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Show LAST HONORS PAID JOERAKICH JR. Many relatives, friends and schoolmates were in attendance at the funeral services held yesterday yes-terday afternoon, Thursday, at 4 p.m. in the Highland Boy Community Com-munity House for Joe Rakich, Jr., 15, of Highland Boy, who was electrocute..! Sunday, March 7 when he accidently grasped a 5,000 volt power line while playing play-ing near an abandoned mine. Rev. Ada Duhigg of the Community Com-munity House officiated. Services Servic-es opened with organ prelude by Mrs. Charles Robinson followed by scriptural Promises of Hope, and prayer. The young peoples choir sang "Haven of Rest" after which there was a talk "Joey and School Associations" by T. II. McMullin, principal of Bingham Bing-ham high school. Next the choir san; "n the Sweet By and By" followed by the sermon "Suffering "Suffer-ing and Its Answer", and another song by the choir "It Is Well With My Soul". Scripture promises, prom-ises, prayer and benediction followed, fol-lowed, Pall bearers were Eusey Strand, Layne Caldwell, Norman Bianehi, Clint Ford, George Goris and Mickey Gonzales. Burial was in Bingham city cemetery following graveside rites conducted by Rev. Duhigg. Services included: scripture, talk "Our Joe" by Delmar Schick, teacher at Bingham high school; scripture, song "Abide With Me" by youth choir, dedication and committment, prayer. The Highland Boy youth was killed instantly last Sunday afternoon af-ternoon when he accidently took hold of a 5,000 volt electric power pow-er line while at play on a metal roof of an abandoned mine. The youth, with his brother, Larry Dean Rakich, and two other companions, Layne Caldwell and Busey Strand, were playing on a metal building at the Armstrong Mine in Highland Boy. The accident acci-dent occurred about 1 :30 p.m . According to Elmer Pantalone, Salt Lake county' deputy sheriff, the Rakicli youth accidently grabbed the high tension line while climbing to the top of the building. The Strand youth heard the crackling of the electric current cur-rent as it surged through Rak-ich's Rak-ich's body and ran to help him. (Pulling on his foot he managed to dislodge him from the wire without suffering injury despite the fact that he also stood on the metal roof. The Bingham Volunteer Fire Department was summoned with a resuscitator. The boy was pronounced pro-nounced dead at 1:55 p.m. by a Bingham physician. The victim was born April 6, 1938, in Bingham, a son of Joe and Mildred Rakich. He was a student at Bingham high school. He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Larry Dean and Mickey, and a sister, Jolene, all of Highland Boy, and a grandmother, grand-mother, Mrs. Paul Error, Helper, Carbon county. Funeral arrangements were under direction of Bingham Mortuary. Mor-tuary. O |