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Show Smallpox Victim Buried Saturday Impessive funeral services for Wesley Wes-ley Larson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. I,arson of Centerfield, were held at Mt. Pleasant last Saturday afternoon. after-noon. Wesley Larson, a native of Mt. Pleasant, but who had resided in the Gunnison Valley for a number of years, died at Los Angeles Wednesday Wednes-day of last week, following an attack of black smallpox. The dread disease was raging at the coast metropolis and unfortunately Mr. Larson was exposed ex-posed and after suffering from the malady, passed to his Maker. Geo. Larson, the father, left here Tuesday of last week, to go to the bedside of his son, but on reaching Salt Luke a delay was caused, and before leaving the city word came that his son had died Wednesday. The body was lur-metically lur-metically sealed in a casket and f r-warded r-warded to Mt. Pleasant where the final rites were said and where hundreds hun-dreds of friends mourned the death of the young man. Services for Mr. Larson were conducted con-ducted by C. L. Stewart and the sung program included "Sometime We'll Understand," "Though Deepening Trials," and "O, My Father." Invocation Invo-cation was offered by L. Thomas of Ephriam, and benediction by Joseph Lund. ' Chris. A. Peterson, of Centerfield, Bishop Reid of Mt. Pleasant, Bishop Chas. Hansen of Centerfield, and C. L. Stewart of Mt. Pleasant were the speakers at the funeral services. Among those attending from Centerfield Cen-terfield and vicinity were Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Peterson, Mrs. Jas. Hansen, Han-sen, Henry Christensen, Bishop Chas. Hansen, Bishop and Mrs. Bert Frand-sen, Frand-sen, Alonzo Jensen and family and the bereft parents. Wesley Larson was born at Mt. Pleasant March 8, 1905. He attended the schools there and when his parents came to the Gunnison Valley, he accompanied ac-companied them. Some time ago he left for Los Angeles and was employed employ-ed there when stricken with the disease dis-ease that claimed his life. |