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Show Crushed Beneath Horse, Ellis Yerl Reber Dies At Hospital Sunday Ellis VerlReber, son of Mrs. Joseph Jos-eph H. Reber, of Littlefield, Ariz., was fatally injured three miles south of Littlefield, Saturday noon, August 9, 1941, as he was returning return-ing from rounding up cattle on the range. He was immediately rushed to the McGregor hospital in St. George, where he received medical attention. He died Sunday Sun-day morning at 7 a. m., never having hav-ing regained consciousness since the time of the accident. Unusual Accident The accident occurred when Mr. Reber, with Max and Harold Reber and Arlin Frehner were reluming re-luming from the mountain south of the Virgin river. It is not known just how the accident occurred. oc-curred. Mr. Reber was riding one horse and leading another. His brother was following in a wagon, and the other two men were in front. Due to the fact that the (Continued on page eight) Ellis Yerl Reber Death (Continued from first page) dust was dense around the men, and the attention of the other men may have been in another direction at the time of the accident, acci-dent, they were unable to describe des-cribe how Mr. Reber actually met his death, other than he fell, was thrown or dragged from the horse and the one he was riding fell on him. He was born in Santa Clara, Utah, December 3, 1914, and has resided in Littlefield until his death. He was active in both religious re-ligious and civic duties, and for the past two years he has been the deputy assessor of Mohave county. He was married on May 17, 1939, to Roma Larson, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Marite Larson of Motoqua. To this couple were born a pair of twin daughters, March 15, 1940. Survivors Surviving are his widow, twin daughters, Karon and Sharon, his mother and the following brothers and sisters: Harold and Afton Reber of Littlefield; Mrs. Maude Lee and Mrs. Vonda Hafen of Mesquite; Mrs. Grace Doty of Glendale; Mrs. Berniece Leavitt of Las Vegas; Mrs. Zona Potter of Pioche; and Joan, Norma and Carma Reber of Overton, Nev., and also his niece, Lola Mae Pollock, Pol-lock, who has lived with her grandmother since the time of her mother's death. Funeral services were held at Littlefield, August 14, at 4 p. m., with a large crowd in attendance. Services were conducted under the direction of Bishop Joseph Frehner of the Littlefield ward. The singing was rendered by the Singing Mothers of the Mesquite Relief Socity. The first song was "Though Deepening Trials". Prayer Pray-er by Patriarch William E. Abbott Ab-bott of Mesquite; song, "In the Garden", by the Singing Mothers; talk, by Arthur Hughes of Mesquite; Mes-quite; talk, by Bishop Max Hafen of Mesquite; vocal duet, "Beyond the Stars", by Mrs. Viola Gentry and Mrs. Mamie Paxman of St. George, accompanied by Mrs. Mae A. Pace. The concluding speaker was Pres. Bryan L. Bunker of the Moapa stake. Song, "Sometimes "Some-times We'll Understand", and benediction ben-ediction by Bishop Wallace Iver-son Iver-son of Washington. Interment was made in the Littlefield cemetery ceme-tery and the grave was dedicated by Everett Syphus of St. George. All speakers spoke of his honesty, hon-esty, and the faithfulness to his family at all times. They also commented on the fact that he was willing to participate in anything any-thing he was asked to do. |