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Show Tooele Leader Dies on Coast TOOKLC. Oct. 2 John J. Gll-Ttte. Gll-Ttte. 76. former civic leader tn Tonele. and past president of the Intermountkin Theater Owners , ,n., died Friday midnight kt hi home in Arcadia, Cm!., after a linarerine; illness. Mr. Gillette wss born Jsn. 24, 173. at Lake Point. Salt Lake rountv, a son of Samuel and Naomi Na-omi Chnppetl Gillette. j He had been active In civic j affairs in Tooele, serving as mayor far two terms, and as a stale j icpresntativa for Tooele county. Mr. Gillette was the retired president presi-dent of the Intermountain Theater Thea-ter Owners Assn. ! A member of the Church of .Teus Christ of Latter-day Saints, h had been bishop of both the 1 North and South LD8 wards In , Tooele. For the past 10 years he had ! raided at 414 S. Santa Anita, 1 Arradia, Cal. He ia survived by his wife, Agnes Coleman Jones Gillette; two sons, Samuel L. Gillette, Salt Lake Ctty. and Glenn Gillette. Honolulu, T. H.; two daughters, , Mrs. C. M. Tietjen and Mrs. Alma Al-ma Brandley, San Gabriel, Cal.; three brothers. Harry C. Gillette, snd Les Gillette, both of Tooele; Laurie Gillette, and a sister, Mrs. 'inula Stewart, both of Declo, Ids. Funeral aervicea will be conducted con-ducted in the Monrovia L D 3 ward. Monrovia, Cal., and in Tooele, where the bodv will be ! roUgTirfUHaTTooeTe "rltesl are tentatively planned for Thurs- i fy. - j |