OCR Text |
Show Injuries Fatal to Alfred Fjeldsted After being unconscious for nearly eleven days as the result of being struck by a passing automobile, Alfred Al-fred Fjeldsted passed away at a hospital hos-pital at Salt Lake last Sunday' night at 10:45. Tuesday the remains were taken to his home at Centerfield and will lay in state until next Sunday afternoon af-ternoon when burial services will be held. The funeral will be held at the Centerfield meeting house at 2 o'clock. While it was known that Mr. Fjeldsted Fjeld-sted was lingering between life and death his hosts of relatives and friends here held 'out hopes that a change would come for the better and when the message was received that he had died a gloom of sorrow was cast over the entire valley. Mr. Fjeldsted, in company with A. Barlow, was enroute to Gunnison, and when at about 31st South street the two men alighted to make some trouble adjustments to the truck in which they were riding. It was while standing at the rear of the truck that Mr. Fjeldsted was struck by a passing pass-ing automobile. The man was thrown to the pavement and rendered unconscious. uncon-scious. He was hurried to the county hospital and first-aid treatment given. Apparently there was no skull fracture frac-ture and the only evidence of scratches were on the hand. Mr. Fjeldsted remained unconscious all during his confinement at the hospital and never spoke a word after he was struck by the passing car. It was at dusk and the driver of the car failed to stop and ir) the excitement attendant attend-ant to the injuries to Mr. Feldsted the number of the car was not observed and it will never be known, perhaps, who the driver was. Alfred Fjeldsted was one of the most highly respected citizens of the valley. He was a native of the valley, having been born at Axtell, December 24, 1880. Before he was a year old he removed with the family tp Center-field Center-field and until his death was a resident resi-dent there. In his early days he followed fol-lowed the vocation of farming and stock raising and proved successful. When he reached the age of 21 he was - married to Lena Larson and to the union five children were born. Mr. Fjeldsted was an active worker in the L. D. S. church of which he became be-came a members in his younger days. He served in various capacities and at one time was counsellor to Bishop Soren Anderson. He was also a lead-1 er in civic development and was the . leading light in having the water system sys-tem installed at Centerfield. He served faithfully and satisfactorily as a, member of the city council three tenns. j At the organization of the Bank of 1 Centerfield some four years ago Al- f red Fjeldsted was chosen cashier and ' a member of the board of directors ! and served in those capacities with honor and efficiency. He numbered his friends by the thousands and his untimely un-timely death will be keenly felt by all. Surviving Mr. Fjeldsted are the widow and six children, five girls and one boy. The girls are Mrs. Elgin Bouvang, Etta May, Hazel, lone and Luzon and the one boy, Valdo. Besides Be-sides the family are the parents, A. C. I Fjeldsted and Matilda Larson Fjeldsted, Fjeld-sted, five brothers, Winnifred, Richard, j Sidney, Alvin and Gilbert and one sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Ethel Nielson. |