Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-14 | Page 9 | Gives his Life to Aid Friends

BEST SYPHESS, vocalist of Ogden, Og-den, who contracted influenza while acting as volunteer nurse, and passed away yesterday. , . I - 4 k - f 3 ; GIVES 115 LIFE TOJDFRIEiS 1 I Bert Syphers of Ogden Dies ! of Influenza After Act- 1 j ing as Nurse. ! Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Dec. 13.In the death of Bert. Syphers, a well-known vocalist of this city, at the emergency hospital this afternoon, after-noon, the city lost another of its popular popu-lar young men, who has done splendid work as a volunteer nurse during the Influenza situation In the city the past seventy days. While looking after several members of a neighbors family, Mr. Syphers contracted con-tracted the disease. He kept up his work despite the first attack, until he saw his several patients out of danger. J-lis condition con-dition then grew worse and he was rushed to the hospital yesterday, where everything every-thing possible was done for him by doctors doc-tors of the city, who realized the service that Mr. Syphers had rendered during the epidemic. ITe was born in Kansas City, Mo., in 1S88, and had been a resident of Ogden for about twenty-live years. He Is survived sur-vived by the widow, a young son and three brothers. Detective Grant Syphers of tliR city police force, Orio and Herbert Syphers. He was a member of the Eagles' lodge, which will have charge of the fu-nera.1 fu-nera.1 services. The body was removed to the Dind-quist Dind-quist chapel to be held pending the arrangements ar-rangements for the funeral.