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Show Services Today . . . I j " v i Joseph Carnesccca, Sr. Funeral Services Today for ! Joseph Carnesecca Services for Joseph Carnesecca, Sr. 77, prominent Mapleton citizen I and farmer, who died Sunday of a j heart ailment at his home, will be held today at 11 a,m. in St. Francis Fran-cis Church, 172 No. 5th W. Provo. Holy Rosary was recited at Claudin Funeral Home Wednesday j. evening and mass celebrated today to-day at 11 a.m., at the Catholic Church. He was born June 2, 1879, a son of John and Secari Veti Carnesec-i Carnesec-i ca, in Marseille, Corsica. As a young man Mr. Carnesecca served in the Italian army and was stationed sta-tioned in China during the Boxer Rebellion. He married Clementina Mori in Filatierra, Italy, in 1902. , They came to America in 1903 ! and made their home in Sunny-side, Sunny-side, Carbon County. After four years they bought a farm in Mapleton Map-leton and had resided there for j the past 41 years. Mr. Carnesecca was a success-; success-; ful fruit grower and a leading citizen. citi-zen. He helped to organize the : Mapleton Fruitgrower Association i in which he served later as presi- dent for more than 20 years. He was a member of the State Horticulture Horti-culture Society and of the State ach Control Board for many years. He was active in the Catholic uiurch and civic affairs. He was a member of the Springville Cham-er Cham-er of Commerce and at the time w nis death was a third degree member of the Knights of Colum-s Colum-s of the St. Francis . Parish in Mr and Mrs. Carnesecca re- frimV Special PaPal blessing EES Pius Xn' when they Sh ed. heir 50th weddinS anniversary an-niversary Nov. 23, 1952 bumving in addition to his wife, te p65- Sons and tnree daughters, daugh-ters, Egidio (Jim), Frank and Joe ' Laesecca of Mapleton; Mrs. (Continued on page 2) Funeral Today for Joseph Carnesecca (Continued from page 1) Clarence (Delia) Smith and Mrs. Louis (Lena) DeRose, both of Springville, and Mrs. Herbert (Helen) Towers, Murray; 32 grandchildren and 1 three great grandchildren. |