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NIElSEN , ROAD ENGINEER , , SUOOENl SUDDENLY Y STRICKEN BY BV UEA DEATH TH Dies of Heart Attack at Dcl- Dcl Dclchesne Bel Dt1 Belch . - chcsne chesne ch esne ; Hundreds Mourn MournUntImeJy MournUntimely MournUntimely UntImeJy Untimely Passing of ofSterling ofSterling ofSterling Sterling Citizen . - Death , striking suddenly and unex 1.1nex- 1.1nex unexpectedly unex- unex unexpectedly . - - pectedly , claimed one of Moabs Moab s most'prominent mostprominent most mostprominent rprominent prominent ' and honored citizens early earlyFriday earlyhriday FrIday hriday JosephNielsen morning mornmg , when Hyrum Joseph Nielsen , 37 , resident engineer engmeer of thestate the thestate thestate state southeasternUtah road commission for southeastern Utah succumbed to a heart attack atDuchesne at atDuchesne atDuchesne Duchesne hadbeen Engineer Nielsen , who had been at Duchesne for s several veral months monthslvnere monthswnere W monthsW lvnere re he had charge of a road oiling oilingproject oilingproject oilingproject project for the highway rughway commission commission.was commissionwas . , was stricken about midnight , and pas- pas passed passed pas passed - - sed away at 1 30 as a result of cerebral cereral hemorrhage cerebralhemorrhage cereralhemorrhage at the home of R G GPorter GPorter GPorter Porter of Duchesne , where he was wasrooming wasrooming wasrooming wasroomingA rooming roomingA A telephone message telling of MrNielsen's MrNielsens Mr MrNielsen's MrNielsen's Nielsen's Nielsens byMrs ' sudden 'Sud Sud ' en Illness was received by Mrs Nielsen at Moab shortly aftermidnight after aftermidnight aftermidnight midnight She left at once for Du Duchesne Du- Du Duchesne Duchesne - - chesne accompanied by Dr and MrsI Mrs MrsI I W Alien Allen and Mr rVfr and Mrs A PVoorhies P PVoorhIes PVoorhies VoorhIes , but Mr Nielsen had passedaway passed passedaaY passedau a\\aY a aY au \ ay several hours before they reach reach- reached reached reached - ed that place placeFuneral placeFuneral placeFuneral Funeral services were held afc at Moab MoabSunday MoabSunday MoabSunday Sunday afternoon , and interment was wasat wasat wasat at the Moab cemetery Hundreds of offnend offriend offriend fnend friend " from over southeastern Utah UtahnUended Utahattended Utahattended nUended attended the services , , . which were held heldflom heldfiom heldfiom flom fiom the L D S chapel , with Rev RevWilliam RevWilliam RevWilliam William E Parks in charge Scores of ofbf"aullful ofb ofbpauliful b bf"aullful bfaullful " auliful floral tributes attested att.ested . the thedeep thedeep thedeep deep sorrow and sympathy sVInpathy of this en- en entIre entire en entire - tire end rnd of the state 5tate stateThe 5tateThe stateThe The sei sel seivices vices Vlces were opened with ascriptural a aScriptural crlptural Scriptural < ; reading readmg by Rev Parks Parhs fol followed fol- fol followed followed - - lowed by the invocation by Howard W WBalsley WBalsley Balsley BIShop BIShopV \V V W \ D Hammond was wasthe the glowingtribute first Eeaker speaker } ) and paId a glowing " tribute to the life l1fe and record of Mr MrNIelsen MrNielsen Nielsen H H . . S Kerr of Salt Lake Citychief CIty , chIef engineer of the state road com commission com- com commIssion commission - mission , was the second speaker Hereviewed He Hereviewed Hereviewed reviewed Mr Me Nielsen Nlelse'1 Nlelse1 ' s record tnd and tndhighly andhighly < indhighly highly praised prmsed his work as an engmeer engineer engmeerand engineerand engineerand and as a man Mr Nielsen he saId saidwas , . was sent to southeastern Utah as a atransltman atransitnian atransitman transltman transitnian in 1920 and as a result of ofhis ofhis ofhis his ability he soon advanced to reSI- reSI reSIdent resident resi resident - - dent engineer engmeer He enjoyed the admir admIr- admIration admiration admiration - - ation confid confidence confidce confidt\ce confidt ce < . \ce ce \ and esteem of the theentire entire state road organization onnmlzatlon , Mr MrKerr Kerr said .said . Goierncr GOerner Governer GO\ GO \ erner H H Blood andPreston and andPreston andPreston Preston G Peterson member of theroad theroad the theroad road commission commisslOn had the highest regaid re-gaid re gaid re- re regmd - gmd gaid foi fox fOlIum him .and and Jlnd . , , but for the fact thatboth that thatboth both weie "ele ele aeie " in Washington Washmgton , they un undoubtedly un- un undoubtedly undoubtedly - doubtedly would ould be present at the ser services ser- ser services . - vices to pay their t1eir } ' respects EngineciNielsen Engineel Engineer EngineelNIelsen EngineerNielsen NIelsen , the speaker said , was constantly con constantly con- con constantly - stantly working for road betterment insoutheastern insoutheastern in insoutheastern southeastern Utah . , and the commission commissionhad commi commissionhad .sion sion < : . had come to lean on him in m worklnc working workingout workingout : out the highway problems of this section sec- sec sec section - tion He was a man of the utmost utmosthonor utmosthonor utmosthonor honor and integrity integrltv , , and his record is isa isa isa a rich heritage hentage to o the sorro sorrowing mg family famll familyMr , Mr Kerr stated statedA A solo "Resignation Resignation " " was rendered renderedby renderedby renderedby by Mrs R H Dalrvmple , accompamed accompanied accompaniedby accompamedby by Mrs Ms D E Baldwin Rev Parkswas Parks Parkswas Parkswas was the concluding speakel speake speakei ] and spokeof spokeof spoke spokeof of his friendship fnend < ; rup for the departed Thescriptural The ThesCriptural Thescriptural sCriptural passage , "A A " workman thatneedeth that thatneedeth thatneedeth needeth not to o be ashamed , , " well described de described de- de desCflbed - scribed sCflbed Mr Nielsen the speaker declared de declared de- de declared - clared Mr Parks talked along scrip scrip- scriptural scriptural scriptural - tural lines his message mes < : age being . , "If If " aman a aman aman man die shall shaIl he li\e li e 11e lice 11\ 11 \ \ e again agam " ' . ' BeautIful BeautIfulLand BeautifulLand BeautifulLand The hymn , 'There's Theres There's a Land , , " " ' was 'as as rendered by a male quar quar- quartetb quartet - tet . consisting of H BEvans B Evans , , Curtt Curtis CurtisRobertson CurtisRobertson < ; tetb tetbconsisting Ro Robertson ertson Don Bronson and L L LTaylor LTaylor LTaylor Taylor The benediction was pro- pro pronounced pronounced - nounced by Rev Parks . At the ceme- ceme cemetery cemetery - - tery , Mr Parks gave Raw a scriptural read- read reading - ing and prayer was offered by Mr MrBalsley MrBalsley MrBalsley Balsley Interment was under tinder tt tre e a di- di direction direction di direction - rection of the Wallace Mortuary ofPrice ofPriceAmong of ofPrice ofPrice Price PriceAmong Among the out-of-town out of town - - relativeswho relatives relativeswho relativeswho who attended ttended the services were "ere ere " Mrand Mr Mrand Mrand and Mrs W H Humphries anddaughter and anddaughter anddaughter daughter , Ogden ; Mr and Mrs H H . . N.Niel'en N.Nielen NNielen N . Nlel Nielsen ' < : en Hyrum , C W Nielsen , DevilsSlide Devl1 Devil s sSlide SSlide Slide Mrs L B Puller Fuller and and"H andH "H H " " MBerkley M MBerkley Berkley of Salt Like Vlke City Mrs MrsHumphrIes MrsHumphries Humphries and Mrs Nielsen are sistersof sisters sistersof sistersof of the deceased while whlle Mr Nielsen is a abrother abrother brother Mrs Fuller FuI1er is 15 ms an aD aunt and andMr andMr Mr Berkley an un'Ie unIe unl'le unlle un'le unle ' ' ' ' of\lr of lr of ! \ Mr NielsenFriends Nielsen NielsenFriends Friends , > of the family faml1y who attendert attended attendedthe attenderttp attendedtr"3 attendedtr3 tp the " "n n C'OJ COJ sun ' " " i"o io i I"0'1 I01 " " , ' f-'Yt f 'Yt Yt f-r'i r'i ri ' " - , ' ' i cut ' ' " ' "ir ir " ' 'iE3 iE3 ' it : * " z , : ; weMi we , . 'Mi Mi ' MI and Mrs Irs R G Porter and M MAttie M-little M little ' " " - I ) pUie Brown . , Duchesne , Dwight WVPadlelgh W WWadleigh WWadleigh Wadleigh VPadlelgh Salt SuIt Lake City Chief Road RoadEnginepr RoadEngineer RoadEnsinepr Enginepr Engineer H S Kerr and Mrs Kerr KerrSalt KerrSalt KerrSalt Salt " Lake City , . District Road EngineerRa\ EngineerRa EngineerRaA Engineer EngineerR EngineerRay R Ray \ A Glllls Gillis , Price ; Mr . and Mrs.vred Mrsvred Mrs . 1 < Fred red Storrs , Price , Mr and Mrs Ms Lee LeeWendelboe LeeWendelboe Wcndelboe Wendelboe Price Miss Lucile Moss Mossand Mossand and Miss Jennie Potter , Price , Mr . andContinued and andContinued Continued ( < on last pigc p'1ge p1ge page ' ) > H Fl . J J . I . NIELSEN MIESEN IDIES IDIESContinued DIES ( Continued Contmued from first f1rst page ) ) Mrs J L Dougan and Miss Bess DavisSalt Davis DavisSalt DavisSalt Salt Lake City , . and Mr and Mrs J JM JM JM M Rcdd Redd , Sr , Miss : Ethel rthel Hammond HammondMr Mr and Mrs Ray Redd , . , Mrs Claude Clauderoy ClaudeFoy Foy roy , , Mr and Mrs Heber Heoor Frost rrost and andMr andMr ( Mr and Mrs Hans Jensen , of Monti- Monti Monticello Monticello - - cello celloMr Mr Nielsen is survived by his widow , Mrs Anna Lee Nielsen ; one son , Kirk , and one daughter , Helen Lee of Moab , tlirce three slaters skters sinters , Mrs Jennie HumphrIes , Ogden Mrs Luella Wright , Logan Loganind , " ind "Ind and Mrs Louise Nielsen , Hyrmn Hyrwn Hyrum , twibrothers two twobrothers brothers . , , C W Nielsen , , Devil Devils s Slide , and Harold Nielsen N1elsen , Oakland C1lif C'ilif Cilif C1lifH C'ilifH ' H J Niel Nielsen en was bom born in m Cache val- val valley valley val valley - ley , Utah , January 31 , . 1896 a son of ofH ofH H J ' ind 'lnd lnd and Amelia Nielsen He attend- attend attended attended - ed the Utah State Agricultural college collegeHe He had resided in Moib MO"lb MOlb Moab " for 14 } e ears rs , coming here as a transitman trans1tman for the thestate thestate state load road commission commlscion ; on the first fed- fed federal federal - eral aid road construction in m south south- southeastern southeastern - eastern Utah As a result of his abilIty abilityand abllit : honest seivice service sel vice , , he was appomted appointed appomtedresident appointedresident appointeeresident resident state road engineer for southeastern south- south southeastern - eastern Utah seven years ago Engin- Engin Engineer Engineer - - eer Nielsen hid h"ld hld " charge of most of the theroad theroad road construction in Grand and San SanJuan SanJuan Juan counties for the past 10 years , and i it is largely due to his recommendations Ieconunen- Ieconunen recommen- recommen Ieconunendations - dations and influence that so much muchprogress muchprogress progress has been attained in this dis- dis district district dis - - trice trict in III road construction constructionMr Mr Nielsen N1elsen married mI'Tned mITned : ' Miss Anna Lei Lee LeeKirk LeeKirk Kirk of Moab in 1920 He took a prominent prom.inent prominent prom- prom prominent . - inent part in community affairs andwas and ancwas "as as was " one of the town towns s most highly re- re respected respected respected - - spected and honored citizens He was wasfirst wasfirst wafirst , first vice president pres1dent of the Moab LIons LIonsclub Lionsclub club in 1932 and always took a very veryactive veryactive ver active part in that organization orgamzation He He"as Hev H < "as as 7 v " as also a member of La Sal camp No 608 Woodmen of the World of Moab MoabNews MoabNews News of Mr Niel'ens Nielens Nielten Nielsen ' : s death came as asa asa a ; a stunning blow to his hundreds of offrIends offriends o : friends in 111 Moab and every home in the thevalley thevalley th < valley feels a personal loss in his un- un untimely untimely - - - timely demise He was a man of the theelY therely ( , veiy rely elY highest honor , whose who < e word was a a5aCIed asacred sacied 5aCIed sacred obligation obUgatIon His fairness , h13 his h13staunch hisstaunch staunch honesty , and his constani constant constantcheerfulness constantcheerfulness cheerfulness and optimism optiunsm , , won for forhim forhim foi foihim him the regard of every person witl Wlth with Wlthwhom withwhom whom he came in contact He was the thetype thetype th ( type of citizen that any community IS ISfortunate isfortunate ii fortunate to number as its own , and andhis andhis anc his loss is mourned and deploied deplored deplOl ed by byeery byeery b every e\ery e ery eery \ man woman and child in m MoabThe MoabThe Moab The sincere sympathy of all goes out outto outto ou ) to the belcaved bereaved bei caved wife and children |