| Show funeral services held friday for william lewis CI impressive funeral services wei e conducted at provo on friday after noon of last week tor for J william lewis well known tintie man who died from pneumonia the tion was offered by bishop andrew steedman of mammoth and the bene diction by elder gunderson also of that place both being old time friends of the deceased and amog the speakers was T E chatwin of mammoth the following sketch regarding the life of the deceased w was s read at the funeral t M mr r lewis was bora bor in provo october 1 15 18 1872 th thyson son of jesse william and mar mary F roller iler lewis in 1887 the family jamily i moved ved to payson utah where he crep ed until his mai mat ariage to melissa manwill in the salt lake temple june 30 1897 he ile was a graduate of the B Y U his father built the lewis hall the home of the B Y U academy for several years and also owned the present site 01 0 the B Y U on april 18 J exactly 22 years prior to his death he left salt lake tor for a mission to ta the southern states spending two years bears in tennessee and ohio one year after bis his return home he went to la grande oregon return ing to utah in 1907 the family wen wenc to mammoth where they resided 13 I 1 years during which time mr lew s was city marshal six years and spent several years as foreman at the sioux and iron blossom mines two years ago he bought a home in provo second ward so the three oldest children could attend the B Y U 0 |
