Show school board member is called by grim reaper following severe stroke william hoeft since 1897 a res rem ident iden t of the uintah basin at h hi Is h home 0 m e in glines ward nard day n night i g ht december 8 at I 1 11 I 1 a ca clock tk until a year ago when he wag was hron from a buggy and buffered the fracture rac tura ot of a leg mr nir hoeft had been in lp robust health about a month ago he suffered a paralytic stroke from which he be did lot re cover and steadily growing Y eak r he ell fell ino a sleep last list wednesday from whick he dil not awaken william hoeft host t was a native of germany born in B berlin erlin en cn june 22 1848 on january S 1876 1870 he was united in marriage to I 1 be bertha tha weste and in 1881 be he and bis family came to america locating in new york city later the family nent ent to chicago then to min desota and idaho and in they came to 1 vernal to make their home mr wag wa 11 a contractor by oc at cu and for fifteen years was supervisor of for the r n ment at fort Duth ducheine Du chegne esne and I 1 whit White whiterocks he ile W was a niah member r of the ad L D S 9 church and on an the sunday ida death insisted on being taken in a car V ti the second ward wari chapel in vernal to attend ser vicea vices in 1922 he be waa was elected a member ct c the uintah coun county ty board of ed and big term would hare have expired january 3 1927 eight children were born to a mr and mrs hoeft the he sarv survivor I 1 being fred boelt ot at the san franciaco Franc Taco co mrs afro helena lewis edward hoeft mrs biro hattle coltharp all of 0 vernal and myrtle hoeft of san francisco Fran dec one ion son otto hoeft a volunteer in the american army wag was hilled killed la in action in france during the world war funeral services and burial await the arrival of 0 fred hoeft from the Preal presidio dlo |