Show Local Oil S Sand nd Engineer and il N Inventor Dies Funeral services for for- forRay Ray Stewart Brimhall 52 Salt Lake City were were conducted conducted con con- ducted Friday noon at the Holladay Holladay Holla Hulls day Ward Chapel Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Latter day day Saints THE WIDELY known inventor designer ner and engineer in trucking oil and oil shale oil shale extraction methods died Sunday Sunday Sun day in a Seattle hospital of natural causes His inventions include a fastening device device de de- de vice and a hydraulic pump used on semi semi- trailer truck tractors with the cab over the engine They are manufactured by Hydraulics Salt Lake City He als also was board board chairman technical tech advisor and engineer for Major Oil Corp and pioneered research into methods me me- thuds of separating oil from bituminous sands and converting hydrocarbons in in oil sh shale le The latter effort is being continued by Inc of which Mr Brimhall was vice president t tech tech- ch meal director and engineer He was one ot of honorary members of the U U. S S. S Society of Automotive En En- Engineers n- n HE ALSO had gained acclaim m as tenor soloist with the Utah Opera Theater Salt Lake Philharmonic Choir University University University sity of Utah Chorus and the Utah Symphony Symphony Symphony Sym Sym- phony Orchestra He was a high priest in the Church B BORN RN JANUARY 30 1917 in My Myton ton Duchesne County he was a son of Jesse JesseT T T. T and Veda Collett Brimhall He married married married mar mar- ried Carol Emma Burgon February 20 II fr |