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Show Sofrona Provonsha Dies From FromIniuries FromInjuries FromInjuries Iniuries Injuries Received in Car Crashlived CrashLived Crash CrashLived Lived Eight Days After Accident , , Hundreds Att9nd Attend Att9ndFunercl AttendFunercl AttendFunercl Funercl Funerclof of Popular Moab Girl Held Wednesday IMiss IMlss Miss Sofrona Provonsha 19 19popular 19popular 19popular popular Moab girl died iMonday Monday Mondayat iMondayat at 9 a am m from injuries sustained sustainedMarch sustainedMarch sustainedMarch March 23 ! when she was struck struckby struckby struckby by an autorn automl autonb ) bile while stand standIng standing standing Ing at the side of a truck truch . on t'1e t1e the t'1ehIghway thehighway thehighway ' hIghway in the east part of oftown oftown oftown oftown&he town townShe &he he She & had been at the Moab Moabhospital Moabhospital Moabhospital hospital since the accIdent accIdentwhich accidentwhich accidentwhich which hipfractured crushed her left hIp fractured her leIt left le ft ankle and andcaused andcaused andcaused caused internal injuries MIss MIssProvonsha MissProvonsha MissProvonsha Provonsha did not regain regam cons consd consctousness consdousness d ctousness ousness during the eight days daysfollowmg daysfollowing daysfollowing followmg following the accident until her herdeath herdeath herdeath death According to Sheriff SherlIf J JB JB JB B Skewcs Skewes and W S Lmes Line Lme " ; , and andJack andJack andJack Jack Sullivan state hIghway hIghwaypatrolmen highwaypatrolmen highwaypatrolmen patrolmen patrolmenho \ ' ; who \ho ho have made ex extenslVe extensive extensive tenslVe tensive investigations mvestlgatlons Miss Pro Provonsha Provonsha Provonsha vonsha and a companion compamon Jumor Junior JumorGarlett JuniorGarlett JuniorGariett Garlett 19 were standl stand standing ng by bythe bythe bythe the side of a parked truck talk talkIng talking talking Ing to its Jts occupants when a car cardriven cardriven cardriven driven by Edward Foy of Moab Moabstruck Moabstruck Moabstruck struck ! Miss Provonsha and sIde sIdesWIped sideswiped sideswiped sWIped the truck Mr 114r Garlett Garlettsuffered Garlettsuffered Gariettsuffered suffered only minor mmor mjUrles injuries mjUrlesThe injuriesThe injuriesThe The driver drlver of the car stated statedthat statedthat statedthat that he was blinded blmded by the thetruck thetruck thetruck truck hghtsA lightsA lights hghts lightsA A more thorough mvestlga investiga mvestlgatJ investigat investigaton tJ t on is being bemg made by officers officersfollowmg officersfollowing officersfollowing followmg following the death of the theyoung theyoung theyoung young ladyThe ladyThe lady ladyThe The death at of ( ) { 1l\ 1l \ < Miss 1l1155 1155 Provonsha Provonshawas Provonshawas Provonshawas was Utah Utahs s 33rd traffic fatalityof fatahtyof fatahty fatality of 1947 and was Grand county s sfirst sfirst fIrst fatality of the yearMIss yearMiss year yearMiss Miss Provonsha was born bornNov bornNov bornNov Nov 24 1927 at Montrose MontroseColo MontroseColo MontroseColo Colo a daughter of Edd E and andIsabell andIsabell andIsabcll Isabell Provonsha She moved movedwIth movedwith movedwith wIth her parents to La Sal when whennme whennine whennine nme nine months old She attended attendedschool attendedschool attendedschool school through the sixth grade gradeat gradeat gradeat at La Sal and then came to toMoab toMoab toMoab Moab where she graduated graduatedfrom graduatedfrom graduatedfrom from the Grand county hIgh hIghschool highschool highschool school m 1946 Since Smce last Sep September September September tember she had been . employed employedat at the Moab drug storeShe storeShe store storeShe She is survived by her par parents who red res de in m \ Moab l\1oab l 1oab : a SIS sister sister ter Mrs Mane Marie Bartholomew BartholomewSacramento . , , Sacramento Calif two broth brothers brothers brothers ers Dan G and Harold Provon Provonsha Provonsha Provonsha sha Moab and a grandmotherMrs grandmother grandmotherMrs grandmotherMrs Mrs Isabella Prewer MoabFuner'll MoabFuneril Moab MoabFuneril Funeril Funer'll Funerll ' services were held heldMonday heldMonday heldMonday Monday afternoon at the LDS LDSchapel LDSchapel LDSchapel chapel which was filled to over overflowmg overflowing overflowing flowmg flowing by the hundreds of sor sorrOWIng sorrowing sorrowing rOWIng friends fnends of the fanuly family familyThere fanulyThere familyThere There were scores of beautiful beautifulfloral beaut beautifulfloial ul ulflolal flolal floral offerings offermgs The scrvlces services serviceswere scrvlceswere serviceswere were conducted by Rev F L LDawson LDawson LDawson Dawson who offere offered l the mvo invo mvocahon invocation mvocation cahon cation The opening openmg number nwnber bumber wasa was wasa wasa a hymn hymn * ' Sometjne SometJ.me SometJme Sometane . We Well Jl 11 Understand Un Understand Understand derstand by Miss DorothyKirk Dorothy DorothyKIrk DorothyKirk KIrk Miss Merle Dalton MIS Miss MissMary MisaMary . > Mary Lee Johnson and MISS MISSRuth MissRuth MissRuth Ruth Patterson accompanied on onthe onthe on.the onthe . the piano by Mrs D E Bald Baldwm Baldwin Baldwin BaldwinThe wm win winThe The first sp speaker eake r was wasBIShop wasBishop wasBishop BIShop W R McConkie McConkle who whopaid whopaid paId a glowing glowmg tribute trlbute to the thel thelife thelife l life e of the departed g1 girl rl She Sheseemed Sheseemed Sheseemed seemed to be 'be ' actuated by the thegolden thegolden thegolden golden rule he said and she shehved shelived shelived hved lived a beautiful beauhful life We ! loved oved by byall byall byall all who knew her as attested attestedby attestedby attestedby by the great throng at the fu funeral funeral funeral neral A poem Rest was wasread wasread wasread read by Rev Dawson DawsonRev DawsonRev Rev W L Hesseltme Hesseltine Sev Seventh Seventh Seventh enth Day Adventist minister III1llllster mmister of ofSalt ofSalt ofSalt Salt Lake City spoke words of ofcomfort ofcomfort ofcomfort comfort to the sorrowing sorrowmg fam famlly family family lly ily A solo Dear Lord was wasrendered wasrendered wasrendered rendered renderedby / tiy /by by Mrs Mennel Stew Stewart Stewart Stewart art accompanied by Mrs Baldwin Bald BaldwIn Baldwin BaldwinThe by-Rev by Rev byRev wIn wInThe The unvocation unvocahon invocation was given by - Rev Dawson and a hymn was wasrendered wasrendered wasrendered rendered by a male quartet quartetcomposed quartetcomposed quartetcomposed composed of Curtis Robertson RobertsonJack RobertsonJack RobertsonJack Jack Stewart AI Al Starbuck StarbuckBob , . Bob Reid and Jimmy Junmy WalkerAt WalkerAt Walker WalkerAt At the . cemetery .cemetery In the Garden Gar Garden Garden den was sung by the male malequartet malequartet malequartet malequartetThe quartet quartetThe The services were under the thedIrection thedirection thedirection dIrection of the Mitchell mor mar mortuary mortuary tuary of Price Pnce The 'J.1he J.1he J1he ' . flower girls at the ser serVIceS services services serviceswere VIceS -were were - 10 young ladies ladles all allclose allclose allclose close friends of . MLss MJ.ss MJss Miss Provon Provonsha Provonsha sha MarjoneOliver MarjorieOl1ver MarjorieOliver They were Misses Marjorie BonnyLilc BonnyLIlt Ol1ver Oliver Lucille LucJlle Shafer Bonny LIlt Lilc . . Roberta Gariett Garlett Ruth RuthSomervllle RuthSomerville RuthSomerville Somervllle Somerville Ber Beryl ) 1 Cam Merle MerleDalton MerleDalton MerleDalton NancyPowell Dalton Audley Audiey Day Nancy Powell and Louise PeneAmong PeneAmong Pene PeneAmong Among relatives and fnend friends friendsfrom fnendafrom " from outside points pomt " who "ere ere "erehere \ " \ ere erehere here to attend the servl-ces servl ces services - - wel were wereArwin weieArwm e eAI1wID AI1wID Arwin Provonsha of Salt LakeCity Lake LakeCIty City Mr and Mrs IMr , Haskell HaskellBates HaskellBates HaskellBates Bates and son Harlan of Provo Provoand Provoand Proveand andMrs and Mr and Mrs Vere Ray and Mrs Bertha Ray Nucli Nuch Nuclz . Lolo L.o10 Lo10 Lobo |