Show jack chew oldest basin citizen dies at funeral held sund sunday V funeral services for year old john hoylo hoyle jack chew the oldest most resident of the uintah ba sin were conducted sunday at 1 pm in the jensen ward cha P rm jack chew as he was known to everyone eve one died at a convalescent reome home in salt ln inke ka city last wednesday august 25 four teen days after hl his birthday death was attributed to age mr chew was bom born august 11 1832 1852 in sabadin england a suburb of the city of blackburn Bleck bum burn ills him parents t phoebe hoyle and william willam faren L chew t ew made a living as its weavers in the cloth mills at Bleck bum john came to america with his mother in 1804 1864 with a group of mormon converts john hoyie ie his maternal ina grandfather had left england in 1850 came to utah and started a store in nepal in 1864 he sent for his hi daughter who brought john an and hb his youngest you niest sister the M lae rest ox oje we family remained in en england la 4 A few months after jog john arrived r A in nepal he was sent to 11 aliye e with a neighbor to learn fanning farming and care of stock at 19 15 his mother died and 40 john be gan making a H living aina for him I 1 m sell self and hi bis 3 alster slate by y the time e he reached 29 he was ma making ing a living breaking and tra training horses and ra raising asin g a few fettle continued on paged V I 1 I 1 jack chew chow dies at I 1 I 1 JAI JACK K CHEW DIES continued from page 1 he ile married mary E metcalf in fayette sanpete county july 0 1881 she died december 17 1950 in the year 1901 john took up a homestead on douglas mountain east of vernal and continued his stock business there until 1011 1911 the he lie bought pool creek ranch above echo park suld out his holdings on douglas mountain and continued his business on blue mountain and at pats hole lie ile retired in 1920 survivors include seven sons harry flurry craig folo colo mark M wadsworth nev burton derk berk eley calif douglas and rial vernal ralph jensen and reine santa ana cal five daugh mrs ethel jefferson denver mrs avvon huger phoenix mrs irs viva smith long view wash mrs jean robinson vernal and mrs nola burdick torrance california there are 27 grandchildren 29 great grandchildren and lour four great great grandchildren bishop warren billings con ducted at the services for mr chew mrs margaret caldwell gave the 0 opening ening selection with a violin s boio 0 F 0 accompanied by ruby fife Op lening prayer was offered by orvil dudley the speakers were driver E smith and victor wilkins the songs included nearer home by gerald and margaret caldwell accompanied by ruby fife and beautiful isle of somewhere by carwin snow accompanied by marle marie poulson the closing prayer was offered by moroni moon burial was in the jensen cemetery where the grave was dedicated by percy stewart paul bearers were five sons and a son inlaw in law ralph reine rial douglas and harry chew and james robinson mr and mrs alvin weeks attended the lions district aba meeting in price sunday |