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OliverEarly Oliver , Early PioneerCaIled Pioneer Piorer PioneerI PioneerCalled I , Called Home HomeDeath Death called one of southeast southeastern southeastem southeastern ern em U ah ahs s earliest earhest pioneers Frl Fri Fnday Frlday Friday day when John L Oliver 01Iver 85 85passed 85passed 85passed passed away at the home of hIs atMoab daughter hisdaughter ( Mrs Joseph Zufelt at Moab Mr a1r a\ a \ < 1r Oliver who came to toMoab Moab from Bluff several months monthsago monthsago monthsago ago had been m In declinIng declininghealth health for some t me due toinfirmitives to toInflrmltIves toinfirmitives InflrmltIves infirmitives incident to age ageFuneral Funeral services were held a a4 a4'the the 'the athe ' Saturdayafternoon LDS ward chapel Saturday SaturdayI HowardLance dLance ciLance afternoon Bishop How H ow a as r d ci I Lance pres ding There was a : alarge large attendance of sorroWIng fnends friends sorrowingfriends sorroWIngfnends from Moab Blandmg Blanding Blandmgand Blandingand Blandmgand and Bluff The opening openmg pra prayer prayerwas praterwas ; > er erwas was offered by Carl MechalT Meehan Mecharpfollowed ' ' followed quartetBeautiful by a vocal quartet BeautIful Home by Mr Mrs " Tom TomTaylor TomTaylor TomTaylor Taylor : Mrs Ray Holyoak Rolyoak Mrs MrsFloyd MrsFloyd MrsFIoyd Floyd Reed and \ Mrs 1\Irs 1 Irs Carroll J JMeador JMeador JMeador Meador Tine Jne ' ] ' ] iie first flrsf firstcpeaker speaker peaker cpeaker < ; was Arah ArahuiilAimvajf ArahShumway ArahShurnway uiilAimvajf Shumway Shurnway ui of . Blandmg Blanding JidJiuju who VVilu pcllQ pcllQa paid paida a tr bute to the 1 fe of the ster steriiiig sterlIng sterling iiiig lIng pioneer pnjiicd who wnu jidu had passeaaway passed passedaway passedaway away A vocal duet Whispering WhIsper WhIspermg Whispering mg ing Hope was rendered by MrsTaylor Mrs MrsTaylor MrsTaylor Taylor and Mrs ( Meador RIley RileyHurst Hurst of Bla-idmg Bla idmg Bladmg Bla'iding Blaiding , ' - the conc1ud conclud conc1udmg concluding concluding mg ing speaker gave comfortIng comfortIngwords comfortingwords comfortingwords words to the family and frIends frIendsof friendsof friendsof of the departedII'he departedIThe departed departedThe ' The II'he IIhe IThe ladies ladles quartet sang Brmg Bring sangBring sangBrmg Heavy Heart and the thebenedIctIon thebenediction thebenediction byBert benedIctIon was offered by Bert Dalton Mrs iMrs Clarence Ho Holyoak Holyoak Holyoak lyoak was accompanist accompamst for allmusical all allmusIcal allmusical musIcal numbers numbersAi numbersA Ai A . , the cemetery a mixedchorus mIxed mIxedchorus mixedchorus EveryHour 1veryHour chorus sang I Need Thee 1very Every : Hour and the dedicatory prayer pray prayer ler prayler er kle kie was wa " offered oHered by W VT R McCon McConkle McConkie Among the relatives from outof out outof outof of town present at the servIces servIceswere serviceswere serviceswere were Harnson HarrIson Oliver and son sonMona sonMona sonMona Mona Utah A J Curt s 6 Mesa MesaArlz MesaAriz MesaAnz Arlz Ariz Dan Hayes \ Mr l\Ir l Ir and Mrs MrsDoyle MrsDoyle MrsDoyle Doyle Zufelt and Mrs Eva EvaJohnson EvaJohnson EvaJohnson Johnson of Bluff and Mr and and'Iilrs andMrs andMrs 'Iilrs Iilrs Mrs ' Leo Monks of Rangely RangelyColo RangelyCob RangelyColo Colo Cob A large group of BlandIng BlandIngrelatIves Blandingrelatives Blandmgrelatives relatIves and friends were alsoin abo also aboIn alsoin In attendance attendanceJohn John Lovern Oliver 01Iver was bornat born borna.t bornat a.t at . Santaquin Santaqum Utah April Apnl 41862 4 1862 the son of William T andNancy and andNancy andNancy Nancy F Oliver 01Iver He res ded atSantaquin at atSantaquIn atSantaquin SantaquIn until he was 20 yearsof years yearsof yearsof of age and for two years had hadserved hadserved hadserved served as a gual guaid d against agamst IndIan IndIanattacks Indianattacks Indianattacks attacks in the Utah settlements settlementsWhen settlementsWhen settlementsWhen When heas he was \as as \ , ; as 20 years of age agehe agehe agehe he was called to Sholow ArIZ ArIZwlth Arizwith Arizwith ! wlth with his paients palents pajents to help .colon colon .colonIze colonize . colonize Ize that sectionIn section sectionI I I In 1883 Mr Oliver marned married marnedSebra marriedSebra marriedSebra [ Sebra Ellen Wilcox at Mt 1\:1t 1 :1t 1t \ : Pleasant Pleas Pleasant Pleasant ant In the year 1887 the familymoved famIly famIlymoved familymoved moved to Moab Mr Oliverbrought Oliver Oliverbrought Oliverbrought brought the first threshing machine ma machme machine chme chine into mto Moab valley and he'helped hehelped he hehelped hehelped ' : helped build the first church'making churchmaking church churchmakmg churchmaking ' , makmg making the adobes for it Th sbuilding s sbUlldmg sbuilding bUlldmg building is now the DUP hallHe hall hail hallHe hailHe He set out some of the fIrst fIrstgrapes firstgrapes firstgrapes grapes and fruit trees in the " valley valleyMr al alley alley ley leylIr leyMr ! Mr lIr Oliver and family went wentb1ck wentb'ick wentbick b1ck b'ick bick ' to Arizona n 1893 remam remammg remaming remaining mg ing until 1901 when they moved movedto movedto movedto to New Mexico Mexlca Mexica In 1913 they re returned returned returned turned to Moab remaining remamIng two tworears twoyears twoyears rears years : Mrs Tirs , Oliver died here andin and andIn andin In 1915 Mr l\Ir l Ir \ Oliver moved mo"ed moed mo'ed " ' toBluff to toBluff toBluff Bluff wheie whel e he made his homeuntil home homeuntIl homeuntil untIl his hI " , death except for occasional occa occaslOnal occasional slOnal sional visits "ISltS ISltS 'visits " ' to Moab MoabIn MoabIn MoabIn In 1918 he married marned iiiarried Sarah Ohver 011 011ver Oh Ohver ver of Parowan _ - . . - . \ was ' 10 childien chlld1en chilclien seven in his hI : . fIrst fIrstfamIly firstfamily firstfamily famIly and three in his Ius second secondOnly secondOnly secondOnly Only three SUl suivive vlve rhe They rher : are arelIrs areMrs areMrs l\Irs l Irs Mrs \ Ethel Zufelt \ Airs l\1rs l 1rs Mrs Ellon Elln EllonAllen EllnAllen Ell nAlien Allen and J Wesley Oliver all allof allof allof of Moab Three sisters Mrs MrsEmma MrsEmma MrsEmma Emma Whipple Mrs Addle Addie AddleBryce AddieBryce AddieBryce Bryce and Mrs lVIrs Hannah Kempton Kemp Kempton Kempton ton all of Arizona also survive surVJve surviveJohn surVJve110hn surviveJohn John 110hn L Oliver had a host offriends of offrIend offriends frIend friends : . throughout thrcrnghout the entiresouthwestern en.tIre entIre eqtire en.tIresouthwestern eqtiresouthwestern . southwestern country who willbe wIll wIllbe willbe be grieved to learn of his passing pass passmg passing mg ing His constant fnendl friendl nessand ness nessand nessand and jovial lovial cheerfulness even inthe In Inthe inthe the face fdce of ol hardships hardship : . and dls dis dlscoUl discouiging discoui , coUl couiging aging glllg situations sItuatIon " gained gamed for form forh forh | ' h m the staunch fnend friendship < ; hlp ol of olall ofall ofall all who knew him 111m mL _ |