Show stanley hanks laid to rest largely attended and imbres im impressive pres lve funeral services were held thursday day of last week in the nineteenth ward chapel for stanley alonzo hanks salt lake attorney and a native son of tooele thoele who died january bishop charles huhl presided speakers were elder charles H hart of the first council of seventies nephi L morris president of the salt lake stake bishop william wood ju judge dge G A iverson bishop huhl nephi jensen charles R mcbride fred J hlen holton 0 moroni J thomas daniel hanington han ington n agton edward S rich arthur parsons ar ana alexander E carr jn in f r roll and benedict benediction jori was pronounced by hyrum bennion jr president of cottonwood stake musical selections were rendered by a quartet composed of mrs lizzie thomas edward mrs airs agnes olsen thomas samuel winter and moroni J thomas and cello solos by J fa P fisher miss emma ashton was accompanist interment was in the city cemetery where bishop huhl dedicated the grave the following is a glowing tribute paid to mr hanks by nephi jensen former president of the canadian mission of the L D S church and a salt sall lake attorney the clipping was taken from saturday mornings tribune dy by NEPHI JENSEN someone has said heis hei he i is truly great who can have have tragedy in his heart and comedy in his head at the same same time stanley A hanks possessed in full measure this kind of greatness one morning a few weeks ago when I 1 arose feeling a little blue and was about to open the day with an apostrophe to sadness I 1 heard someone walking by whistling as gleefully as a lark singing I 1 raised the window blind and looked out and saw the bent form of a man who for nearly twenty years had uncomplainingly carried more than a mans load with less than halfa half balfa a mans strength it was my genial friend stanley A hanks some time later I 1 met him on the street and told him of the cheer his merrilly whistled tune had sent to the dark corners comers of my heart that morning he laughed heartily and re marked sometimes you have to whistle to keep up courage it is a truly rare soul who can whistle to keep up courage wh when on piercing pain gnaws at the heart and the body is torn and bent by affa affliction ac stanley A hanks was a heroic soul in early manhood he possessed abounding health and stood erect in the grandeur of a splendid body but early in life a cruel affliction sapped his strength and wrecked and bent hi his s beautiful body but this suffering did not break his brave b rave spirit with undaunted courage he grasped the broken blade and fought a better battle than most of us do with unbroken steel I 1 miss him he was my friend he was my comrade I 1 am sad because causa I 1 have lost his genial kindly fellowship |