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Show Respected Pioneer Is Called to Rest Solemn and impressive funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the Gunnison Valley high school building, for N. C. Tollestrup, who died at his home in thi3 city Friday of last week. Bishop Chas. E. Embley . of the Hamilton ward, conducted the final rites and among the speakers were Brigham Jensen, John Larson, Bishop C. A. Peterson and Bishop Embley. Invocation was offered by Austin Keams end benediction by I Chas. H. Embley, and grave dedicat- ! ory ceremony was performed by A. H. Kearns. As the casket bearing the aged and respected citizen was moved to the ceremonial hall, an impressive funer-I funer-I al march was played by Fred Fjeld- sted. A choir under the direction of C. E. Ferre, gave a number of selec-! selec-! tions and solos were given by Ernest . - L. Swalberg and Eva Jensen. Selections Selec-tions were also given by a quartet composed of Winfred Fjeldsted, Sidney Sid-ney Fjeldsted, Eva Jensen and Harriet Har-riet Myrup. Following the services at the high school, the remains were taken to the Gunnison cemetery for interment The pallbearers were Roscoe Tollestrup, Tolles-trup, Wesley Tollestrup, Elton Sor-enson, Sor-enson, Clinton Lundeberg, Grant Niel-son Niel-son and Lenno Rosenvall. A profusion profus-ion of beautiful flowers covered the grave. N. C. Tollestrup, one of the sturdy pioneers, who came to Utah in 1861, crossing the bleak plains with ox teams, under the command of John Murdock, was a widely known character, charac-ter, particularly in Southern Utah. He was born at the town that bore ! his name, Tollestrup, Denmark, October Oc-tober 23, 1833. After a two year's residence at Salt Lake, he came to ; Gunnison and has resided here con- 1 tinuously since. After coming to Gun nison, Mr. Tollestrup followed contracting con-tracting and was noted for his clever work in masonry and the building of stone houses, and more the 250 homes now stand as monuments to his work. ' He was employed both at Salt Lake ; and Manti temples. He was an ac- 1 tive church worker during his early days and besides serving a nine year mission in his native land, he was counselor to Bishop Madsen of the Gunnison ward for ten years. For a time, he forsook the masonry business busi-ness and engaged in t,he mercantile business and he was constable here for eight years. Before coming to America, he was married by Karen Christensen in .. 1855. The first wife died in 1867 and ' in 1809 he was again married at Salt Lake to LaVina Sorenson. The second sec-ond wife died in July, 1927, and in 1870 he was married to Mary Jensen, the latter passing in 1903. Mr. Tollestrup was the father of (Continued on last page) RESPECTED PIONEER IS CALLED TO REST (Continued from page 1) nineteen children, nine of whom survive sur-vive him, four daughters, Mrs. Yetta Sorenson, Mrs. O. C. Lundeberg, Mrs. Sarah Nielson and Miss Carrie Tol-lestrup Tol-lestrup of Gunnison, and five sons, Albert of Cedar City, Walter of Stockton, Calif., C. F. and Rudolph of Raymond, Canada, and R. L. Tol-lestrup Tol-lestrup of Gunnison. Besides thie sons and daughters, 100 grandchildren, 102 great-grandchildren and eighteen great-greatgrandchildren survive. Those of t,he relatives from outside points attending the funeral were Prof. Fred Fjeldsted of Ephraim, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tgllestrup of Manti, and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Lundeberg of Richfield. |