Show j t t Career Ends t 11 ir 1 ip 4 f H y JAMES H H. BROWN BRO Masons to Conduct Funeral Funera Rites for Head of Laundry Laundry Laun Laun- dry Firm Funeral services will be held Wednesday a at 4 p. p m m. in the Masonic Masonic Masonic Ma Ma- sonic temple for James H H. Brown 76 president and treasurer of the Brown Terry Woodruff company company company com com- pany owners of the Troy laundry who died in a local hospital Sunday at 3 a a. a m. m after an operation for can can- Mr Brown was widely known in Salt Lake both as a business man and clubman m He made his home at nt 1686 East Thirty-ninth Thirty South street Born in Adrian AdrJan Mich September 5 1855 a son of William Curtis and Elizabeth Bucher Brown his rise inthe in inthe inthe the business world was rapid As the eldest of six children he began his business career as an m in ina a store in Corning N N. Y and subsequently subsequently sub sub- moved to Newark N. N J. J where he became affiliated with the Newark News company compan and he later was transferred to an a associated concern concern concern con con- cern the Western News company CAME OUT WEST After six months the west beckoned beckoned beck beck- and he resigned his position In Newark to accept one in Echo Utah Here he became a clerk in one of the general stores operated in Utah and Wyoming by the Beckwith Commercial Commer Commer- cial company He later was svgs transferred transferred transferred trans trans- to the store at Rock Springs Wyo as a bookkeeper In Wyoming he was elected to thelast thelast the thelast last territorial legislature Mr Brown was married to Miss Leoline Woodmansee daughter of Joseph and Lavinia Woodmansee of Salt Lake pioneer residents of Utah on October 24 1883 Mrs Brown died in 1916 In 1890 Mr Brown and his family moved to Salt Lake and in January of that year he and his associates purchased purchased pur pur- chased the Troy laundry with which he had since been associated Fraternal and club work worl also won Mr Brown many friends He was a past grand master of the grand rand lodge of Utah Free and Accepted Masons and a past master of ML Mt Moriah lod lodge e No 2 F. F A. A M. M Salt SnIt Lake DEGREE MASON He was a thirty-third thirty degree Scottish Scottish Scot Scot- tish Rite Mason and a past grand commander of the Utah grand com- com mandery He held membership in the Utah chapter No 1 1 Royal Arch Masons and the Utah commander Knights nights Mr l Brown also was a past potentate potentate poten poten- tate tale of El EI Kalah Kalab temple Mystic Shrine and was a trustee of or Mt Moriah lodge Ut Utah lh consistory anc and El EI Kalah temple He was a member of the chamber of commerce Rotary club and Alta club Mr Brown had been in the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital six weeks prior to his death He underwent two operations th the last one on Tuesday Surviving are arc seven even sons and daughters daughters- James Creighton Brown Bro of Hollywood Cal Mrs 1 Elizabeth Brown Bro Henderson of Hollywood who is in Salt Lake at present H H. Ross Ros Brown Dro E E. T. T Brown Marjorie l LavinIa La La- vinIa and Leoline Brown of Salt Sal Lake Members of the family request thano that tha no flowers be sen sent t to the funeral funera services |