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Show k ' [ H N . , S . , DAY , MOAB MOABr MOABPIONEER I r PiONEER PIONEER V , , DIES AT ATII ATV ATAGE II : AGE OE OF 78 ] 8 YEARS YEARS31ESPECTED YEARSRESPECTED ! CAMEI I 31ESPECTED ESPECTED RESPECTED C CITIZEN N WHO CAME CAME4TO CAME&TO CAMETO & 4TO : > TO VALLEY VALLIY : IN 1879 AND HELPEDt HELPED I t COLONIZE COUNTY , IS ISCALLED ISf , CALLED BEYOND . w wt wDeath t / ' ? .Death Death . claimed one of Moab Moabs s parIiest earliest parIiestloneers earliestloneers parliestloneers ? loneers , a man who was active in thE theevelopment thelevelopment ' evelopment of the county for over 50 50ears 50ears 50years ears , when Herbert S Day , 78 , passed passedv.ay passedsay passediroay hospitalSunday v.ay vay say . at the Grand county hospital hospitalI hospitalunday hospitalurday I unday urday morning mormng . Mr Day ' \ was sas as taken takenU takenill U 11 very suddenly the last of the week weekuttering . . , ( utferIng offering from Influenza , aggravated aggravateday aggravatedy y heart trouble Sunday morning he heas heas heKQS as taken to the hospital for treat treat- treatent treatsent treatment - ment sent ent , and Qied oled aced about an hour later , as ashe ashe asthe he result of a heart attackFuneral attackFuneral attack attackt t Funeral services were held from the theD theD theCj D . . S . chapel Wednesday afternoon afternoonind , , d dere were were \\ere ere \ attended by a congregation congregationat congregationf f f friends and relatives that filled fiUed the theurch thearch thechurch urch arch to capacity . . Many beautuul beautiful beautuulloral beautifulcoral beautifulFloral loral coral offerings attested the esteem in inhlch inhich inwhich hlch hich Mr Day was held beld heldn n , The services \ were " ere precIded presided pre : ded over by byeorge byeorge byGeorge eorge A Newell of the ward bishop bishop- bishopIe bishoplc bishopric - ric Ie lc The opening prayer was offered offeredy offeredby y W . , R McConkie The speakers , . F F.M FM . Shatcr Shafer and Alexander Jameson of ofSal ofSal ofLa Bal Sal , . recounted Mr . Day Days s life me as a pioneer Ioneer loner and praised his sterling sterlmg qualties qual- qual qualItles - - | Itles ties as I3S a citizen and a man The Thenedictlon Thenediction Thelbenediction nedictlon nediction was pronounced by John- John JohnIe JohnLie John-tile John tile Thei - i ! Lie Ie Rogers of Blanding Musical Musicalumbers Musicalumbers Musicalnumbers umbers Included four hymns by the theoir theoir thechoir oir , , "Softly Softly " Beams the Sacred Dawn Dawn- Dawn'Let DawnLet Dawning theI - I ing . , " ' 'Let Let ' Let the Lower Lov-er Lov er . - Lights be Burn Burng Burn-tog Burn tog - BurnIg Burn-I Burn I g ; . , " ' 'Oh Oh ' Oh Grave , . Where is Thy Vic- Vic Vicory Vicory Vic Victory - tory ory ' ' and 'Sweet Sweet ' Hour of Prayer . " I ! ; At the gra\c gra c gra\e e grave \ , , the dedicatory prayer prayeras prayeras prayerifas ( as offered by James Wilcox prayerI of La LaaI Laal LaBal I aI al , , and nnd the- the tht thechoir " - choir chair sang "God God " Be BeWIth BeWith BeWith WIth You Till We Meet Again " I Herbert Stephen Dayas Day was \\as as sas ' \ born at atpringville atBprlngville I prIngvilIe pringville . , , Utah . , , May 11 , , 1855 , , a son sonAbraham sonAbraham sonW Abraham and Charlotte Katherine Katherineellon I KatherinciMellon ell ellon on Day . His father , was vas a . membel member memberf memberbf ' : f ! the Mormon Battalion BattaUon The family familyoved familyoved familymoved oved to Mt Pleasant to help colonize colonizehat colonizehat colonizethat [ hat town in 1860 As A3 a boy Mr . Day Dayent Day"icnt Dayicnt " ent ebent through the stirring pIoneer pIoneerrdships pioneerrdships pioneerlardships rdships and nnd dangers that attended attendedhe attendedhe attendedhe he settlement of Mt . Pleasant , and andlped andlped andiclped lped build the great stone wall wallbrown wallbrown wallhrown protec-ion protec ion protecion brown around the town as a n protec- protec - - ion from the IndimsHe IndiansHe Indians Indims Indiansc c He was married at Mt . Pleasant on onarch onrch onMarch arch { rch 8 , 1877 , to Mary Mehitabel Mehitabelllcox Mehitabelilcox MehitabelWilcox llcox ilcox . , a daughter of Mr , . and Mrs MrsJohn MrsJohn MrsJohn John Henry Wilcox , Utah pion pioneers rs of 847 . c \ cIn In 1879 , Mr . Day came to Moab , Moabbeing beIng a n member of one of the first firstartics firstparties firstparties artics parties to settle in this place . . He Hehelped Hehelped Hehelped helped hulid build the first road into the the"allc thevalley thevalley "allc allc " valley ' . , , and lived during the winter of of1879.80 of187980 879-80 879 80 879.80 87980 . - . In hi the old fort In the lower lowerart lowerart lowerpart returnedto art of the valley . . Mr . Day returned returnedo o Sanpetc Sanpcte Sanpete county for his family , , and nnd on December 19 , 1832 1882 , he and wife wifearnved wifearrived wifearrived arnved arrived at Moab to make this their theirpermanent theirpermanent theirpermanent permanent home Mr Day operated operatedthe operatedthe the first grist mill in the valley nndalso andalso and nnd also a small sawmill , both being lo- lo located located lo located - cated at the mouth of Mill creek canSon canon can- can canon - Son ) on He served as a deputy sheriff of ofGrand ofGrand ofGrand Grand county for many yearsMr sears years ears earsMr Mr . . Day and family ' \ were ere among the thefirst thefirst thefirst first settlers on Wilson mesa , , 20 mUC- mUC miles mUCcast mileseast mileseast - ' cast east of Moab They have resided con- con conI continuously continuously con continuously - I tinuously at Moab and nnd Wilson mesa mesaI mesafor mesafor I for the past 50 years , , excepting for forbrief forbrief forbrief brief Intervals spent at La Sal and andBlanding andBlanding andBlanding I andI Blanding BlandingHe He is survived survlved by his widow and andI andclght andeight andeight clght eight sons and daughters , who are : I Abe Day , Moab , Mrs Charlotte Wil- Wil WilI WilIiams Willlams Wil Williams - I liams Iiams llams , , Portland , Oregon ; Mrs . PlumaZufelt Pluma PlumaI PlumaZufelt PlumaZufelt Zufelt , . Moab ; Stephen H . Day , La Sal ; I Harry Da Day , . , Delta , Colo ; : John Day DaySalt , Salt Lake City ; Mrs Ethel Rutledge RutledgeMoab , . I IMoab Moab ; and George Day , . Cheyenne CheyenneWyoming CheyenneWyomingAll , Wyoming WyomingAll I All of his children with the excep excep- exception exception exception - - I excepI tion of Mrs Williams , vv ' \ were \ ere cre present at atthe atthe atthe I the funeralWith funeral I With the death of Herbert S Day DayGrand , IGrand Grand county loses one of Its terllDg sterling sterlingpioneer sterlingi terllDgI terllDgpioneer pioneer citizens citlzens He was , very ery ncUve active ncUveIin activein activein I Iin in the early carly history of the county , . and andtook andtook andtook took a prominent part in all nll enter- enter enterprises cnter-1 cnter 1 enterI - I prises pr1ses tending tend1ng to build up the commun- commun community - commun-1 commun 1 communIity Iity ity and Improve conditions of a . civIcI civicand civic I | and rand moral nature Mr . . Day during his hisIIlteUme hislifetime hisI IIlteUme lifetime gained a host of staunch staunchI staunchfriends staunchfriends staunchifriends friends . , , who arc are sincerely grieved at athis athis I atj his pa'slng paslng pacsing passing ' : . . |