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Show jeath - , - - ' Death Call Comes ComesTo ComesTo ComesITo : To Henry Grimm GrimmLMoab , Moab BlacksmithPioneer Blacksmith PIoneer oneer Artisan RC Resident ResidentHere ResidentHere " > ldent ldentHere Here Since Smce 1893 189'3 ' DIe Dies , > atA at : A AgeofO AgeofOHenry Age e of 00 60 00i 60I I i Henry Glimm Giimm 80 pioneer Moab Moab'blacksmith Moabblacksmith ' blacksmith backsfliith ] and for 40 years : y ears one I of ( ) f the most public spirited pmted citIZens citizensrof citizensof Sof rof ( ) f Grand coultv couit couitl ) passed a away awayThursday " ay 'S S ' ay'S ' 'SThursday ' ( Thursday afternoon a't at It t about 4 50 50fol1o 50follosing 50following [ fol1o\\ fol1o fol1omg follosing \ mg an illness o ' sC'f'ral sCfral scseral sC'f'ralc4 scseralc severalLL ' ' c4 c4iWeeks c f'weeks fweeks iWeeks ' mairp Death noa h lesulted iesulted Lp.sii1tpri Lpsii1tpri . from from acute acutebronchltis acutebronchiti5 nmt.ft nmtft nmt.ftbronchitis . bronchitis bronchltis bronchiti5 superinduced supermduced by fmlmg failing fmlmgcaUh failinglbcalth failinghealth lbcalth caUh dating from .last last , . last summerUntil summer summerfc ! fc ' ' Until his last IJlne illness s < \ Mr 1\1r 1 1r Grimm Grimm1ontinued Grimmcontinued Grimmcontinued 1ontinued continued : . working v.orkmg vorkmg at his tiade tlade of ofblacksmith ofblacksmith ofblacksmith blacksmith in the same shop heor hel he or ' l ! had bad occup ed ccl for nearly half a acentury acenturl acentury century centurl He \ was as recognized recogmzed by the theentire theentire theentire entire comrnui commUl It itv ) as one of itsI its I ! most highi hlgb lngh . respected and vaiucd valued vaiucdc1tl valuedcitien5 valuedcitizens c1tl citien5 ens Alw'l Alwl Always AIwiss ' \ s inter Interested ( ' ted in thei them the I m i well being bemg of the community commumt communit ) MrIt Mr It * Grimmas Grimm \ was \\as as a member of MO'tb MOtb Moib MoabsBrst ' s a sfirst afirst first town board beard ana ann was thetol11 thetoen the ma10rt , to\l11 to l11 toe-n toe n was \ - s second mavor ma10r ma10rFuneral nia mavorFuneral or orFuneral t Funeral services were svere held Sat S'lt Slt Sit S'lturdav Siturdav Saturday ' urday urdav afternoon from the BaptIsti1 Baptistchurch Baptist i1 i1church church vith v ith the Rev Will ' . am 1.m 1m im Earh.s EParks E ' Parks arh.s arhs . in charge Many Mam Mans SOrlOV-'lng SOrlOV 'lng lng soriow-ing soriow ing SOrlOV'lngfuends soriowingfiiends son owing'i owingi - ' - fuends fiiends ' lends were in m attendance and andI I I here there were numerous floial fIol'1.1 fIol1.1 fIol11 floiil ' . offer offer1ngs offerIngs offerngs 1ngs Ings The opening opemng number ' \ was as a a1:1Yl1l1 ahymn ahymn 1:1Yl1l1 11Yl1l1 hymn : . ' Amazing Grace b by a adouble adouble atouble double mixed mn.ed mned . quartet composed of ofMrs ofMrs oftfrs Mrs Mitchell Mellch1bses Melich Mellch 1bsesLorena MissesLcirena " \ : Misses \1bses 1bses MissesLorena Lorena Lcirena Taylor Talor Ta3lor ) and Betty Jo J0 Baldlin Baldwin Bald \ win \lin lin Mrs Anna Lee Hammond IlJr dr [ r and Mrs L L Tavlor Ta3lor Ta ) lor Walter Walterhutt WalterShutt hutt ? utt and James Lair witli with Mrs Mrs10la MrsI MrsOla 10la I OIa Walker accomp'll accompll accompw accompanying ' " ) mg Follow Follo\\- Follo FolloII Following \ - II I ing lag scriptural scnptural reading and praJ pra praierby er er'by 'by by , ; ' by the Rev Parks tl e qmrtet qusrtet qmrtetIng qusrtetrsang quartetrtang rsang Rock of Ages Bishop W R ReConkle RMcConkie RKcConkie McConkie eConkle of the Moab L D S SlihurCh Srehurch Schurch Ing rehurch lihurCh : was the first speaker spl'ah.er splah.er splaher ' . and andpaid andLaid andpaid Laid paid ! a sincere tribute tnbute to MrGnimm : MrGrimms Mr MrGnmm Gnmm -Gnimm Gnimm - s nigged rugged honesty and his hisl.sen'lce hisiservice hisservice l.sen'lce l.senlce lsenlce iservice . ' to the community colDlnumt cominunit ' The 'TIle TIle Wv WvParks R- R RvParks - v varks vParks Parks arks also re\ re rele reviewed resiewed \ le\\ le leed \ ed the life hfe of the thedeparted thedeparted theieparted departed eulogving eUlogl7ing eubogi7lng his character characterand characternd characterand and nd calling caUmg attention to his smcere sincere smcerede sinceredesire sinceredesire de desire < lre to do good throughout hIs hIsent hisent hisent ent re 1 I fe The concluding concludmg number numberas numbersas numberBas sas as the hymn Ab de With MeAt MeAt Me MeAt At the cemetery scriptural read readg readlag readtog readtogwas lag g -was was - gh given gisen en b bv ) Rev Parks and andthe andthe andthe the de dedicatory hcatory plaver piaver plaveras pi aver ' \ was \\as as offeled offeied offeledby offeiedby offeiedby by Bishop McConkle1r McConkieMr McConkie McConkle ? \ : Mr \1r 1r Grimm is SUIV1\ SUIV1 survived SUIV1ed survised \ ed by his hisWIdow hiswidow hiswidow WIdow Mrs Louisa . Grimm Gnmm and the thefOlloWIng thefollowing thefollowing fOlloWIng step chlld children childrg n M fg s P E EKran Elran EKraner Kran lran er Long Beach Calif Mrs MrsMable MrsMable MrsMable Mable Rodenbach San Diego DiegoCAlif DiegoCalif DiegoCalif CAlif Mrs EoI Eola . Quinn Qumn Santa Santaionlca SantaMonica SantaMonica Monica ionlca Calif Mrs Ethel Redd ReddSan ReddSan ReddSan San Francisco and George Moore Moorey Moorely MooreEly ly y Nevada ( " Clen "len len Quiglev QUigle Quhgle3 ) of Moab Moabgrandson Moabgrandson Moabgrandson fromI grandson v . who ho ' \ was as reared from fromYOllng fromyoung fromyoung I YOllng young boyhood bohood bolhood ) byIr by ' \ "Mr Mr \Ir Ir " and 1-frs 1 frs Mrs 1frsr Mrs011mm - MrsGlimm r Glimm 011mm seven other grandchildren grandchildrenand and two great grandchildren also alsosurvive alsosurvIve alsosurvive survive _ survIvei i . Henry Henr ) Grimm was born at r > . .ew ew I .ewh ewPhh ew ewhi Phh h hi ! adelphia adelphla acleiphia Tuscaiawas Tusc"lawas Tusclawas Tuscdiawas " count count3 count3Ohio countvOhio ) Ohio near Cleveland Feb 12 1858 1858In 1858In 1858In In 1864 Mr Grimms Grimm s parents parentsJIloved parentsmoved parentsmoved JIloved moved to Indiana and the follow foilosv following foilosving following ing year his father died leaving a arge alarge alarge large rge f family 1mily f.mily fmily < . Henry at the age of ofabout ofabout ofabout about sevenent seven \ went \\ent ent to live with a afamily afamily afamily family at Brazil Indiana and andhile and'while andwhile \\hile hile 'while while \ ' living livJng here he learned learnrd the theblacksmlthine , . blacksniithing la . < : ksD thin trade At Poland ( in 1883 he marned married marriedMissFredricka MIss MIssFredrlcka MissFredricka Fredrlcka Fredricka Shep ardho ard and \ who \\ho ho died three threeyears threeyears threeyears years becomingdiscontented laterIr later baler ' \ Mr \Ir Ir Grimm Gnmm becoming dIscontented w \ with ith the east took the thetrain thetrain thetrain train for Galiup Gallup New Mex co cowhere coffthere ( 'here here where " ' he worked at his trade for forsome forsome ( some time In 1893 he made awagon awagon a awagon wagon and drove dro\e dro e drose \ to Rico Colo Cole Colothen Coletherm Colothen then therm a booD booming ng mining mming to\\ to town ton \ n He HedJd Hedid Hedid ; dJd did not like the climatic conditIOns conditions'of conditionsof ' of Rico and learning learnmg there was an anopening anOpening anopening opening for a blacksmith at Moab Moabhe Moabhe Moabhe he came carne canie on ocr to this place hras He hr \\as as 'was was 'wasreceised \ ' wasreceived asrecehed recehed receised with a hearty w'lcome wlcome welcome w'lcomehere welcomehere welcomehere ( ' here as Moab . vas ' as in need riced of a ablack ablack black rnlth mUh auth Several Woab Moab Cltlzens citizens Cltlzensfurnished citizensfurnished citizensfurnished furnished him a house for a shOp si-mop si mop simopand shopand - I Iand and " he "e e startedorkmg started working \\orkmg orkmg \ at hi tradehere trade ' . here in 1893 continuing continumg until a afew ato atofew I Ifew few wepks v-eph.s veph.s v eph.s ephs weeks . - . prior to his 'lea lea ! ' death th 45 45rears 45years 45Fyears rears years laterMr laterMr later laterMr Mr Grimm Gnmm marriedIrs married ' \ Mrs \Irs Irs Louisa LouisaMoorc LouisaMoore LouisaMoore Moorc Moore CityPeb cItyPcb CityFeb of Moab at Salt Lake cIty Pcb Feb 14 1909 Mr Grimm never neverhad neverhad neverhad had any children of his own but buthe buthe buthe he was a ; genuine penufne father to the thechildren thechildren thechildren children and grandchildren of his hiswife his'wife hiswife ' .ife ife wife , . highlyMr ' \ who ho revered rewred him highly Mr Grimm . ' was .as as 'was active act1\e act1 e actise \ in organ organIzlne organ1zlnJ organIZIiii 1zlnJ IZIiii- IZIiii IZIiiithe governmentIn gosernnientIn : - the Moab to tovn ton \n n \ gO\ gO gOernment gosernnient \ ernment ernment1n 1n In 1902 sen serving ser-iing ser iing - Ing on the first tov- tov tovn town townboard townboard - n board oar and as the second mavor mawr masor of e He was a Democrat and at OflA on " time ran tor for ranfor rantor county office tying with John JohnE JohnE JohnE E Brown for the ofliee office ollice of county countycommissioner countyCommissioner countycommissioner commissioner Mr Bro\\ Bro Brown Bron \ n v- v - von won wonwhen wonvhen on onlhen \lhen lhen when \ lots were drawn to decide the thevictor thevictor thevictor thevictorHenrv victor victorHenrv victorHemv forth fortim Henrv Hem-v Hem v - Grimm a1\\ a1 always a1ays \ \ ays stood for th tim " strict enforcement of the la lay lavsand v s 5 sand 5and and torthe forthe v.a va 'w w . ' was as , . always found w " , working orking for the be best t Interests and moral wcl fare wclfare of the community Heas He \\as as w \ \ as washeld asheld held byall byaU In the greatest of esteem by aU all aUho \ who \\ho ho knew him and in icr his pa pass s < ; passIng s1ng passlog Ing 1ng log Moab loses one of It Ito It . : real characters realcharacters J ' |