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Show Funeral Services Held Here Wednesday For James Oscar Nord Funeral services for James Oscar Os-car Nord, 76, who died at his home here Sunday at 4 a. m., were held in the St. George Tabernacle Tab-ernacle with Bishop Wilford Schmutz of the East ward officiating. offici-ating. A. A. Anderson of Provo, former business associate, was the principal speaker. Mr. Nord had been sick for a long time prior to his death. Born, April 8, 1864, in Stafvrs-val, Stafvrs-val, Appmanna, Sweden, he was , the son of Ola Jensen and Edla Nelson Nord. At the age of 19, accompanied by a younger sister he came to America, settling first at Still water, Minn., where they lived for several years. Later he moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, then known as Eagle Rock, where he was employed em-ployed in the railroad shops. In 1919 he moved to Ashley Valley, near Uintah, Utah, continuing contin-uing in the lumbering business until December 1921, when he retired, re-tired, moving to St. George where he has devoted his energies to fruit growing and work in the St. George L. D. S. Temple. Surviving are his widow, Mary Jane Clark Nord, their son, Rex Nord of Los Angeles, and a daughter daugh-ter and two sons by a former marriage, Mrs. Beulah Parris of Brooklyn, N. Y., Arthur G. Nord, assistant supervisor in department depart-ment of lands, U. S. Forestry, Ogden, Oscar J. Nord of Rigby, (Continued on page eight) m - James Nord Funeral (Continued from first pace) Idaho, 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Mr. Nord is the only member of his father's family to have joined the L. D. S. church to date, having hav-ing become a convert while residing re-siding in Idaho. Since that time he has been active in church affairs, af-fairs, having served as presiding - w elder and Sunday school superintendent superin-tendent of the Tamarack branch, and as counselor in the bishopric of the Peery ward east of Rigby, Idaho for several years. He has gathered family genealogy of his ancestry as far back as 1592 including in-cluding hundreds of names for which he and his wife have done Temple work. Funeral Service Music numbers included, "Sweet Hour of Prayer", by Emaline J. Cottam and Emma S. Little, accompanied ac-companied by Olive Hirschi; vocal trio, "Let Us Labor In the Temple", Mrs. Seth Harper, Alice Clark Mitchell and Blanche Baker, Bak-er, the Temple trio, accompanied by Seth Harper; duet, "Nearer My God To Thee", Juanita Mc-Quaid Mc-Quaid and Vera Blake, with Am-; ber Schmutz at the piano; and quintet, "Whispering Hope", with Mamie Paxman, Afton McArthur, Alta Terry, Edith Seegmiller and Agatha Sproul, accompanied by Helen Stirling. Speakers were A. A. Anderson Ander-son of Provo, a close friend and associate of Mr. Nord for many years in Idaho and Utah in the lumber and sawmill business, and intimate friend of Mrs. Nord's family, and William G. Hopkins, close neighbor and friend of Mr. and Mrs. Nord since they came to St. George. Prayers were by Robert Hopkins Hop-kins and Moroni McArthur and the grave in the City cemetery was dedicated by Pres. Harold S. Snow. j |