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Show Last Rites ForSoldier For _ Soldier Hero HeroThe The bod bod3 ; ) of Pvt J McBethS MeBethS McBeth MeBeth McBethSharf Sharf S hart bar ! Moab soldier hero bero whowas who whowas whowas was killed Jn In action achon in m BelgiumUm BelgIUm BelgIUmIJ'1n BelgiumThn IJ'1n IJ1n Thn ' 13 1945 was la ha d ci to finalrest fmal final fmalrest finalrest rest at the Moab : cemetery cemeter ; > Sunday Sun Sunday Sunday day afternoon following followmg 1mpresslve impressive im 1m pressive presslve military services con conducted conducted conducted ducted at the graveside graveslde by theGrand theGrand the Grand county post AmerIcanLegIOn AmericanLegion American Legion LegionThe The body of Pvt Scharf Schar ! ar arrived arrived I IrIved rIved at Thompsons early Satur Saturday Saturday Saturday day morning mornmg accompanied oy oySgt oySgt oySgt Sgt Hacker of the U S army armyand armyand and was met by a guard ofhonor ol of olhonor ofhonor honor of Legionnaires LegIOnnaIresA A large throng of friendsgathered fnends friends fnendsgathered friendsgathered gathered at the home of Mrand iMr Mr iMrand Mrand and Mrs T J Scharf Scliarf parents ofPvt ol of olPvt ofPvt Pvt Scharf at 2 p pm m Sundayand Sunday Sundayand Sundayand and accompanied accompamed the funeral funeralprocessIon funeralprocession funeralprocession processIon to the cemetery It Itwas Itwas Itwas was one of ol the largest funeral funeralcorteges funeralcorteges funeralcorteges corteges in m the h story of MoabAt MoabAt Moab At the cerneter3 cemeter } ; > the Amen AmenI Amencan Amencan Amencan I can Legion burial bunal ceremony ceremonywas ceremonywas ceremonywas was given 0 E Boulden actingas actlllgas actmgas actlllg actmg as chaplain chaplam A solo Sleep Sol SoldlCr Soldicr Soldicr dlCr dicr Boy was sung toy by ! Mrs MrsCarroll iCarroll MrsiCarroll ] Carroll J Meador l\Ieador l Ieador ! \ and the dediratory ded dedIratory dediratory Iratory prayer was offered oflered by0\\ by0 by0en by byen 0\\ 0 0en \ \ en DeSpa n After the firingof flnng firing flnngof firingof of a military mllltary salute and thesoundir the thesoundu thesoundir soundu soundir g of taps the casket waslowered was waslowered waslowered lowered into mto the grave graveThe graveThe graveThe The military mll1tary funeral in m wh ch cli chsome clisome chsome some 20 members of the local localLeg localLeg localLeg Leg on post took part was wasflawlessly wasflawlessly wasflawlessly flawlessly rendered and Impres Impresslve impressive impressive slve sive in m the extreme The Tjie , LegIOn LegIOnnalres Legionnaires Legionnaires nalres naires are to ' be 'be highly com corn commended cornmended cornmended mended for the manner in m WhlCh which WhlChthe whichthe whichthe , the ceremony was stagedAmong stagedAmong staged stagedAmong Among the relatives stagedI of theScharf the theScharf theScharf I [ Scharf fam ly who were herefor here herefor herefor for the services were Mrs iMrs Thurza Thur Thurza Thurza ' ThurI I za McDougall Grenr ver yes Shirley Shlr Shir Shlrley ShirIcy ley Icy Fred and Bill Snyder Dragerton Dra Dragerton Dragerton ' gerton Mr and ahd ad Mrs PaulGramlich Paul PaulGramllch PaulGramlich DraI I Gramllch Gramlich Paradox Parado " I |