Show FUNER FOR WM RICHENS ulf HELD FRIDAY FRI DAY special to express MAESER june 24 fu funeral norai ie services for wllliam H ItI richens chens of mae nor who died wednesday following a stroke of paralysis ware were held hold la in tho the maaser ward chapel friday juno 23 1922 at 2 with bishop joseph bodily presiding alding A mixed double quartets bang sang tho the following byans beautiful ilo isle of Sor well understand der stand and oh my father josephine hacking and jonsto sang ill go 00 whore where you want mo mot to go tho the speakers were james shaffer patriarch nelson merkley S D colton and bishop bodily who spoke of the faithful life and tho genuine character of the departed 0 D aon allen opened with prayer and lester bingham offered tho the benediction A largo large cortege followed the remains to the vernal cemetery whore where interment was made william H hrichena RI Iti chena chens eon son of james and sarah saral right night richens was bom born at tronto Ont ontario ariot canada september 10 16 1858 ho he and his father accepted t the bo gospel as carried to their homo home by tho the mormon eldera elders in 1877 later mr ItI chons and hie his father to salt lake city where they secured employment and obtained sufficient moans means to brine bring the rest of hie his family to utah ae married nettle christensen may 29 1884 in the salt lake endowment En dowmont house from this union were born four children llla lila BrIg brigham bam C L a and nd 0 R RIc richona bons the first two proceeded him in death and tho the last two survive and are living in maeser mr Iti chens learned the plastering trade from bla his father in law C C ha ile hae has followed thie this trade throughout tho greater part ct his life being very successful at the same besides plastering many residences in ashley valley he plastered the county court house ashley coop uintah stake tabernacle and uintah academy he ile came to vernal in the fall fal I 1 0 of f 1884 and settled just south of C S carters residence later he took up a homestead in naples where he lived fourteen years them thern bought the don perry place in maeser he pur parched ched aed a home in varnal but moved hack back on the farm before his death 1 I while whilo living in maeser ho be was president of the elders quorum for a number of years yearn until the elders of maeser and glines wards wore were united to form the third quorum of the he stake mr ItI richens cherim also served aa an second counselor to thomas a bingham in the of the sunday school bethe summer of 1917 he be suffered a stroke of paralysis duo due to overwork from this Is he fairly recovered but not entirely he took a second stroke june 9 av 02 and after two weeks ot or suffering passed to his great reward leaving his ble wife and two sons to survive him Wil william linTa richens wag wah a peacemaker among men he was kind and generous to all and in bla his dealings with his fellowmen fel he tho the gold 1 en rule in its completeness |