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Show Falls From Wagon; Neck Is Broken F.rastus Olson, well known here and one of the progressive farmers of the valley for many yearn, was killed Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock when lie fell from a load of hay on which he was riding. Mr. Olson's neck was broken and death followed a few minutes min-utes later and before medical assistance assist-ance arrived. Mr. Olson, together with his son, Vern, and George Hog-gan, Hog-gan, were working in the fields at the Overfclt ranch and were loading hay. Mr. Olsen was on the wagon arranging arrang-ing the load and when the horses started he was seen to fall backwards. back-wards. He gave a scream and the other men hurried to his side and found the man prostrate. First-aid treatment was given and Dr. Christ-onsen Christ-onsen was summoned and when he arrived Mr. Olsen had breathed his last. The sudden death of Mr. Olsen, coming as it did, has cast a gloom of sorrow over the entire community and the bereaved family. The deceased was a native of Denmark. Den-mark. When he was but six months ( old he came with his parents to the United States. The family located at Man! i, residing there for eight years. They then removed to Gunnison and Mr. Olsen has resided in the valley continuously since. Mr. Olsen was 70 years old and had been a resident of Gunnison and the valley for nearly 62 years. When a boy only 1 1 years old his father died and he worked to support sup-port his mother. When in after years, he grew to manhood he fought in the early Indian wars and was always al-ways regarded as an honest and fearless fear-less man. He was a member of the L. D. S. church but owing to a defect in hearing during the past few years he seldom attended services. Mr. Olsen is survived by his wife, Illda E. Olsen, and two sons, Vern and Frank Olsen, ali of whom reside here. A sister, Mrs. Mary Fox of Circleville, and three brothers, Hy-rum, Hy-rum, Joseph, and Ole Olsen of Boze-man, Boze-man, Mont., are also left to mourn his death. Simple, but imp' ess ive funeral services were held for Mr. Olsen yesterday yes-terday afternoon at 2 o'clock, at the Relief society hall, under the direction direc-tion of C. E. Fevro. Joseph ( hristen-scn hristen-scn and Axel Modeeu, who knew the deceased, paid a high tribute and eulogized the high character of Mr. Olsen. A quartette rendered several appropriate ap-propriate selections after which the remains were taken to the cemetery for final interment The floral offerings were profuse, the casket be;ng banked with the tokens to-kens from friends. |