Show Rites Set f for r Educator who Died in Seattle Funeral services for tor Dr Dr- Burton J I K Farnsworth 55 ave active L D S church worker and education leader who died In Sn a n Seattle Wash hospital at midnight midnight mid mid- I night Saturday from a cerebral hemorrhage will be conducted Thursday at 1215 p. p m. m In theM the M Assembly han halt on Temple Tempe square Interment will be In City tery Mr Farnsworth was stricken while attending an L 1 D S Young Mens Men's Mutual Improvement convention in that city Dr Fa Farnsworth's orth's body Is expected expect expect- ed to arrive in Salt Lake City late Tuesday night according to members mem mem- bers of his family Dr Farnsworth who was director director tor of secondary education in the state stat department of public Instruction Instruction tion and second as assistant to the general superintendent of the Y M MM MM M MI I A Af began his educational Career career career ca ca- reer a aa as principal of Montpelier Ida high school later moving to Brigham City where he taught In Box Elder schools Lat Later Latr r he served seved e ved six years yearn as Millard county school district superintendent He acted a as a visiting teacher to homes of h handicapped children childr n nIn In California while serving as aa principal of the Technical Evening Adult high school In Oakland fn He rose to the position of state superintendent of secondary education education edu edu- cation in 1933 taking a leave of absence in 1936 to accept the position position position tion of acting dean of education at Utah State Agricultural college Secondary School Head fiend He later returned to fo the state office of public instruction and held the post of or secondary school superintendent super super- until his his death His heavy educational duties however didn't keep him from taking an active part as us l leader ader in L D S church administration and education education education tion work He also served as chairman chairman chair chair- man of the finance inanc committee of the Salt Lake council B S A. A He fulfilled a mission to Samoa from 1909 to 1912 and was bishop of ot Fillmore First L D S ward from 1928 to 1931 and was appointed to the general Y M MIA M I A board In 1935 1925 Burton Kent Farnsworth was born in Beaver March 6 1890 a aon ason ason Melissa son on of Franklin D. D and White Farnsworth He received his elementary education in Beaver Beaver Beaver Bea Bea- ver later attending the University of Utah and the Utah State Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college where he received his B. B S. S and M. M t A. A degrees H HE received his doctors doctor's degree in n education education edu edu- cation from the University of California Cali Call fornia at Berkeley In 1933 He married Mabel Pearce Oct 3 1913 in the Salt Lake Lalie L LD D S temple temple tem tern pie and was president of the Northwestern of ot Secondary and Higher Education in 1939 Besides his widow he is survived by six sons and daughters Mrs Lucille Hale Pasadena Cal Mrs Margaret Richards Richardi and Patty Farnsworth Salt SaIt Lake City Lt U. Dean B. B Farnsworth A U S 5 Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C C. Robert and Richard Farnsworth Salt Lake City five grandchildren and the following J 1 Dr Burton K Farnsworth I Church education on leader dies I brothers and sisters Taylor and Frank Trank Farnsworth Beaver Beav r Dr Reed eed Farnsworth Cedar City Dennis Farnsworth Salt Lake City Philo Farnsworth Philadelphia Philadel- Philadel phia hla P O Howard Farnsworth U US JSNR S NR NH South Dakota Mrs Dewey Thorley Cedar City Mrs Alice Robison and Mrs Amelia Brash r Salt Lake l ke City Mrs Elen El- El Ellen Ellen len en J Joseph s ph Beaver and Norman Farnsworth Santa Monica Ionica Cal |