| Show DEATH OF OLE C OLSEN CLOSES A USEFUL LIFE MAYFIELD utah march 19 impressive funeral service services over the remains of ole C olsen who died last tuesday afternoon it 5 clock were held tt U the meeting house yesterday jest erda at af hernoon at 2 ci clock B shop hyrum christensen presided Deep deceased ased second biro wife johannah Joha unith unah C olsen died list januar alth and find wag was buried just two mouths before her bus bind a demist it large gathering was present at the funeral and glowing tributes were paid to the elife life and labors of tha deceased bv by the following speakers ex B shop parley L P jensen C R ne nelion E b andersen anderson P F J christian dpn ir and arum christensen Ch the elders related several incidents ote ald rena ram inIS Lences in the I 1 te fe of the deleand deceased and eulois d hi ht worthy career and character lie he a a 3 an upright citizen kind colite olite and considerate husband the breakers Bf si eakers poke of bis his hones bones V and alad intents iii I 1 isbon and as a public man and of the it hh kh esteem in which ho he was hel hell i by those who ho knew him several relatives and friends from oth er to towns ns attended the funeral fhe beautiful white casket was strewn with flowers and a large cortege fol lowed the remains to its last resting place deceased was wag the father of fifteen children five of whom survive him 45 grandchildren seven of whom are dead and tour four great grandchildren all living he was aas the husband of three wives one of bom survives him caroline carolina math ida oisen olsen our worthy and respect ed president 0 of f the local relief society ole C olaen olsen was born feb 7 1823 on the island of bornholm Boro holm denmark while yet et oung young he learned the trade of a tailor which location oca tion he followed more or less all his big I 1 te fe he joined the mor mon church march 15 ordained a ie leacher the same year and called to lab or among the saints in copenhagen ordained i i priest jan 1 1803 ordained an elder the sa sane no year and filled a miss on on the islands of Sj Sl ailland and bornholm presided over the copen hagen conference branch from 1853 to 1807 aben ben he eted to utah cross ing the plans pi uns with ith handcarts he was one a nong the volunteers sent out to holl beno cannon canyon against the army H hafid eld several church offices wherever he resided besic ed including the office of seventy resided in salt lake city ephraim mt alt pleasant fairbie gun nison and maa mafield beld filled an bonora ble mission to scandinavia 1867 to 69 labori laboring rg as traveling elder and later as pros pres dent of tha the stockholm conference I 1 11 I 1 the spring of he lie came to may field among the earl settlers and was wag appointed president of the branch and in june 1877 is a ordained bishop of the ward waro he held the post tion of bisha until 1890 when he re a ened on account of old age he par in all the ts and exper bences me inc dent of the early settlers he tok an active part in the black hawk war serving as captain he sustained heavy beav losses by the depredations 0 of f the indians loosing quite a number of cat tie helped to organize the tho co op store and was president of the same for many tears boars he has always been an active man in local affairs helping to build the forts at ephraim mt Pleasa ii fair viba and Gunni gunnion oo and was the first settler to out a plow in the ground in the south MB field settlement was president of or the h b gh priest of Mav haold field was ordained pi patriarch june 3 1900 1000 he held the position of bishop of may field with credit to himself and honor to the ward and was an enterprising indus anous polite and much respected oti citi an he ile leaves a widow and five gr grown own children to mour his loss logs viz G I 1 olsen and john olsen of emery county mrs A whitlock Whit loek jr of vernal mrs I 1 H hansen hanson of ephraim utah I 1 and victor oleen olson of wyoming |
