Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-02 | Page 1 | Impressive Funeral Rites Held for Utah Flier in Garden City, N. Y.

impressive Funeral Rites Held For Utah Flier in Garden City N. N y Body of M. M M. M Merrill Will Be Taken to Richmond Utah for Burial GARDEN CITY N. N Y V. Sept 1 Under AP-Under a tall tall church spire I t that at many ti times es gui guided ed him safely safelY out of the air to his home field funeral services were conducted here today for M. M M. M Merrill Merri l manager manager of f Curtis Curti field Merrill was killed Monday with E. E r. r manag of lOr the BUffalO lit airport when In Colonel Ch Charles f t. t Lindbergh's Falcon plane plane- the cashed blindly through fog IntO int the Ule side of a mountain near th the New York Pennsylvania border I Into the Cathedral of the Incarnation 1 nation nailon his body yes ws carried by y members of the American n legion In the escort that toll followed owed were I men from the flying fields To Casey Jones MErrills MErrill's Chief president of the Curtiss flying service service ser ser- vice a telegram came in the day from Colonel Charles A. A Lindbergh Lindbergh Lind- Lind bergh expressing regret over the death or of Merrill 1 and Ronde Romie Mrs Merrill and her year old son Merry Jr will leave with the body tomorrow for Richmond Utah where Mr Merrill was born After an absence or of nine years he had promised to go tl there ere this mOnth to vIsIt his mother The fliers flier's rs r's widow and son on will not return to City M. M M r. r Merrill was the son of Mr r. r and Mrs or of Rich Rich- mond He Ut h He was said to be beth th man to n h town following the entrance df t th the United states tates In the World war He had not been home for nine years ears and Was to have left September 4 for a visit in Rich Rich- mond