Show SERVICES FOR FOB BISHOP NELSON tot ol o The funeral services for lip Dp Beng Bengt Nelson Sunday afternoon in the taber taber- n nicle were impressive and well attended nt nt- tended by relatives friends and acquaintances acquaintances ac ac- there being many people from Parowan and other towns o othe oJ of the county present The services were under the tho direction dt dl of lip Bp F. F B. B Wood who opened opened open open- ed eJ the services by announcing that thai the choir would sing Dont Vont You Mind Mini Your Sorrows Prayer was of offered Ie red by Elder Alex Alea G. G Matheson Mrs Annette sang Your Friend after which Elder Wm Walker was called to speak lie Ue said that he had known Bp Nelson for lor twenty for twenty years and had found him to be honest upright ht and had no bad habits He lie had raised an nn ideal family and ad had given each child an education The speaker said that while the deceased was bishop of the East Ward he was counsellor or to him cm end during all their years of association association tion together there had never been any Annette Helen Foster Hazel Granger er Violet Uric Urie Wm Vim arid ani Kenneth Macfarlane Ray Cosslett Cosslett Cos- Cos and E. E M. M Corry sang Flower land I Sitter Sifter Jennie Thorley was the next speaker and she said Raid said In part that she he hat had always liked to speak of Bro Uro Nelson es Bishop Nelson He lie was a n bishop In every deed always ready to help the ladies ladles of the Relief Society to solve their problems liea He lie a was as a u noble and n a religious man and he has been n a wonderful father to raise such a congenial family Elder M. M D D. D Higbee followed Mr Mrs Thorley and said that the congregation tion before him was WI evidence of the esteem in which Bishop Nelson was held in the community The speaker said that the deceased and himself were boys together pals in the same crowd hunted cattle together as asS as'S Boys S 'S and as ns men worked together in affairs Said he had never been connected with a man more honest and reliable I feel to honor such men menas menas menas as Bishop Nelson and I would say sayto sayto sayto to to- the children left to mourn mour to be considerate of their mother who will miss him sadly Lawrence J J. J Adams Adums of Parowan wing sang the tile solo Ill go where you Want me to go Dear Lord Bp E. E M. M Corry said he appreciated the confidence that Sister Nelson and children had in him in asking him to speak peak at the services He lie said he first knew Bishop Nelson as 81 a schoolteacher school schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher when he be began school as a small boy and he had learned to honor him He Ile said as we reflect upon upon upon up up- on men who wh have o we find that some have hav succeeded in financial affairs and then there is the man who renders service in a religious way and to my TUY way of thinking he why who succeeds in this way Is the most successful successful suc suc- man and Bp Nelson was such sucha a n man He lie has served in the city council and other civic and he was one you OU could Impose u a trust upon and he would carry it out The speaker pep said that his life is a a great i I. I U h l b t t V h f Q amt n. n 1 cou 1 11 ld m inspiration on t me e ca D me a y i have Ju Isis Ills tribute bute to Bp lip Nelson he said was best be t expressed in a poem by Edgar Edgal A. A Guest which he read at nt atthe atthe the do close Ill of his talk Bp Wood was the concluding speaker speak speak- er tr and ami sa said sad d that he was a student under Bp lip Nelson and had worked with him in man many capacities since he was a student Speaker said he U h 1 i dl In n li lih s e d I U Lw 1 ed me t ta II e e AD ins HUS D a great deal of good and has done what h j was placed on earth to do and the speaker felt that his reward would be great in heaven The services were closed by bythe the choir singing ng Oh My Father and Elder E E. E J. J Palmer pronouncing the benedic benedic- tion BIOGRAPHICAL Bengt Nelson Jr was born March 11 11 1860 in Cedar City Utah the eldest son of ol Bengt Nelson and Ellen J. J Nelson lie He was baptized d June 20 1861 by Wm m Stewart and soon afterward after after- ward was ordained to the Priesthood Be Beginning inning earl early in his youth he held heM the offices of President tent of the Mutual Superintendent of the tho Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day School and again in the years 1905 1903 1906 acted as ns President of the Y M. M M. M I. I A. A He lie acted as Ward Clerk from Irom 1919 1010 to 1921 1021 then ns liS Bishop of 01 the Cedar East Kast Ward from 1921 1021 to 1923 1023 He lie has also been heen very v ry active e ig ip civic affairs For fifteen years he was WIlS n II teacher in the Cedar City Public Schools beginning about 1882 lie He served ns lIS City Treasurer for three terms and was a n member of the first I r f. f Brass Bran Band organized In Cedar City He lie has been a member of he be Board of Directors In the Cedar Sheep Aun for about twenty years and also of the old op Co-op until it was consolidated with the C. C S. S A. A In the year 1886 1880 April 28 he married married mar mar- ried tied Sarah C. C Hunter daughter of Joseph S. S Hunter and Eliza Hunter who was also lo born In I Cedar City September 28 1867 Th Their lr mar marS took place in the St. St George GeorKe Temple Bengt Nelson has always been an active man ready and willing to help in any capacity and also a n capable loving father The past two years his health has been failing fast Altho Altho- he was In 11 Ina a weakened condition he felt it his duty to go t to to the poles on election day to cast his hi ballot He lie was taken to his bed the following following following fol fol- lowing day his death coming on Armistice Armistice Armistice Ar Ar- Day Nov 11 j 1 Impressive funeral services were held Sunday November r 14 at 2 o'clock in the Tabernacle He lie leaves a devoted wife wile and eight children namely as follows fo Miss Stella Ste Nel Nelson on Mrs Elsa II Mendenhall Mendenhall Mendenhall Menden- Menden hall Roice B. B Nelson Mrs Ellen N. N Bulloch Bu Mrs Famie N. N Benson Mrs Anna N. N Haws Mrs MeN McNone one Parry J. J Hunter N Nelson lson and sixteen grand grand- children 1 |