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Show Mapleton native services held Funeral services were held Friday at the Berg Mortuary in Provo for Marquis Delbert Perry, 64, Mapleton native, who died of a heart attack at his home in Provo, October 7, 1968. Interment was in the Springville Evergreen Cemetery Ceme-tery with full military rites by the Dean Mendenhall Post 13 of the American Legion. He was born September 11, 1904 in Mapleton, the son of Mark L. and Phoebe Fullmer Perry. He received his early education edu-cation in Mapleton and graduated gradu-ated from the Springville High School. He married Helen Warren. They were later divorced. He married Annie H. Brown on July 15, 1936, in Springville. Mr. Perry was a veteran of World War I, serving in Hono- lulu. He returned to reside in Mapleton after his military service. ser-vice. He became a resident of Springville and was employed by the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Company. In 1939 he moved to Eureka where he worked as an auto mechanic. In 1941 he moved to West Jordan and was employed at the Remington Arms Plant during World War II. In 1943 he became a resident of Provo and was employed at the Geneva Ge-neva Steel Plant as a mechanic, mechan-ic, retiring a year ago. Mr. Perry was a member of the LDS Church. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening. Surviving are his wife of Provo. two sons and one daughter, Allen B. Perry. Spanish Fork; Fay L. Perry,. Upland. California; and Mrs. Robert E. (Anna Mae) Cooper, Denver, Colorado; 11 grandchildren; grand-children; one brother and two sisters, David Perry, Mapleton; and Mrs. Larie Shell and Mrs. Richard (Arma) Hundley, both of Provo. Utah has a tremendous agricultural agri-cultural base. Cooperatives have exerted real leadership hi helping farmers and others to utilize this base, these resources re-sources for the benefit of Utah's people and their communities. |