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Show A. W. FINLEY SERVICES HELD Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed in the Fourth ward chapel Wednesday afternoon, for Almon W. Finley, 85. Black Hawk Indian In-dian war veteran and pioneer resident of this city, who died Sunday afternoon at his home of ailments incident to his age. Burial was In the City cemetery. ceme-tery. He was torn in Council Bluffs, Iowa, February 4, 1853. At the age of four years, he came to Utah with his widowed mother, who was a convert to the L.D.S. church. He was a son of David and Margaret Ford Finley. His father died in Iowa. Mr. Finley has done much toward to-ward the building of this community com-munity and has witnessed its progress from a few log cabin homes and a one-room school-house, school-house, to the present day. He was among the most successful farmers in this vicinity, retiring from work only a few years ago. H married Mary J. Chase Finley, Fin-ley, December 22, 1876, in Springville. Spring-ville. The couple observed their sixty-first wedding anniversary recently as one of the oldest married mar-ried couples in this city. Surviving, besides the widow, are eight sons and daughters, Mrs. Rena Roylance. Mrs. Lydia Palfreyman, Mrs. Eva Hansen, Mrs. Minnie Groesbeck, Mae, Bess and Arthur Finley. Spring-ville; John Finley, Olympia, Wash; 17 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; grand-children; a half sister, Mrs. T. T. Wilkerson, Salt Lake City. |