| Show fuhl SERVICES ARE HELD IN EMORY OF EVER the funeral services herd in respect to rae or of iver gregerson Gre gerbon of Cast ledale who died filin the of the fatal ace dent received while work ing at the miller creek mines were very impress ve about 60 cles follow ed the rema ns hom h om the hom of the decea ed to the war 1 meeting house six of the male members of the Castl edala muti als act ng as pall bear ers f uncial was the most largely attended of any ever held at Cast ledale the meeting house was filed to its utmost capacity some being compelled to stand up the casket WAS a ful white brocaded one and elegantly trimmed and the undertaking estabi sh ant put forth the best efforts in re af the noble man the floral tr autes many and most beautiful the meeting house dialed for the on elder richard miller was the first fir st and he spoke of his farat meeting with the I 1 deceased in denvarl wh ie tha former waa on his miss on and spoke of how ready eider gregerson received the gospel and ever since he espoused the same that he had ben faithful and ready to obey good council and was a man with a noble spirit beloved by all who knew him elder A E wall senior nt of the quorum of leventi s of which mr gregerson ws a member spoke in the highes terms of the life of the deceased the speaker said that elder gregerson waa ever ready to do what was yd of him and that he was a lumble man and always ready to stand up for right the speaker said that de ceased always had desire to fill a mission 0 o the nations of the earth but sa d that ie bad ben called to fulfill a greater and be ter 3 oi bedr W hyches of the academy faculty and an intimate friend of the deceased spoke in glowing terms of his life and he said blat perhaps h was beatr acquainted gregerson than any of ha friends in Cist ledale b cau e they had aboc abed a great deal together the speaker said that elder gregerson s heart was full of the gospel and that it was the uppermost tl ing in 1 is heart and he was ever a staunch de fender of the gospel and academy and desire 1 that his children be educated to be good men and good women and thab he had asked that his ch larn be cared for and fathered by the 1 adera of that institution elder duehea as one was ned to have over the bereaved 1 ane a aker aaker said that elder gregerson had led a difo of and that he was e to a celestial gloy and would corn forth in the first resurrection as a king and priest to the n ost high god the speaker invoked the blessing of the lord on th bereaved and h hoped that all would follow in the footsteps of r that aldei gregeren Gre geron had trodden in closing elder dyches read reola t ons of respect presented by the mutual assoc atlon of wh ch elder gregerson wis one of its pros dene iver laur da gregerson was the son of faunds and mattie gregerson an he was born at amt den mark on the day of november 1877 he joined the church of jesus chr st of latter day saints on february 7 at denmark and emi gifted to utah in and came to Cast ledale and has lived here ever since that time on the 3rd day of june 1903 he was joined in hoi v to mary nielsen of Cast ledale it the salt lake temple and two children were born to thorn namely one son verner and a daughter noline gregerson Gre gerbon both of whom sur vive the deceased 1 ever since he espoused the charch of jesus christ he has been a faithful member of the same and he died is he had lived fa ahful to th church at the time of his death he was a member of the quorum of seventies ard w as the first 1 to the presidency of the local Y M M I 1 A he was also a member of the Cast ledale town board he was a model citizen i and beloved by all who knew bin and he was one of the few who made friends of all that kne v him mr gregerson carried life insurance but owing to a luse in the policy against worl ng in the mine it is doubtful if anything can be from this source he 1 a wife and ch idren brothers sisters and ganv relatives who mourn his loss and many friends who sympathy is with the bereaved |
