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Show Mark R . Walker WalkerEarly , Early Pioneer Of OfMoab OfMoab OfMoab Moab , , Summoned SummonedResident Resident of VaUey Valley Smce Since Since1884 1884 188-1 188 1 - , First Justice of ofPeace ofPeace ofPeace Peace , , Passes PassesOne PassesOne One of Moab Moabs s first pioneers a aresident aresident aresident resident of the valley since smce tl1e the tl1efall thefall thefall fall of 1884 ' ' was 'lias lias 'niis niis summoned by bydeath bydeath bydeath death Wednesday WeOl1esday Weonesday when Mark R RWaJker RWalker RWalker WaJker Walker 75 " passed as5ed away followmg following followingan followmgan an Illness of several weeks I'uneral Iuneral flineral I'uneralservIces flineralservices ' Funeralservices servIces wrtll will bo b- b bheld b * ' - held Friday Fnday at 2 2p 2p 2P p m from Irons the L LDS D S chapelMr chapelMr chapel chapelMr Mr Walker Wal.er Waler Wal1er ! . is survived surVJved bv hr tl1ree three tl1reesons threeSons threesons sons Lester A A- A . AReuben - Reuben M and andVivnn andViviin andVivnn Vivnn Vivi-in Vivi in - P Walker all of Moab He Hewas Hewas Hewas was bom born April2a April Atril : 2 2o 2a . , 1866 at Union UnionSalt UnionSalt UnionSalt Salt Lal La ! e county His mother diedwhen died diedhen \\hen hen \ \ hen he ' was 'lias lias am an infant and us his ! usfather hisfather hisfather father died "h h " when ahen n he ' was 'Was eIght eIghtyears eightyears eightyears years old He 'n n \ ' was as reared by his hisgrandoarents hisgrandoarents hisgrandoarents grandoarents Mr and Mrs Ish Ishmael Ishmaei Ishmael mael maei Phil PhllJ ] psIn paIn ps pa psIn In September 1884 at Union Umon he hemarned hemarried hemarried marned married Miss A igusta 19usta ' Tay 'ray ray or a adauRhter adaughter adaughter dauRhter daughter of Mr iro 1.I'Q 1.IQ 1IQ we . ' . Mrs NOIman Noimari NOImanTa NoimariTaylor NoimanTailor Ta Taylor lor early Utah pioneers In InNovember InNovember InNovember November 1884 1834 he . ind 1.nd 1nd md bride came cameto cameto cameto to Moab to visit V1Slt Mrs Wal.er Waler Walkers Walkersparents Walkersparents ! . s sparents parents and likpd ilki'd ilkid liked ' the country so soell sowell sowell , \\ell ell well \ they decided to rem remain am here hereHe hereHe He purchased five a res of land landfrom landfrom landfrom from Bisl Bisi op Randolph Stewartoon Stewart , ooon ' = oon after his arrival alTI\al alTI al aimal \ here rere l'ere lere ' and ex except except except cept for brief bnef periods he made hIs hishome , home at1oab at ' \ : Moab \1oab 1oab until his death Mrs MrsWalker MrsWalker , Walker died in 1910When 19101Vhen 1910 1910When When 1Vhen Grand county was organiz organIZ- organIZed organized organized - - ed in 1890 Mr Walter WalJer Waheer . ! : v as ap appointed appointed appointed pointed Jus Ice of the peace servmg serving servmgin servingin servingin in that caoacity cauaclty canacity for a number of of'ye"r ofye otye-ra otye ra 'ye"r yer ' , ye - " rb Later in m 1934 he agam again againser againseried sen ser % ed as justice 3ustice in m Moab MoabprecinctNo precmct precinct precmctNo precinctNo -precinctNo precinctNo - No 1 He wa waa wau " a carpenter by trade tradeand tradeand : and built bwlt many homes in Moab MoabIn MoabIn MoabIn In 1905 and 1906 he lived in Idaho IdahoAfter IdahoAfter IdahoAfter After his return to Moib MO\b MO b Moth ' \ he lie mov- mov moved moved mov moved - , , ed to Cstleton C stletonhere stleton where \\here here ahere \ \ he lie oporated op ratedtl tI 11 e stole stoie and postoflice postofflce postoffice for fouriears four fourI I } ears He returned retumed to Moab in In1022 1022 residing resicllng ' here h're hre ( ' continuously qntinuously continuouslyuntil continuouslyuntil qntinuouslyuntil 11022 until his Ilis c'eathI c'eathIn ceathIn ' ceath c'eath ceathIn ? I In addition addlh)11 addlh11 ( ) to his three sons he heIs heIs : Is survived by 11 grandchildren and andfour andfour : four - g"eat geat g-oeat g oeat g-eat eat ' " - grandchlIdrenMark grandchildrenMark grandchildren grandchlIdren grandchildrenMark Mark R It Walker \ as closely closelyIdpntIfled closelyidntifled closelyidentified IdpntIfled idntifled " with "ith ith the civic hie life of ofGrand ofGrand ofGrand Grand county for 50 years and al- al alays aluays al-ways al ways - uays \ ays took an active part in m publiC publicaffairs : 'affairs affairs ' ' affairs His d ath is sincerely sincerelymourned sincerelymourned sincerelymourned mourned by a host of friends fnends |