Show john nielsen Is honored on goth birthday ninetieth birthday annever s ary gary of john nielsen a pioneer 0 f uintah basin was observed quietly wednesday with a din ner at the family home hom in nap I 1 les ies gg although bedridden during avi ele tv i the past winter the octogenarian would go ahead with his favor ite hobby basket ml blaking which he learned from his father in denmark except for one thing willows have not been avail alile al mr nielsen i was born in den mark on oil june 9 1848 and came to the united states with his parents eight years later they were converts to the of jesus christ of nalter day saints the family first settled in rott pott onwood salt lake co county tinty he married frances higgins in the t old oid 1 T l to endowment dow ment knite house a to in salt lake city in 1880 0 she died in 1908 he bro ht n his family 1 to uin tah tab basin uan in 1885 making his home in what was then vernal second ward he broke ground for the first naples EW chapel acsa pel A thrill tm of his ma life ilfe came T this year when in march he broke ground for or the new nw naples chapel more tha 50 years later laten attending vi the dinner were S mr and mrs mahnon marion woods woo w and mr and mrs lester nielsen vernal and mrs willard H anderson bear river city mrs anns nielsen has seven living sons and daughters mrs jay aay ay kay el cajon cal col orval niel N el sen riverside cal jesse niel N el sen st george clarence nel niel son san jose seCal cal cel lester niel son ahders and mrs stella woods nal and mrs Ander anderson song sont bear biar river city 33 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren eloise Xi nielsen elsen eisen dau daughter of mr and mrs lester nielsen honor ed her grandfather with an orl ori ginal poem |