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Show [ THOMAS lARSEN lARSENFATAllY LARSENFATALLY FATAllY INJUREO INJURED INJUREDDies I Dies at Fruita Saturday Follow Follow- Following Following Following - , ing Injuries Sustained in inA inAuto Aut A u t 0 o 'V V ' Wreck reck Near NearGreenriver NearGreenriver Greenriver . I - I IThomas . Thomas M Larsen , 63 , widely known knowncattleman knowncattleman . I Icattleman cattleman of Grand county and a pioneer pioneer pion- pion pioneer - ' eer citizen of eastern Utah , receivedinjuries received receivedlinjuries received.j receivedj . linjuries injuries in an automobile wreck nine ninemIles ninemiles ninej nineI I miles east of Greennver Grecnnver Greenriver Friday night , . I ! Ias as a result of which he died at the theI theFruita theiPruita I Fruita hospital Saturday afternoon1 afternoolI afternoolat afternoonat afternool afternoon ! I at 430 4 30The 30 I } The body was brought to Moab , lus his lusformer hisformer hisformer I lusI former home , for bunal burial , and funeralservices funeralservices funeral ' services were held here yesterday after- after afterI afternoon after-inoon after inoon afterinoonMr - I I noon noonMr Mr Larsen . and .and his son , Lewis H HLarsen HI HLarsen HLarsen I IMr I Larsen , were en route to Greenriver onI on onbusiness I I business late Friday night when the theI theaccident theaccident thej I theI accident occurred Their car left the theroad theroad road at a point a few miles west orI of or I | Floy ' oy , , and turned over in a barrow Pit PitI PitMr pitMr pitMr Mr Larsen sustained sustamed a fractured fracturedskull fracturedskull fracturedskull I skull , several broken ribs , and numer numer- numerous numerous numerous - ous other injuries His son was badly badlyI badlybruised badlybruised badlybruised bruised , though none of his hl & . injuries injurieswere Injurieswere I were ere of a serious nature The two twoI twomen twomen twomen men were were wee taken to Greenriver Greennver where wherefirst wherefirst wherefirst I first aid was administered , and then then.were thenwere . . were ere moved to the Frmta Fruita Frwt hospital Mr Mr.Larsen MrLarsen . Larsen died Saturday afternoon with with- without without without - out regaining consciousnessThe consciousnessThe consciousness consciousnessThe The body of Mr Larsen was brought broughtto to Moab by relatives yesterday morn morn- morning morning morning - ing , and funeral services were held heldfrom heldfrom heldfrom from the L D S chapel at a 9 p m mBishop mBishop mBishop Bishop W D Hamm&nd Hammnd HRmmCind Hammond & plcslded presided plcsldedThere presidedThere piesidedThere There were numerous floral offermgs offerings offermgsI offermgsand offeringsand offeringsand and many old friends fnends were ere present to topay topay topay I pay their last respects to the memorv memory memorvof memoryof memonrof of an early eady pioneer of Moab and andGrand andGrand and.i andi . I Grand countyThe county countyI I The seiviceb service services : . were ere- ere ereopened - opened ope-ned ope ned - with wlth u a uI unymn anymn unymn nymn , , t ' tHow How Gentle Gods God s 5 Commands Commands"by Commandsby : ; , " ' I by the choir , followed follo\ed follo ed , \ bv by the invoca 11lvoca- 11lvoca invoca- 11lvocatIon invocation invocation - tion by A Reed Somerville The The'hymn Thehymn TheI 'hymn hymn ' hymn ' I Have Read of a BeautIful BeautIfulCity BeautifulCity BeautifulCity City , " was rendered by Luclan Lucian Tangren TangrenI Tangrenand Tangrenand Tangrenand and the choIrW choirw choir choirW I W R McConkie McConhie the first speaker speakeri , . I Itold told of his acquaintance acquamtance with Mr MrI MrLarsen MrLarsen MrLarsen Larsen , extending 0 o o\ei o ei \ ' el ei the last 30ye'us 30ye'irs 30 I ' yenrs ye'us yeus ye'irs yeirs ' ' The deceased decea"ed deceaed " was as a man ofgreat of ofl ofI I great industiy mdustly industry . , who was greatly deI devoted devoted de- de devoted - - I , voted to his family Piom Flom From his associ assocI- assocIation association association - ation with \ . Mr 1\.fr 1.fr 1 .fr fr 14fr Larsen , the speahe speake speake"said speakesaid ' " said he learned to respect him hIghly hIghlyAt highlyAt highlyAt At the tre request of Bishop Hammond Hammondthe , the choir sangt sangOh sang t ' Oh , My Father , " and andthe andthe andthe the bishop commented on the story storytold storytold storytold told in m the song ? ong He referred to his hisacquaintance hisacquaintance hisacquaintance acquaintance with Mr Larsen Larsea , whom whomhe whomhe whomhe he characterized as a rough-hewn rough hewn - but butkmdly butkindly butkindly kmdly kindly man , whoas who \ was \\as as true to his fam fam- family family family - ily and friends There was no hypoc- hypoc hypocrac hypocracy hypoc-rac hypoc rac - - rac racy : ) in m his great heartThe heartThe heart hearti I i The choir sang "Abide Abide " With Me Me"and Meand , " " and the invocation mvocatIon mvocatIonas was \\as as ' \ gi\en gi en gnen given \ by Mr MrMcConkie MrMcConkie MrMcConkie McConkie Burial was under the di- di direction direction di direction - rection of the Stark-deYarman Stark deYarman Starh-deYarman Starh - Mor Mor- Mortuary Mor- Mor Mortuary Mortuary - - tuary of FruitaMr FruitaMr Fruita Fruitai i Mr . . Larsen was born at Konosh KonoshUtah , . Utah , May 27 , 1870 , the son of Mr and andI andMrs andMrs andMrs I Mrs Mads Larsen , pioneers of Utah Utah.who Utahwho . , . I Iwho who came to this state fi Horn flom om Sweden Sweden.He SwedenHe . He came to Moab with his parents in in1880 1880 , the family being bemg one 0'1-e 0'1 01 e ' - of the first firstto firstto . " to settle ettle here At that time there were- were wereno wereno were-no were no - - no roads in m rn this thlS section , the trip from fromGreennver fromGreenriver fromGreenriver Greennver Greenriver to Moab requiring a week's weeks week'stime week'stime week'stime weekstime ' time It was necessary to lowerContinued lower | ( Continued on last page ) THOMAS LARSEN DIES DIESContinued ( Continued from first page ) I Iwagons wagons down over the cliffs in Moab MoabI Moabcanyon Moabcanyon Moabcanyon I canyon with ropes \ Mr 1\fi 1 fi Ivfr " Larsen re- re resided resided re resided - - sided at Moab for many years , later laterI latermoving latermoving latermoving I moving wnh With his family famlly to Richardson RichardsonSome RichardsonSome I Some 15 years ago Mr Larsen and andfaml1 andfamily andfamily seeItion faml1 family ' moved to Che tbe the Westwater sec- sec section see-I see I sec section - tion , , where they have since ranged rangedcattle rangedcattle rangedcattle cattle . Their home was at Frulta Fruita Frufta rangedI . I Mr . Larsen is survived by three threedaughters threedaughters threedaughters daughters and thre sons , who are areMrs areMrs areMrs areI I Mrs Jennie Chambers , Lebanon , Ore- Ore Oregon Oregon Ore Oregon - gon , Mrs Edna Ed'1R Ed1R ' Hunter . , Ferron , . Utah ; I Mrs Pearl Brandon , . Grand Junction JunctionEdgar , . Edgar Larsen , Frulta Fruita Fruits ; Le\\ Le Lewis LeIS \ IS H Larsen LarsenWestwater , . I West"ater Westater Westwater " , . and Charles Larsen , Elko ElkoI ElkoOnly ElkoOnly EikoOnly I Only two of the children , . Edward Lal- Lal Lar- Lar Lalsen Larsen Lai-sen Lai sen - sen and Mrs Brandon , were able to toattend toattend toattend , attend the funeral He is also surviv SurvIV- SurvIVed survived survived - - alIIof ed by one brother and three sisters , . alII all allof allof of whom attended the services at atI atMoab atMoab I , Moab They are George Amasa Lar- Lar LarI Larsen Larsen Lar Larsen - - I sen , Sr , . Fisher Valley , Mrs E 5 S 5I 5Faner SFairer SFairer I ( Faner Fairer ) Lemon , . Boonville , . Calif Cahf , . and andMrs andMrs andMrs Mrs G A Harris and Mrs Carlos CarlosWilcox CarlosWilcox I Wilcox , Greenrivcr Greenriv.r Greenrivr Greenriver ( . John T Lovcildgeof LOVc1idgeof Loveridgeof LOVc1idge Loveridge of Moab , a brother-in-law brother in law - - , also sur- sur surVIves survives sur survives - - VIvesOthe1 vivesOther vives Othel Othe1 Other relatives and fuends friends fi lends from fromoutsiae fromoutsiae fromoutsiae outsiae points pomts who attended the fun- fun funeral funeral fun funeral - eral services were Mrs H Dahhngl DahhnglITIuta Dahling DahlmgFruita , ITIuta l'ruita lruita ' . , Mrs A L Tomlinson Tomllnson , Fruita Fruita.Mrs FruitaMrs . , I IMrs Mrs Raymond Fuller , DeBeque , . Colo , . Leslie Leslle Tomlinson , Fruita FrUlta Fruits ; Ute Osborn OsbornGrind , Gr\nd Gr nd Grand ' \ Junction ; Mis W E Roberson RobersonFruita , FrUlta Fruits ; W Orville Roberson , Fl Fruita FxuitaMr uita , , Mr and Mrs G A Harris and family familyMrs , Mrs Carlos Wilcox , . Miss Dorothy Wil- Wil Wilcox Wilcox Wil-cox Wil cox - - cox MICS Miss Mi : ; Sylvia Harris , Mr and Mrs MrsCarl MrsCarl I ICarl Carl Anderson , Mi Ml and Mrs Harry HarryBennett HarryBennett I IBennett Bennett , . Mr and Mrs Logan Bediel Bedieland Bedieland Bedieiand and Mrs Albert May , . all of Green- Green Greenriver Greenriver Green-river Green river BedielI - I river , W L Tayloi TaylOl Taylor , . Grand Junction JunctionMr , . Mr and \ Mis 1\115 1 115 Mrs Guy Miller M1ller , Harley HarleyDome Harleyhome HarleyDome Dome home , , Mr and Mrs Ho\\ Ho Hon Howard Hoard \ ard and Gramps GrampsPalisade , I IP"lisade P"lisade Plisade Palisade " , Colo ; Dick Schrader , . Casper CasperWyo , ' Wyo , Mi Ml Mr and Mrs G 0 Laisen Lalsen Larsen , , Wll- Wll Wil- Wil Wllson Wilson Wil-son Wil son - - I son Mesa , . Mrs George White , . Castle CastleValley CastleValley CastleValley Valley , and Amasa Amass Larsen , . FISher FISherValley FisherValley FisherValley Valley |