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Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-28 | Page 2 | Pneumonia is Fatal to State Road Engineer

Type issue
Date 1926-11-28
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title Pneumonia is Fatal to State Road Engineer
Type article
Date 1926-11-28
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 2
OCR Text PNEUMONIA NIA I IS FATAL TO m STATE SIAn R AD Ira R. R Browning Dies After Short Illness WAS WAS' SENATE PAGE Has Been Utah Resident Since 1891 Ira R. R Browning engineer of the Utah State road cc commission wl who o died at his residence First avenue avenue ave aye nue shortly after 3 o'clock Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day afternoon of pneumonia was born at Alexandria Va March larch 28 28 1867 the son of Mr and Mrs John JohnV W. W Browning Mr Browning spent his early youth in that city Later the family family family fam fam- ily removed to the national capital where the boy obtained his first employment as a page on the floor of the United States senate In the eighties the family came west to Denver Denvel where he entered the employ employ employ em em- ploy of th Colorado Midland Railroad Railroad Rail flail road company as a civil engineer Coming to Utah etah in 1891 Mr MI BrownIng BrownIng Browning Brown- Brown Ing married Miss Mary Beebe at Salt Lake L in 1004 1904 and one son Lee LeeV W. W v. v Browning was born to the coupie cou cou- pie Mr Browning began political life liCe In Utah when hen he was elected from Emery county to the Eleventh legIslature leg leg- lIe He was sas appointed state highway engineer engineerS at the beginning of of the of the Bamberger Bamberg r administration holding that position until April 21 when he was appointed by Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Charles R. R Mabey as a member member member mem mem- ber of the state road commission He resigned in May 1922 Following the retirement of Howard Howard How How- ard Means as state highway engineer engi engl- neer neel Mr oIl Browning was reappointed reappoint reappoint- ed Cd to the office assuming his duties on March 1 t 1926 He was also connected connected connected con con- with the Columbia Steel corporation corporation corporation cor cor- at Ironton and with the San Rafael Coal company being vice president of the latter Mr Browning was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was both botha a a. Knight Templar and a Shriner He contracted a severe cold while en route to the national convention of state highway officials at Pinecrest Pine Finer crest N. N C. C He lie returned to Salt Lake LaK a a ek ago ngo i
Reference URL https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j4016z/19857697