| Show ALBIN BROOKSBY FILLED AT ZION NATIONAL PARK A sad accident acl dent occurred in zion national park on the tha afternoon of april 11 at 3 when Albin brooksby principal of the elementary schools at Or derville I 1 was killed instantly when an troll iron made from a wagon tire tf re and which was a part of a carriage on the old calls cable which has been in III zion park for or so BO many years yeara became partially loosened and 6 lid down aown the cable cabie from a distance of feet etti striking king him on the head bead and body bady mr brooksby Broo kaby and a party ot of teachers and pupils were on an outing in III the canyon when the accident oc burred tho the children had been swinging on the cable and just a moment before the accident mr brooksby had said to members of the party 1 ar I wish they would not do that it looks dangerous 11 lie he stepped up to the cable to stop them and just as he said 11 1 I wish the iron came down into the be crowd and struck him devon devo a talt aged eight leo aged ten and eugene russell aged ight eight e were injured and others of the group received slight blight bruises henry carroll rushed young stevens and russell to cedar city the xray X ray showed that eugenes collar col bone and one arm were broken leo ileo stevens was lucky in escaping w with ith slight injuries mr taylor and mr cottam county countr attorney and deputy sheriff came from st george went over the ground releasing the body which was brought to Or derville by don jolley assistant superintendent of Zion park funeral services were held in the ward meeting house at Or derville bunday afternoon at 3 for mr brooksby bishop edward carroll pre preside sidel and the singing sinding was furnished by the ward choir people gathered florl from many towns and th the house ehouse was tilled filled beyond cada city people deop b g in attendance M there acab flowers contributed by sorrowing borrowing ria rela y tives lives and friends A in representative israel H esplin offered the invocation the speakers were asa W judd of fredonia fre onla donla arizona chas C heaton of moccasin arizona fred G carroll arlos crofts oswald L pearson Pc arson ed ward carroll and president heber J 1 al i meeks the chair on the stand he be usually t occupied at the side of his bishop was ii draped in white and left vacant and the he quorum 0 of teachers lea chers about fifteen een i in number sang the vacant chal chair 11 mrs reta carroll sang the teachers work Is done henry chamberlain sang sometime somewhere edward crofts sang 1 I know that my redeemer lives benediction was pronounced by hurton burton rust one of the teachers ay the grave was dedic dedicated ateA by henry blackburn albin brooksby was born in ausy t thirty seven years ago decem Deco mim 11 her 28 1892 being the ninth child in a family of eleven the family came boutah to utah when ahe albin was five years old first li living ln salt lake city and aid richfield and lat er settling in fredonia arizona Arl where they now reside mr brooksby graduated from the tit j B U A 0 in cedar city in 1915 spent v one year at the university of viah and went to camp lewis washington with the field artillery in n oct 1 ober 1917 lie he left for francein france in the spring ot of 1918 and remained in ila F fiance rance and germany until april 1919 t when he returned home ile he married bessie bessie eselia of 0 order ville november 10 1919 and they have made their home rhome here s since lace that time he was a man of action in school scho 0 1 9 a line fine athlete an in the army a courageous soldier at home he was a scout leader A a quorum teacher a school teacher and azember a member pt of the ward bishopric also stake superintendent t n of sunday schools and school board member ile he leaves his widow and tour four children en the th 6 eldest ot of whom Is nine biars years li ol of age and the youngest eleven n months they are as follows verla verla isa albin ardell emma jean ind and wen aall dell he is also survived by his par 6 ants and ten brothers and slaters st aters mr brooksby was ma ift a man loved ived and respected by byall all and was without an enemy the entire southern mi dla i bilet gt are grief stricken over ahls untimely death |
