Show f ail f pic paul morman norman oak oaks killed in north korea funeral servi services ces conducted for pac paul oaks final tribute was paid thursday d a y february 10 at I 1 p in in the vernal second ward chapel hapel C for private first class paul norman oaks who was killed in combat near the manchurian border in north korea on november 0 9 1050 1950 at the age of 18 years the body was brought to vernal tuesday q morning february 8 by the vernal mortuary services were conducted tinder under the direction of phil watkins if ns prayer at the home was offered by leland workman prelude and postlude music at the chapel was played by melba sargent opening song a duct beautiful leau isle of somewhere was sun sung by george C davis and chellus ch q lus caldwell accompanied by melba sargent invocation was offered by george C davis A solo M my buddy was sung by gerald geral caldwell Fal caldwell dwell accompanied by margaret caldwell harvey hullinger was the first speaker A solo lead kindly light LI adwell ht I 1 was sung by gerald C caldwell accompanied by mrs caldwell next speaker was harvey mckee the concluding number was a vocal duet by george C davis and chellus caldwell just why I 1 suffer loss I 1 cannot know ael accompanied am by melba sargent closing remarks were made by phil watkins with benediction by percy stewart burial al at maeser cemetery interment was in the maeser fairview cemetery under the direction of the vernal mortuary bishop warren billings dedicated the grave pallbearers Pall bearers included dennis ottley jackie mott mark brown allan york I 1 alien allen hatch and don mgt francis E crupt of the escort detachment of oakland accompanied the body home and stayed here until after the funeral services the american lesion legion auxiliary had charge of the flowers when paul was a small child five years old his father was killed paul was held in high esteem and regards by all who knew him his friendly and cooperative 0 pera tive spirit and his excellent character and cheerful disposition won him the respect and affection of all survivors include his mother marell oaks two brothers owen lee and martin E oaks of vernal and a sister kenna sue of fort morgan colorado visitors from out of town relatives and friends at the funeral included victor nelson ind sons jimmy and ronny mr and mrs boyd walker mr and mrs max nelson of pleasant grove mr and mrs ertin L wilkins mr and mrs victor wilkins mrs virgil jensen and children harden nelson jr salt lake city mr and mrs dennis ottley evanston wyoming W YO mr and mrs hyrum burgess lapoint mr and mrs harden nelson sr mr and mrs hay wellman mrs moonyeen pittman and son bishop and mrs warren billings mr and mrs percy stewart mr and mrs gary wall jensen mr and mrs virgil and baby daughter paula sue and mr and mrs marion ft mor morgan an colorado military rites were under the direction of the american legion witbeck post no 11 junius hacking chaplain flag bearers were stewart ashton and fred coates buglers buggers bug lers robert and boyd erickson and firing squad bud hacking bill wilson buck fulmore gary wall and mgt of arms arras francis lennox |