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Show ISTORM VICTIM BURIEDJONDAY Funeral services for Wendell Elwood Mann, 22, Taylorsville, who was killed by a bolt of lightening light-ening Friday night, July 27, while seeking shelter under a power shovel on the N level of the Bingham open pit mine, were conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the Taylorsville First ward chapel. cha-pel. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bishop Abram Barker officiated. The family prayer was given by Keith Mann, Bountiful; invocation in-vocation was offered by Ronald McBride. Two songs were rendered rend-ered by a quartet consisting of Virgil Steadman, Leonard Gerard, Ger-ard, Helen Jones, Wilma Find-layson, Find-layson, A "The Lord Is My Shepherd", B "In the Garden' ; speaker, Harvey Mann, Center-ville; Center-ville; organ solo "Going Home", Minerva Frame; speaker, Pres. Andy Briggs; speaker, Bishop Barker; quartet number, "Abide With Me ; and benediction, J. Rex Mackay. Interment was in Elysfan Burial Bur-ial Gardens. Barlow S. Muir dedicated the grave. The bolt killed Mr. Mann instantly in-stantly but did not harm a man in the cab of the shovel or another an-other man underneath. A Kennecott Ken-necott physician worked an hour and 45 minutes before the victim was finally pronounced dead. son of Leonard C. and Wanda Bray Mann, he was born March 30, 1929 in Bountiful. Mr. Mann attended Bountiful Junior high school and in July 1947, was employed by the corporation as a trackman at the Bingham mine In October .1950 he was promoted promot-ed to craneman. He married Dorothy Carroll January 27, 1950 in Salt Lake City. They lived in Hunter for four months before moving to Taylorsville recently. He was a member of the L D S church. Surviving are his widow, an infant daughter, Julie, and his parents, all of Taylorsville, and nine brothers and sisters, Neal L. Mann, Kearns; Mrs. Donna Surprise, Chicago and Iris, Chea-lon, Chea-lon, Terry, Taylor, Jennie and Marsha Mann, all of Taylorsville. |