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Show SERVICES TODAY AT 2 P.M., FOR . S.-SGT. S. B. STARR Friends May Call At Family Home Before Services; Burial In Evergreen Cemetery Graveside services with military honors, under direction of the local veterans, will be conducted for SSgt. Stewart B. Starr, 40, at 2 p.m., today, Thursday at the Evergreen cemetery. Bishop Leo Crandall of the Eighth ward, will officiate. Friends may call at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jennie J3. Starr, 314 South First West street, In tribute to S Sgt. Stewart B. Starr, who lost his life in World War II, all business houses of Springville will be closed from 1 p.m., to 3 p.m., today, so that all may attend the graveside services at 2 p.m. at the Evergreen cemetery. I before the services. Burial will be under direction of Claudin Funeral home. The body of SSgt. Starr, who ivas killed in action at Hollandia, New Guinea, in September 1944, arrived in Springville on Wednesday. Wednes-day. He was born in this city, October 31, 1903, a son of Alfred L. and Jennie Burraston Starr. He was graduated from the Springville (Continued on Page 6) Services Today For SSgt. Starr (Continued from Page 3, high school and received his E degree from the Utah State a. cultural College. In August i9 he went into the service and 1 I for overseas duty in July 194, 1 the time of his enlistment he employed by the Equipment Co. of Los AngJ Calif., as shop foreman in service, he continued in mechanic' work with the ground air for working on Billie Mitchell wj ers. 1 SSgt. Starr was a member f ; the Church of Jesus Christ j Latter-Day Saints and was J filiated with various organization! 1 in the church and of college I He is survived by his rnotw ,and the following brothers ard sisters, Mrs. Grace Clvde Mil I waukee, Wis., Mrs. Edna Thorpe ; Mrs. Eva Loveridge and A. LeRov Starr, . SpringviUe; Courtland'p I Starr, Salt Lake City; Warren ; Starr, Pullman, Wash. |