Show Woman f Dragged Dra g d To T o 0 Death By Horse worse Funeral Services Held Tuesday at Ashley Ward For Mrs Orson Button Burton Funeral Services for Mrs Theo Thea Marie Burton 50 O Greendale who was d when dragged by a horse bone Satur- Satur Saturday Saturday day day morning Were e held Tuesday elday fet t the Ashley Ward Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Fred C Anderson conducting of f the Ward Bishopric ric conducting The accident Saturday morning at about 9 0 arm when Mrs Burton rode out ID I'D her ber horse to O a nearby grain field to l g vaa aa l remove v vO a half wild half wild horse which was s eating the grain She lassoed l 1 fi the animal and led him to an an- an another other other field It appears that as she she was preparing to remove the lasso rope the horse bolted and the rope coiled and fastened itself Itsell around her leg The horse ran for four hours through the fields and adjacent woods drag drag- dragging ging her body after which ex ex- ex exhausted exhausted hausted it returned to the place where she lad had ad led it Mrs Burt Burt- Burton's Burton's ons on's young daughter Reva Revs 12 who was tending a neighbors neighbor's baby came looking for her mother at about 1 1 pm She dis- dis discovered covered Mrs Burtons Burton's body still caught In the rope Reva Revs I ran to neighbors for help In Inthe Inthe the meantime Garth and Don Don- Donna na Burton children of the viet vict im irn arrived and freed her body Mrs Burton suffered lf fractures C of of the neck back and arms and deep lacerations Opening prayer at the services was given by William H way Speakers were Alma and Bishop C L Richens Musical numbers were I know That My Redeemer Lives chorus Wilma Davidson May Cook Sylvia Richens Leland Warren Jones accorn- accorn accompanied by Edna Caldwell The Old Rugged j jM Cross M vocal voc i 01 COrwin Snow know Sno accompanied soby by Lavon Wall Closing prayer Hyrum Ulrum Toon Toone v j fJ a Burial was wu in the Vernal Memorial Ronald R Ronald dedicated ted bearers aU bearers were Earl Earl Jesse Jease Imd and Garth Burton Sylvan Ar- Ar Arrowsmith Arrowsmith Arrowsmith Wesley and Vaughn Potter Mrs Burton was born at Wan- Wan Wanship Wanship Wanship ship Utah September 8 1896 the daughter of Theodore Ras- Ras and Julia I She came to Vernal in 1901 I with her mother and step father Josiah Arrowsmith She and andOrson andOrson Orson I I Burton were married March 15 1919 The couple had even even children six of whom are living They made their home at Greendale where Mr Burton farmed and raised livestock I Mrs Burton is survived by I her husband three sons Earl Jesse and Garth Burton all of Greendale three daughters Mrs Beulah Reva and Don Don- Donna Donna na Burton of Greendale a broth broth- brother brother er Theodore and the following half hall brothers and sisters Sylvan S y l 1 van v a n Arrowsmith Greendale c Jesse Arrowsmith I Vernal Vernal emal Josiah Arrowsmith Cali Cali- California California fornia and Mrs Elvira Green I Zimmerman Temple Arizona and two grandchildren |