Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-25 | Page 5 | Teacher Dies of Hurts

OGDEN TEACHER 1 DIES OF HURTS With the death of an Ogden man Sunday Sunday of injuries suffered in a aI I traffic accident Utah's traffic toll Monday stood at 53 compared to 56 at the same time last year Weber county toll to date is four compared to three at the same time in 1941 1911 I OGDEN OGDEN Alfred Alfred Edward Bruerton Bruerton Bruer- Bruer ton 62 Twelfth street Ogden was dead Monday victim of Injuries injuries in in- in juries suffered a week earlier inan in inan inan an pedestrian automobile-pedestrian accident near the intersection of Twenty Twenty- fifth street and Grant avenue He died at 1230 a. a m m. Sunday Mr Bruerton veteran Ogden educator L D S church worker naturalist and wild life conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion leader was the last of three Ogden school teachers to die of injuries suffered in the same accident acci acci- accident dent May 17 11 at a. a m. m Two Others Die Others were Melvin Leo Done 45 of 2306 Jefferson avenue in instructor instructor in- in of music at Grant elementary elementary ele ele- school who vho died shortly after the mishap and Errol Bagley Bagley Bagley Bag- Bag ley 46 of 2617 Grant avenue instructor in instructor in- in of ot mathematics and athletics athletics ath ath- at Lewis lower division high school who died last Monday evening evening eve eve- ning in an Ogden hospital The me driver LeRoy Earl Batchelor Batchelor Batchelor Batch- Batch elor 22 of 1338 Twenty-third Twenty street was absolved of blame by a coroners coroner's jury Mr Bruerton was born August 31 1879 in Banbury Cross Oxford Oxford Ox Ox- ford England son of George Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace and Ann Steele Bruerton He came to Utah in 1909 as an L D S convert About 25 years ago he became a teacher in the city schools and had been an instructor in the tern tem until his death Member of Quorum n n He was a member of the Ogden Og Og- den Seventh L D S ward and of the L D S quorum of seventy an active member of Ogden lodge of Elks past president of the Utah State Fish and Game association and of the Weber County Wild Life federation president of ot the Ogden Teachers' Teachers Credit union past president of the Ogden Science club he was secretary at time of his death and a member of the board of directors of the Ogden Garden club His first wife the former Lillian Lil Lil- lian Tian Hilton died in 1923 On August August August Au Au- gust 19 1925 he married Ruth Hansen in the Salt Lake L D S temple Surviving are his widow a son and four daughters Al AI Marilyn Annette and Patricia Bruerton and Mrs Winifred Knapp all of Ogden a grandchild a brother George W. W Bruerton of Salt Lake Lale City a sister Mrs David Moses of Blackfoot Idaho and two half- half brothers who live in England Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon in the L P l' S Seventh ward