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Show All Springville Mourns Loss of Pioneer Whose Funeral Took Place Thursday i ': : . . ',; ' , w !,'. ' ' ' A ' " ' . I s . . ' -J1 I- X .. i: - " ; ."I C ' : - "' ' ' '. ' ' - ' ' '" H X''X' '' . - '" ' ';:'';'' ''.'. i-t-r . . ' ' --, . 'i ' . r ... : v;;j .p.;' , : S ' . ' ' ' "''".' $ ' r ' ' '., . r' ' ,'r .: tit: . ,.-" . . . -'y-m . . , v.. "''.!! !..; ... .',..,.,.. 'v. v y". : J i ? f f i t- if i T Uh4i : 1 r kril i, ft n, - ' v-. " 4 1 ih-,.( ; ; t f j-. , f. y UKn;'f H f t r t i , ) k. , i S . .. TtrmrAw t. "uvrvtr.vTUT t. Friends and relatives from all parts of Utah Thursday paid glowing glow-ing tribute to the life and work of Thomas L. Mendenbail, Utah pio- neer of 1852, veteran of Indian wars, and beloved citizen, who died at his home in this city Tuesday following a month's illness. The funeral services were held in the Springville Fourth ward chapel with Bishop Hilton Robertson presiding. The services were opened by the Kiwanis quartet singing, "The Lord is My Shepherd." 1 The invocation was by Frank Bringhurst, of the War veterans who were present, all of whom were old friends of Mr. Mendenbail. 1 cello solo, "The End of a Perfect Per-fect Day," was then played by Cbauneey Childs. Declaring that his ifriend was born in a Quaker community and that be had cherished tbe high ideals received in his early life. Patriarch Pa-triarch O) B. Huntington, held his departed friend up as an exemplary man. lie declares that in his passing pass-ing he leaves many pleasant memories. mem-ories. i L. E. Eggertsen of Provo, dwelt on the beautiful relationship that existed in the Merutennall family, which he attributed to Mr. Menden-haU's Menden-haU's faith in Goei and his desire to live an exemplary life. The closing song was by the Kiwanis Ki-wanis quartet. The benediction was by II. . T. Iieynolds. Interment was in the city cemetery. ceme-tery. Mr. Mendonhall was born at Wilmington. Wil-mington. Del., October 29, 1S41, the son of William and Sarah Lovell Mendonhall. In IS-lti he moved with his parents to Nauvoo, 1:1., and came to Utah in 1852, settling in Springville, where he had since made his home. He made a trip with ox teams to the Missouri river for immigrants in 182. . In - the early sixties he freighted merchandise from California Cali-fornia for Walker' Bros, company of Salt Lake Cityl He was a soldier in the Black Hawk Indian war during dur-ing the summer of 18GG. He had railroad construction contracts on the North Platte, Wyoming, at Well:; Xev., in 18(18, and was working work-ing at Promontory poiut when the first transcontinental line was completed. com-pleted. He followed contracting for more than forty years after that time, building railroads in practically practic-ally all of the intonnountain states. He was one of the original founders found-ers of the Deal Brothers & Menden-hall Menden-hall Mercantile institution founded in 1888. With his five sons he founded the Mendenbail bank in Spriugville in. 1908, and had been the president until his death. He was a member of. the, Springville city council iu 1871 and again in 1S91. ' , He is survived by five sons and I two daughters: Seymour L., Guy V., John F, and Burm M. Mendenbail, Menden-bail, of Salt Lake; Mrs. E. T. Oakes of Nnpa, Cal., and Miss Orlien Meu-denhalL, Meu-denhalL, of Springville; also one sister, Mrs. W. -K. Johnson, ol Springville. - Kolob stake 'presidency. As a second musical number Inez Wheeler and Helen Palfreyman sang a duet. Bishop itohertson then read a biographical sketch of the life of Mr. Mendenbail. The first speaker was President G. R. Mnycock. He referred to the hardships of the early pioneers among whom, he said, Mr. Mendenbail Menden-bail was a. leader. He touched on the work of his departed friend and declared that he had always been willing to do bis part in building a community. This willingness, the speaker declared, was reflected in the lives of Mr. Mendenhall's sons and daughters. President Haycock paid glow'ing tribute to the Indian |