Show 08 F. F W. W MEAKIN FALLS TO DEATH c c f Accident t at Home Clauses CauseS Ca u s e. e D Death e a t h. h of d v Well Known Dentist Skull fracture Suffered in I Drop to Floor Proves Fatal Fata UNCONSCIOUS TO THE END Funeral Arrangements Pend Arrival of Son Dr Fred Tred v. W. Meakin n pr president of ot the Western estern Dental Supply company company company com com- pany and prominent Salt Lake dentist den den- died In St. St Marks Mark's hospital a at al 8 a. a m. m Monday of or a a. fractured skull L he suffered Sunday afternoon In a fall from a J ladder in the garage athis at athis athis his home 1111 HB Sigsbee avenue He was 52 years ears old Dr Meakin staggered Into his residence after the fall and almost immediately lapsed into ness Mrs Meakin summoned Dr Harry B. B Felts Fells a lifelong friend of the dentist and the injured man Irian was taken taleen to a hospital where he died without regal regaining ing conscious conscious- ness BORN HERE Born in Salt SnIt Lake June 29 1878 a son of ot the late John Phillip Meakin Meakin Meakin Mea Mea- kin noted lecturer author and humorIst humorist humorist hu hu- hu- hu and Frances Meakin he received received re re- re- re his early education i in the public schools here and then attended attended at at- tended the University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania from which he was graduated in 1903 Returning to to Salt Lake In the winter of that year he began Dr Meakin later organized the Vest Western rn Dental Supply company com company corn com pany with Dr Hyrum and H. H O. O Sanford He was president of the he firm at the time of hl hi his death Dr Meakin also engaged in private practice with offices in the Judge Building Dr Meakin was well known In athletic and fraternal circles in Salt Lake Before he ho entered college Inthe in inthe the he east he gained wide fame as a bicycle rider first as an amateur and later as a professional He Her r raced ced on numerous occasions on the saucer track at the old Salt Palace now the site of McCulloughs McCullough's arena DEGREE MASON Dr Meakin was wasa a a thirty-second thirty degree Mason a member of Argenta lodge odge No 3 F. F A. A M. M Scottish Rite Masons and El EI Kalah temple Nobles of ot the Mystic Shrine He was senior warden p pf of Argenta lodge and was to have been elected master master master mas mas- ter at the first meeting December 1 He was a director and charter member of the local Kiwanis club a n member of oC Delta Sigma Delta f fraternity fraternity fra- fra ra- ra past president of the Utah State Dental association member of he the Bonneville club member of the Salt Lake Country club and other or organizations He is survived by his widow Naomi Bunker Meakin a daughter Lois is Wolcott Volcott Meakin both of ot Salt lake and a son Jack Bunker MeakIn Meakin Mea- Mea kIn employed b by the National Broadcasting company In San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco three brothers Hardy Meakin of or orVa Va Washington D. D C. C Warren Hall HaJJ Meakin of Santa Monica Cal Cat and Charles W. W Me Meakin kin of Hollywood Ca Cal v The body Is at the Evans Early mortuary where funeral arrange arrangements arrangements ar ar- ar- ar range are pending the arrival of the son from San Francisco Francisc I th L I I Pea Dead D ea d f c fl x S e A s rA c t DR FRED w. w MEAKIN Western V e ter Head Jea |