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Show Obituary. j Williams. Private funeral services were held at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon over the remains of Jonn Snarp Wiidams, who died on Tuesday. The ceremony was held at the home of Parley Y. Williams, Wil-liams, father of the deceased, at 7!) Twelfth East strett, and was witnessed by immediate members of the family only. Interment followed at the Williams Wil-liams plot in Mt. Olivet cemetery. John Sharp Williams, better known to family and friends as Sharp Williams Wil-liams had just returned from Rose Polytechnic institute at Terre Haute, Ind. He was 24 years old. Since his arrival Sunday he had been in poor health as a result of overstudy. It was owing to this attack of insomnia, presumably, pre-sumably, that the young man fired the fatal rifle shot into his brain. Mr. Williams had passed through months of hard study at the eastern college, where he was taking a course in mining and electrical engineering. He was educated in Salt Lake City, his birthplace. He graduated from the local High school and afterward at- . tended Stanford university. He pursued pur-sued Still further the stlldv nf mininc engineering in the east, whero he attended at-tended several colleges before goi.ig to Terre Haut. He was the second son. Several brothers and sisters survive him. The sincere sympathy of all is extended ex-tended to the bereaved father and other oth-er relatives. The deceased was a splendid type of young manhood, of generous kindly nature that made him popular with everyone. His death was a great shock to the hundreds of friends who loved him, and feel sure that he was mentally irresponsible for the act that caused his untimely death. May God comfort the "bereaved ones, who now can only leave their dear one m the tender care of Him who understands under-stands all things. |