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Show Loving Tribute Paid To Flora Nelson Solemn and impressive funera: services for Miss Flora Nelson, whc met a tragic death Decoration day were conducted at the Gunnison high school auditorium Monday afternoon at two o'clock. The auditorium was filled to capacity and never in the history of Gunnison has a higher tribute been paid to one who had been called. The tragic death of the young woman tore the hearts of relatives and friends and eyes were moistened, the most stern giving away to grief. A profusion of flowers flow-ers banked the casket and with the words of comfort spoken, the appropriate appro-priate songs, tended to deeply impress im-press all those present. Funeral services were under the direction of Bishop Leslie Kidman and following the opening hymn invocation in-vocation was offered by John Anderson. And-erson. Among the speakers were Chas. S. Hansen, Hyrum Olsen, Hy-rum Hy-rum Christensen, A. E. Park, Bishop Kidman and President W. F. Webster, Web-ster, the latter of the Wayne stake. Mr. Webster,- long acquainted with I the Blackburn family, parents of the I man who committed the deed that j cost Miss Nelson her life, gave the j highest praise for the character and ; integrity of the family. He stated that he, as well as the hosts of friends at Loa, grieved and sympathized sympa-thized with the sorrowing parents. Many appropriate selections were given by a quartet and Mesdames June and Jack Metcalf gave a duet, and E. L. Swalberg gave a solo. ! Miss Mabel Larson read a tribute to ! Miss Flora Nelson. The tribute was composed and written by Mrs. M. D. Beauregard. I The beautiful floral offerings, of-' of-' fered as a tribute of love and es-! es-! teem, were in charge of eight friends and associate girls of Miss Nelson. . They were Miss Geniel Petty, Miss i Theresa Duggins, Miss Roxie Wilkinson, Wil-kinson, Miss Dorothy Christensen, Miss Nola Beck, Mrs. S. S. Kunz, j Miss Bernice Mansfield and Miss ; Iris .Michaelson. The pallbearers j were Lloyd Willardsen, Ashley Nelson, Nel-son, Leon Christensen, Robert Den-nison Den-nison and Willis and Duane Willard-son. Willard-son. An impressive scene was enacted at the Nelson home with the visit of Mr.- and Mrs. - William Blackburn, parents of Claude Blackburn, responsible re-sponsible for the death of Miss Nelson. Nel-son. , The meeting of the two families fam-ilies and the reconciliation was sad and it was mutually understood that sympathy went from one family to the other. Besides the parents of Claude Blackburn attending the funeral ser-j ser-j vices from Loa, were other relatives, among them being Wallace Black-J Black-J burn a brother, Mrs. Wanera Dalton, : a sister, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Black-! Black-! burn, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Blackburn, uncles and aunts, Mrs. Reba Stuart, 1 President W. F. Webster, Scott Goff j ! and William Potter. Miss Nelson j had hosts of friends at Bingham and i those attending from the mining -j camp were Ray Maher, Mrs. S. M. j (Continued on last page) j 'l.OVI.G TRIBUTE I'AID MISS FLORA NELSON (Continued from page 1) Roper, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Eaum, Mrs. Yar.e Nielson, Mr. and Mrs. J. ! II. Clark, Jack Eallinger and others.' Friends from the valley and sur-1 rounding communities gathered to pay the last sad tribute to the one whose life had been suddenly called. Flora Nelson was born at May-field, May-field, September 28, 1907, and was : the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. j Nelson. In 1916 the family came to i Gunnison where they have resided since. Flora attended the grade school, afterwards graduating from the high school. She was a member of the Mormon church and took an j active part in the work of the young i people of the organization. ! Surviving are the parents, father and mother, and five brothers and two sisters. I |