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Show PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO ANTON PEDERSEN Large Attendance, and Eloquent Tributes Trib-utes of Speakers Characterise Funeral, Eloquent and significant of the esteem and love In which he was hold by those who knew him was tho attendance yesterday at the funeral of Anton Pedersen, Peder-sen, musician, band leader, orchestra conductor, con-ductor, composer and teacher of renown, re-nown, whose dentil last Sunday afternoon shocked thousands. Eloquent were the tributes paid ly those wlio spoke of his life and work, but the mourning throng that filled the assembly hall spoke even more truly the loss to the city and sLute. Both gallery and the main floor wero filled when the services opened a.t -o'clock under the direction of Anton IT. Lund of the first presidency of tho Mormon Mor-mon church and long a friend of the decedent. de-cedent. Prior to thlB hour from 11 until 1 o'clock, hundreds called at the residence resi-dence for a Inst look upon the face of their beloved friend and teacher. While the people were filing into the hall, the Salt Lake Sj-mphonv orchestra softly played a Tsohalkowsky andante, and then the tabernacle oholr with Professor Pro-fessor McCIcllan at the organ sang "Nearer. My God, to Thee." W. N. Williams Wil-liams offered the prayer and the orchestra orches-tra played Grelg's "Asac's Death." Elmer I. Goshen. B. IT. Roberts and J. B, Miller, music editor of Tho Tribune, all spoke briefly and feelingly in tribute to the man they knew and loved, dwelling not only upon his groat work In the cltv and state, but upon his high character as a. man and citizen who commanded the esteem of all. Professor A. C. Lund and Margaret Tout Browning sang solos and the choir gave '"Rest, Rest, for the Weary Soul," Horace S. Ensign offered tho benediction ben-ediction and the choir and orchestra united unit-ed In the rendition of "Handel's "Largo" at the close of the services. A band of 100 pieces headed the cortege cor-tege to the City cemetery. In tho procession, pro-cession, also, wero the All Hallows college col-lege band and cadets, a large delegation delega-tion of the Knights of Pythias and the Norwegian Choral society. The Knights of Pythias, of which Prof. Pedersen was an honored member, conducted con-ducted the ritualistic service at the grave, tlie .Norwegian unorai society ana a. selected string quartetto furnished selections se-lections and the grave was dedicated by Hagbart Anderson of Ogden. The honorary pallbearers, who are members of the Cambrian socloty, were Arthur L. Thomas. T. F. Thomas. John James, Harry F. ISvans, William N. Williams Wil-liams and D. L. Davis. Musician friends of tho dead artist who bore the casket from the hall to the hearse and again to the grave were Evan Stephens, Squlro Coop, A. C Lund. W. H. Alexander, Milton Slngrcy, John T. Hand, II. S. Ensign and John J. McCIcllan. |
