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Show Funeral Services Held Sunday For Ra!ph B. Weight Many relatives and friends assembled as-sembled at the stake house Sunday Sun-day afternoon to pay final tribute to the life of Ralph Brough i - ' Ralph B. Weight Weight, 69, well known musician and church worker of this city, who died unexpectedly of a heart ailment Friday morning at his home, Fourth South and Weight Ave. Bishop Bert Strong of the Sixth ward was in charge of the services. serv-ices. Burial was in the city cemetery, ceme-tery, directed by A. Y. Wheeler and Son Mortuary. Mr. Weig-ht had been convalescing convales-cing from a major operation which he underwent last February Febru-ary and had not been feeling well, although he was able to be about and attend certain functions. He (Continued on page ten) Funera! Held Sunday For Ralph B. Weight (Continued from page One) was awakened with severe chest pains at about 4 a. m., and died at 5:45 a. m. Bom in Springvile March 25, 1882, he was a son of early pioneers, pio-neers, Frederick and Elizabeth Bobock Weight. He spent his early life farming and ranching, and attended school-? in Springville Spring-ville and the B. Y. Academy. The musical training which he received from his father had a marked influence on his life, and from early manhood he has directed di-rected choirs and other music organizations, or-ganizations, taught music and played various musical instruments. instru-ments. His services as a musician have been in demand for many years, and with Wm. Parry, Mrs. Mary Bird and others, he furnished novelty numbers at a majority of entertainments in Springville, as well as many in the county and state. He received his education in the Springville schools and attended the Brigham Young Academy at Provo. Throughout his life he has been active in LDS church work, serving serv-ing in the various auxiliary organizations. organ-izations. Just two weeks before his death he resigned as director of the Sixth ward choir, because of ill health. He was a teacher in the Priesthood, a ward teacher and a member of the High Priest quorum at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Black Hawk committee. He married Minerva Bryan, December De-cember 19, 1906, in the Manti LDS temple. Survivors include his widow and six sons and daughters: Mrs. Arthur (Wilda) Oakley of Springville; Spring-ville; Orman R., Wilford A. and Vaun K. Weight, all of Salt Lake City; Newell B. Weight, BYU music mu-sic professor, Provo; Mrs. Darwin (Gladys) Robins of Santaquin; 26 grandchildren, two great grandchildren; grand-children; also two brothers, George A. Weight of Springville and Claude S. Weight of Provo. |