untimely un-timely death all Salt Lake mourns, and the words wero tnado the keynote of the tloquent tribute paid by the pastor at the funeral services hold vestordav afternoon after-noon in the First Methodist church. That the friend's Estimate of the dead man was correct, the pastor said, was proven by the success with which Mr. Elchnor had met in politics and In his profession, by the esteem In which ho was held In the comimmltv, as evidenced by tho demonstration at the final obsequies, and, host proof of all. by the fact that he was a homo man a man who held above all else In tills world the happiness of his own family. This trait, the speaker speak-er held, was the controlling one of tho grand character so much admired tho one which largely accounted for other characteristics which endeared him to those with whom he came In contact in every walk of life. The man who loves home is likely to be true to every trust, as was Dennis Elrhnor; ho must be a man of high Ideals and one who will per-form per-form great deeds and honest servlco in striving to live up to those ideals. The pastor spoke feelingly of tho loss sustained by the family and the community com-munity In tho death of Dennis Elehnor, drawing from the elreumstanco of tho apparently ap-parently unfinished life of ono whose loss Is so keenly felt, whose living was of so much value to others, a striking lesson in support of the doctrine of Immortality the only rational explanation of seeming Incongruities In this life "being that there Ls an Infinite Mind which shapes all thlnga for tho Until cood of all. Sorrowing friends tilled the large audi-toriiim audi-toriiim of tho First M. Kv church to overflowing over-flowing to tender their last tribute of love to the deceased and of sympathy to the bereaved family. "No other man in the city had so many frlelnds as Dcnnla Elchnor." has been a common remark since his sudden death last Friday, and the trutli of tho statemont was attested by the air of universal mourning which characterized his funeral. The service was slmplo and impressive, the only outward out-ward dlsphiv. aside from the great outpouring out-pouring of people and the expressions of grief which they could not hide, having been in the wealth of floral offerings, brought by loving friends, which covcrod both casket and chancel. "Asleep In Jesus" and "Lead Thou Mo on" wore sung by a quartette consisting of Messrs. Graham. Evans, Davis and Copley, and an appropriate solo was beautifully beau-tifully rendered by Mrs. Peters. The Utah Bar association and the Young men's Republican club attended tho funoral in a body. Business and professional men generally were there in large numbers. The pall-bearers were Judgo Charles W. Morse, Judge S. W Stewart, County Attorney At-torney George Weslervclt. D. N. Straup, A L." Hoppaugh and J. L". Eldredge. Jr. The body laid In state at the homo from 12 to 1-30, giving many friends tho last opportunity op-portunity to look upon the features of the one who had passed beyond. The Interment In-terment was in the family plot in Mt. Olivet cemetery. |