Springville Herald | 1948-05-20 | Page 1 | Services to be Wednesday for Lt. Gene E. Bird

SERVICES TO BE WEDNESDAY FOR LT. GENE E. BIRD One of First To Lose Life in War If; Funeral 2 P. M. in First Ward Memorial services for Lt. Gene e) Bird, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Emmett Bird, who was killed in the Indo-China theater of war, November 29, 1943, will be conducted con-ducted next Wednesday, May 26, X A k & . - ' , t X . ..;,'-.,..- - , MX - - v'- 'V ' J I ft H , I . ' j I , . , X J LT. GENE E.. BIRD at 2 p. m., in the First ward chapel, under . direction of the ward bishopric. Friends may call at the home of the parents, 668 South Fourth East street, on Wednesday, before the services. Military rites will be conducted at the Evergreen cemetery, ceme-tery, where interment will take (Continued on Page Two) Memorial Services For Lt. Bird (Continued from Page 1) place, under direction of A. Y. Wheeler and Son mortuary. The body will arrive in Springville Spring-ville on Monday, May 24, accompanied accom-panied by Lt. Floyd E. Stone. Lt. Bird was born in Springville Spring-ville July 31, 1921, and upon graduating grad-uating from the Springville high school, entered the Brigham Young university. While in college col-lege he received his C. A. A. pilot's license. He joined the local unit of the National Guard and left with that unit for training at San Luis Obispo, Calif., in March, 1941. The following year he joined the air corps and subsequently received re-ceived training at Santa Ana, Hermit and Bakersfield, Calif. In February he was commissioned commis-sioned a second lieutenant and received re-ceived his pilot's wings at Douglas, Doug-las, Ariz. He later received advanced ad-vanced training at Alpena, Mich.; Denver, Colo.; Salt Lake 1 City, Utah; Reno, Nev., and then at Miami, Fla. Pie was pilot on the largest type of cargo plane. He left for overseas duty in October, 19-13. Lt. Bird married Ila Nan Clyde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Clyde, on May 7, 19-13, in the Salt Lake temple. , He is survived by his parents and two siste'rs, Mrs. Rena B. Caine, Clearfield, and Mrs. Ina B. Reynolds, Springville.