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Show Funeral Services Held For Dr. M. J. Macfarlane At Cedar City Funeral services were held in the first ward chapel in Cedar City at 2 p.m. Sunday for Dr. Mensis John Macfarlane, who died in the L.D.S. hospital at Salt Lake City Friday at 9 a.m. from a streptoco-cus streptoco-cus throat infection and complication. compli-cation. He has been ill for more than a month. He was born in St. George November 29, 1881, he was a son of John M. and Agnes E. Hey-burn Hey-burn Macfarlane, early pioneers of Iron county and later of St. George, in the call of 1861. After completing his public school work in St. George, Doctor Macfarlane graduated from the old Branch Agricultural college at Cedar City in 1903. He taught in Santa Clara and St. George the succeeding two years. In 1905 he enrolled as a medical student in the University of Utah, and two years later was employed as an instructor in the branch school, from 1907 to 1910. He entered the University of Chicago in 1910, graduating with a medical degree from the Jefferson Jeffer-son medical college at Philadelphia Philadel-phia in 1913. He was an interne of Manhatten hospital in New York City and in St. Mark's (Continued on page ten) Funeral Services Held Per Dr. M. J. Macfarlane at Cedar City iO.T.'.:r.v.-.'.J -'rem first page) :. -: :.;!, S Lake Cry. rr-Ai-tirt- In Crdar City II- (.:..-r.-l his medical practice jn C'ei.ir C.'y in 1913 and has s.n.ce male that his home. o;-rat:ng in partnership with Dr. J. W. Eergstrom since 191S. He has done po.-t graduate work during dur-ing the past 2'J years at various ir.s::uti..n. including New York Po-t Graduate hospital. New York Citv: Cornell University medical school. Manhattan hospital school, and the Cook county general hospital. hos-pital. Chicago. He has built up a w ide reputation and won for himself him-self distinctive recognition as a surgeon. Doctor Macfarlane has been active in civic and medical circles of Southern Utah for many years, a former president of the Southern Utah Medical Society, president of the Utah State Medical Society in 193S and a member of the American Medical Society. The Iron county hospital at Cedar City, which he was instrumental in establishing, is rated as one of the outstanding institutions of its kind in Utah. He has frequently been county physician of Iron county and held this position at the time of his death. Always an active worker and interested in education, he has held many prominent positions, having been a member of the Utah State Agricultural college board of regents, member of Iron county and of Utah State Board of Education, and served two terms as city councilman prior to 1920. He has promoted the scenic interests of this section and been active in the field of business, busi-ness, at one time vice-president of the Bank of Southern Utah and one of the founders of Iron Commercial Savings Bank. He is past-president and member mem-ber of the Rotary club and Cedar City Chamber of Commerce; a member of Lodge 1556, B.P.O.E. and of the L.D.S. church. Surviving are his widow, Katherine Palmer Macfarlane, to whom he was married in Cedar City, September 1(5. 1919. and four sons, L. Wayland Macfarlane, student stu-dent of Cornell university medical school; Allen and Robert Macfarlane. Macfar-lane. students of the Utah State Agricultural college and Menzies Macfarlane of Cedar City. Also the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jennie M. Clark, of Los Angeles; Mrs. Ann Shumway and R. U. Macfarlane. St. George; Mrs. Sarah M. Mathis. of Price. K. H. Macfarlane, of Cedar City. H. A. and Alex Macfarlane of Opden. Mrs. Bessie Benson of Milford and Mrs. Janet Lester of Salt Lake City. Two Thousand Attend Services It is estimated that 200 DeoDle attended the services including the more than 400 who could not be accommodated in the chapel but were provided with amplifiers for the outside. Speakers included in-cluded Dr. Elmer G. Peterson of Logan, president of the Utah State Agricultural college; State Senator Glenn E. Snow, of St. George: Director Henry Oberhan-selv Oberhan-selv of the Branch Agricultural college, of Cedar Citv; Walter K. Granger. Rev. W. McRae Forsvthe. both of Cedar Citv: Dr. W. J. Reichmann, of St. Georee in behalf of the Utah Medical Socipty and the Southern Utah Medical Societv and W. A. Jones of the Parowan stake nresidencv of the L.D.S. church. Blanch C. Tones read tributes from the nurses of the Iron county hospital. Messages and telegrams from all narts of Utah and from other states were read, one from Governor Henry H. Blood and one from the town of Pioche, Nev. signed by 40 former patients. The life of Doctor Macfarlane, who was himself an invalid during his boyhood, was eulogized as one of unselfish human service, charity and neighborly kindness. Burial was in the Cedar City cemetery. |