| Show MANTUA PIONEER CALLED BY OTH liana hans long iong time resident and prominent citizen of 0 mantua passed away at his home on the hillside farm so uth odthe 0 the dugway at tile the head bead ot of box elder canyon saturday 11 night ight at 1040 just two months previous mr Rasmus sens wife deed and tho the separation was a great blow to him already well advanced in years that sad experience seemed to age him more and he failed perceptibly until the final summons came mr air was born in denmark september alli 1834 and cama caan to this country in in 1868 locating in mantua where he has resided continuously the cosy looking farm house nestling against the foot or of the mountains the barns and well ke kept pt farm IL ontjo on the south ime ol of the canyon as one enters tile the 1111 IRM 1 valley from this side have always been an interesting picture to the traveler mr ir ra damns sen was a lover ot of tine fine horses and always kept the finet finest and fattest he was a sturdy son of 0 his mother country who lived frugally jut but honestly and observed the golden yuie rule in ill all his dealings with his tel fel he minded his own business and set an all example that was worthy ot of emulation mr was the pioneer grower of 0 straw strawberries strawberry berr i es in mantua he set out a small tract ot of berries on the hillside back of 0 hla his house a number ot oi years ago and the first harvest demonstrated that tab hi finer strawberries can be produced anywhere for a number of 0 years the farm produced hundreds of cases of strawberries every year until other mantua residents decided to get into luto the bustness business so that now local shippers look to the community fora great portion Oll ot of the strawberries that are shipped out each spring mr Ms mussen was the father ot if nine sturdy children two ot of whom pre preceded cedea he and his good wife to the other life there are surviving six sons and one daughter weides besides 1 33 grand children one son peter is li a member of the mantua ward bishopric and during the past two years has served as town president funeral services will be held in III the mantua ward chapel on wednesday at 1 under the direction of 0 bishop conrad jeppson |
