Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-05 | Page 11 | Many Mourn Death of James W. Smith

II MOM DEATH OF J1ES W. SMITH Funeral of Well-known Traveling Trav-eling Salesman Held at Family Residence. Funeral services wero held yestorday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock for James W. Smith, father of Mrs. A. J. Gorham, 715 Second avenue. Tho services were conducted from tho Gorham residence, tho Bov. Elmer I. Goshen preaching tho funeral sermon. Mrs. A, S. Peters sang "Ono Sweetly Solemn Thought." Tho pallbearers wore John Dunn, George Silks, Walter Dayton, Gould B. Blake-ley, Blake-ley, J. O. "SYectcra and II. E. Zcrbe. In-torment In-torment was in Mt. Olivet cemotory. Mr. Smith was a traveling salesman and was returning to Salt Lako after a successful trip to San Francisco. Ho mado a stop in Ely, Nov., tho latter pnrfc of Soptomber and prepared to leave for Salt Lake early last Wednesday Wednes-day morning. A fellow traveler and he 6pont Tuesday evening talking and Mr. bmith retired early, leaving a. call. The following morning, whon ho did not respond to tho summons, his room was opened and ho was found unconscious uncon-scious from a stroke of paralysis. Ho llngorod for twelvo hours before dying in tho Ely hospital. A. J. Gorham went to Ely and brought the body to Salt Lako. Mr. Smith is survived by his wifo and daughter in this city and by his mother, a brother nnd threo sisters, living in tho east. An eloquont eulogy was paid the decedent de-cedent by the Ecv. Elmer I. Goshen, lie spoko of the kindly spirit and gentle, gen-tle, honest character of Mr. Smith. Ho praised his record as an old soldier and in tho appreciation praised the devotion devo-tion of Mr. Smith toward his lodge, tho Elks, and his faithfulness to the oroth-ers oroth-ers of the order.