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Show Eiroy Elroy Wilkins WilkinsOf WilkinsOf WilkinsOf Of Roost.velt Roostvelt Roosevelt Roost.veltSuccumbs RooseveltSuccumbs Roost : . veltSuccumbs Succumbs at 74 74Eiroy 74Elroy Eiroy Elroy WUklns Wilkins 74 14 prominentRoosevelt prominent prominentRoosevelt prominentRoosevelt Roosevelt business man ajid a.nd and . bank banker banker banker er died at his home Thursday of ofa ofa ofa a heart ailment He had been 111two Ultwo 111 Ul 111two two months I The death of Mr WUkins Wtlkins Wilkins closesi 1 , colorful role In the history anddevelopment and andI anddevelopment I development of the Ulntah basinMr basin ba$1n ba1n . $ . Mr Wllklns Wllk1ns Wilkins settled tUed on a homP-4 homP 4 home homP4I homP4stead home-'stead home 'stead stead - - ' ' stead north of Roosevelt In 1907 1907nd 1907nd 1 107nd 07nd 07nderved I nd ndserved -erved erved .erved served - . as * s deputy sheriff when whenhe whenhe 1e he ' Ulntah Uintah basin w was .s s . all a1l a part of ofI ofWasatch ofWasatch ofWasatch Wasatch county When Duchesne Duchesneounty Duchesneounty Duchesneounty ounty wfs WI'S WIS was ' formed Mr WUklnsOas Wilkinssas Wllklns WUklns Wilkins Wllklnsas I \Oas Oas sas \ as Its ils first t1rst sheriff shertH After Alter tartn farm tartnng farmng fartnnc ng a fen fev feu . years Mr Wllklns Wilkins went wentnto wentnto wentnto nto business bU5lness and In 1916 1 1C opened openedt openeda I openedI a " \ store there v . which uhich htch h has .s s . grown grownInto growninto grownInto Into one of Roosevelt s 8 largest For Forthe Forthe rorthe the past 20 years he had been beenTre.5ident beenpresident beennreeldent Tre.5ident Tre5ident president ) . of the Roosevelt StateBank State StateBank StateBank StateBankA I Bank BankA A son of Alexander and Allee Alice AlleeM AliceM AliceM M WUklns Wllklns Wilkins he w was wa .s s . * bom born In m Provo ProvoIn ProvoIn ProvoIn I In March 20 1M7 1867 1887 Hr HI He ' spent his hisearlv hisearly hisearly earlv early life Ufe In to Provo and southenl souther southenlUtah southerUtah southernUtah Utah When 21 he went to Coatille Coal Coat Coal1Ue Coalvllle \1Ue 1Ue \ % ille and established estabUshf"d estabUshfd " a meat and andgrocery andgrocery andgrocery grocery business There he met metand metand metand and married Nellie Neme M Eldrcdc- Eldrcdc Eldredg EldrcdconNovember - < on on"lovember onNovember onNovember "lovember lovember November " 11 1894Sun1v1ng 1894Surviving 1M4 1894 Surviving Sun1v1ng , , . in addition dttion to his hJs wid- wid aid- aid aidow widow wid widow - ow are six sons 8OD8 eons and daughterS daughterSParrell daughtersFarrell daughtersFarrelL Parrell Farrell . MarreU M n'eI1 neI1 Mama ' F II P ' Uarc Marc : and PaU1 Paul PaU1I PaU1WUk1ns PaulWilkins PaulWUklns WUk1ns Wilkins and Ura ma Mts . . . Thelma Ba'11 Ba11 W BarWw ' BarWwan B rKwaU I . aD an of Booeevelt oseftlt IJooaevelt a : . . , and Mrs Ma : Evelyne Eve- Eve Eve1yne Eve-lyne Eve lyne - 1yne lyne Johnsoo Johnaoo Johnson of Loe Los Las Angeles CalContinued Cal CalContinued CalContinued ( ( Continued on page pege four ) I I I Eiroy Elroy Wilkins , Roosevelt RooseveltBanker RooseveltBanker Banker , Busmess Business BusinessMan BusinessMan I Man Succumbs Suocumbs at 74Continued 74 74Continued , ( ( Continued from page one oneseven ) IContinued seven grand grandchildren lldren one great greatIgrandchlld greatgrandchild greatgrandchild Igrandchlld grandchild and the following broth brothars broth"rs brothrs ars " ra and sisters sistf'rs sistfrs ' Burishe Burlshe Wilkins Wilkins10f Wilkinsof Wllklnsof 10f of Arroya Orande Grande Oal 0a1 Cal Mrs lAlu Lau Laura lAlura LBUra ra Demming of Midvale Mldvalf ' OrmalWilkins Ormal OrmalWilkin OrmalWllklns I OrmalI Wilkin Wilkins ' ! of Duchesne Duches.ne . and Joseph Josephand Josephand Josephand and Mayme Wllklns Wilkins of Los An Angeles Angeles Angeles AngelesFunpral geles gelesFunE'ral gelesFuneral Funpral FunE'ral FunEral ' services cervkt's cervkts cervhes ; ' were sere 're re ( ' conduct conducted conducted conducted ed Sunday at 1 1 30 p m In the theRoo.et"It theRoosevelt thenoose-veil thenoose veil Roo.e\t"It Roo.etIt Roo.e Rooe t"It tIt Roosevelt . ' \ " - LD8 LOS LDS ward ard chapel under underthe underthe underlie the ( direction of Bishop H if J Ritchieand Ritchie Ritchieand Ritchleand I and Interment was wa.a waa . ; In the Roose Roosevelt Roosevelt I velt \ PIt City C1ty cemetery cffie-tery cffie tery ( , - _ RitchieI I |