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Show Obituaries Henry Esplin Salt lake City and Lucy Jones of Cedar City. Funeral services were Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Cedar Second LDS Ward Chapel. Interment was in the Cedar City Cemetery, under the direction of the Spilsbury & Graff Mortuary. I he subscribed to, and read the Congressional Record. He still has a keen interest in politics and world events. Later the family moved to Cedar City and purchased pur-chased a ranch because of the limited educational opportunities in Or-derville. Or-derville. He and his wife spent four winters working in . the Mesa Arizona Temple; and they retraced his missionary travels in Indiana, and the travels of their ancestors in all the historical points on the Mormon Church. Although born before the age of airplanes or automobiles, Henry Cox Esplin lived to see men walk on the moon and the use of organ transplants in the human body. He is reputed to be the only person living who was a participant in the United Order in Or-derville. Or-derville. Both his parents and grandparents were a part of Brigham Young's program of communal living. Its principles of cooperation and sharing became a part of his life's philosophy. He is survived by five sons and five daughters: Rulon Esplin of Fruitland, Idaho, Thelma Jones, Merrill Esplin, Reed Esplin and Van Esplin, all of Cedar City, Mrs. Howard (Ann) Thompson, Margaret Esplin and Mrs. Lloyd (Ramona) Allenby, all of St. George, Henry of Nyssa, Ore., and Mrs. Vernon (Maxine) Larabee of Salt Lake City. He was preceeded in death by a son, Leo Esplin, who was killed on Luzon Island during World War II and two daughters, Mary and Lucy who died in infancy. Also surviving are 38 grandchildren, 129 greatgrandchildren great-grandchildren and 5 and three sisters: Lena Woodbury of Altadena, Calif., Evelyn Richardson of HENRY COX ESPLIN, 102, died April 15, 1981, at his home in Cedar City. He was born Dec. 13, 1878 in Orderville, Utah, to Henry Webster and Philena Cox Esplin. He married Lucy Chamberlain Cham-berlain Oct. 11, 1899, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She Died Jan 14, 1973. After attending school in Orderville through the eighth grade, he went to Brigham Young Academy (now Brigham Young University) for one winter. Thereafter he returned home to Orderville where he farmed and raised cattle and sheep. He left for a Church mission to the Northern States six weeks before his second child, Thelma, was born, and didn't see her until she was two years old. He was a school trustee for several years; worked for the State Road Commission, and was an active Sunday School worker and teacher for years. As a rancher he spent much of his time on the range. During summer months he worked on his own mountain range land. In winter he took the sheep to grazing grounds in Nevada and the Arizona strip. He spent his free time in camp, and also much time, while herding the sheep, reading. He carried his books with him in an oilcloth bag to protect them from wear and weather. For years |