| OCR Text |
Show AL KIRK DIES OF HEART ATTACK Funeral services for John Alva :f Kirk, 62, were conducted Monday V afternoon in the Milford LDS 4 Chapel. f Mr. Kirk died of a heart attack at his farm about noon Friday Feb. 5. He was found by hisk wife, who went to the farm in J South Milford to look for him after he failed to return to their home in Milford at noon. The prayer at the home, pre- I ceding the services, was offered by V Waddoups. Prelude and j Postlude music were played by ' Mrs. Norma Kurr. V Bishop Harold Edwards offered the invocation. A duet, "Whispering Hope," J was sung by Bonnie Easton and Josephine Killam, accompanied by Letha Smyth. Ira M. Fisher read the obituary. obitu-ary. Dan Ferguson sang "The End of a Perfect Day," accompanied by Mrs. Dora Pool. Appropriate and consoling re-Continued re-Continued on Back Page Bar' Mot About AL KIRK Continued from Page One marks were offered by J. C. Smith, and Richard Leon Jones pronounced the benediction. The grave in Milford City Cemetery Cem-etery was dedicated by Edgar C. Edwards. The Milford Odd Fellows Lodge conducted fraternal graveside services. Pallbearers were Don Crawford, Mitchell White, Claude Horton, Dr. E. N. Davie, George Smith, Bill Smith and Alton Smith. Honorary pallbearers were Lamar La-mar Outzen, Joseph R. Murdock, N. E. Smith, Kent Smith, J. M." Hughes, Dr. L. F. Kohler, Rudolph Ru-dolph Nielsen and L. G. Clay. Mr. Kirk was born August 12, 1897, at Reed, north of Milford, known then as the "Beaver Bot toms." His parents were Johi William and Berley Hickmai Kirk. December 24, 1920, he married Luneta Hodges at Milford. In his early life, besides farm- ing, he worked as an electrician for the Telluride Power Co. and later for the Union Pacific Railroad; Rail-road; as a drayman, operated automobile agencies, and was director of several dance orchestras, orches-tras, traveling to nearby commun-1 ities to play for dances. ' He owned and operated Arion Hall, Milford dance hall, untd recent re-cent years. With he assistance of his two sons, he was operating a farm in South Milford at the time of his death, raising hay and grain.' Earlier he had been a successful alfalfa seed grower. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Elks Lodges. Surviving are his widow; two sons, Bill E. Kirk and Alva Kirk Jr., all of Milford; a sister, Mrs. ueitia Damn, bpringvme; ana four grandchildren, Johnny, David, Da-vid, Craig and Connie Kirk, all of Milford. Out of town relatives attending attend-ing the services included Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Dallin,- Springville; Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Roberts, Van Nuys, Calif.; Jack Kirk, Reseda, Re-seda, Calif.; Mary Twitchell, Denver, Den-ver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hickman Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Hodges, Mrs. Garth Penney, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willison, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Littlefield and son Richard, Shirley Bradshaw, and Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Horton, all of Beaver; Golda Pectal Busk, El-sinore; El-sinore; Faith Arlington and De-vona De-vona Pectal, Salt Lake; Des Hickman Hick-man and Joe Hickman, Torrey. |
