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Show PROMINENT CITIZEN ! PASSES ON George Cluff, Jaily lintali Basin Settler, Laid to IUvst af Duchesne. Du-chesne. George' Cluff c Mt. Emmcns paeo--tA away In Duchesne Monday morning, morn-ing, March 18, after having been In ill health for nearly two years, roar weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. Cluff movcrt to Duchesne from Mt. Eminor;e where clct,er medleal attention could ht given, but of n avail. The time of his -departure had arrived and ncthing could be done to prolong his useful life on earth. . Mr. Cluff was born In 1SC0 and would have been C9 years eld on April 20 of this year. He was the ton of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cluff. In 1S64 when Mr. Cluff wt.s about 4 years of age, the family loft Provo and moved to Logan where they re sided about five years. In 1SG9 Ben jamin Cluff was called on a mission Uj the Iiawaiians IsL.-tls. Or. bis return he moved his family to Coalville. Coal-ville. As Tast a3 his children were old enough they wore scn-t to Prig-Lam Prig-Lam Your-s .University, whj-JL the liccn-scd graduated. At the age of 15 he was called by the church to f,o cis a mission to the Hawaiian Islaiids where he served lewr and half years. He helped to -.alabiisn thi church plantation Ihcyo." While 'there he became very proficient in the Hawaiian language. Afier hi:-; reh."e from this mission he retuvn-' retuvn-' ed to Ileber, and two years later, r.t 'i!lc age of twenty-five, he was unit-' ed in marriage to Miss Amelia For-i.io. For-i.io. Two years Inter they v?c:. called to Th.itcher, Arizona, to open up the St.' Joseph Academy, where the iainily stayed for seven y;ars. Ihej wei-e then called hy-the tLurch to " to TImcry etakc vvhere Mr. Cluff was Instrumental In reopening the Castlegate , Academy, where te served as principal for thrr-i years', ...... .m.. ....e, .i"i"(i. vi liiv juu- fic epa rime nt. They suboqu- nily !nov.-:i to Prrvo and soon aft or the opening c,X the Uinlalt Indian rcscr-va.ti:jn rcscr-va.ti:jn they came to LMicheir-e i;i 1907, and located on what is row known a tlte Popo ranch on th' D;i- j he'sne. river adjoining the ily oil .Duchesne, wlu-re they re--.:d-.-3. for j :!ii' e year;-, iiiaking t'iiial iu-.'v." .)u i the ir h mestcad. Mr. f'inrr wai pre.s: Jci:. ef 'it j Mutual Improvement or.-;an:r::.;..-Jin Duc-htsnc rrr.l at 'nas :-;alh -:i. jprobai.dy the oldest. M. 1. A. rm-mUr j !in the Duchefci: takc. The family iei'l Duchesn? i;i ''JiD and ve.jit to Canada, while .:' ! iived fer three years, ami luovu io I Spokane, and lived there nut:! Mr. OJufs h:alth seemed to break, when tiu.y m.vcd to Astoria, Orego:?. Iho family litill had a Warm spot for the people of the Uintah basin so about eight yeara ago they return! ua:;l located at Mt. Emmons. Mr. CIuTP expressed himself during the past ftw months of hi.s life that he would rather live here among his friends than anywhere else. Mr. Cluff as always been, not only prominent In church work, but in all other activities In the interest of the community in which ho lived. Ho was endowed with more than tho usual ability, aud ho always mado it manifest In the intciest of his fellow fel-low men. He had a jovial ds-p-ssi-tiou, which remained with him to b.is J-'at.h. We who have known Mr. Cluff rather intimately the past s-reore- of years rcalizo that a vacant t-pat Is P.ft by hi3 passing that vMI (0- L?st rase.); . i , (From Page OneO : 1 1 : 0 M I X E N T C I TI Z E.N r.&ur PASSES ON - ee hard lo fill. Well do wo remember remem-ber the farewell party given at the Cluff home a few days before their departure in 1910. And when wc begin lo go over the names of those present on that occasion we realize that many of the old timers have gone never to return. Mr. ClutI is. survived by his widow and ten living childrtiv. Paul and Chris, of Duchesne; Claude of Silver-ton, Silver-ton, Oregon; Mrs, It. G. Robertson, Wallace, Idaho; Mtb. II. M. Webber, Astoria, Oregon; Mrs. Ardhfe "J alley, Brooks, Oregon; Mrs. JcfferHon Wall Mt. Emmons; Radio cl and Howard of Mt. Emmous, Leland of jTooele. The three of tho younger of the children are uynia.rjjed, Thorg lure also 11 grand children. Mr. ciufr! was the first death in the immediate im-mediate family. Fuuoral BervioeB were held at Duchesne Du-chesne Thursday, March 21, llishcp Earl Case of Mt. Emmons having charge. Talke were made by B:6hop Case, Birch Reunion, G. V. BilIIng3 and John Madsen. Bishop Case offered of-fered the opening prayer and President Presi-dent Owen Beuniou tho closing. The music was furnished by a male omtV-tett omtV-tett from Mt. Emmons and a local quartette with a solo by Mrs. Onela Fortlc and violin sclo by Prof. John-sou. John-sou. Interment was made in tho Duchesne Du-chesne cemetery. |