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Show JOHN R. WINDER. After two months' hard fight to ward off the ' inevitable, John R. Winder, a prominent and one of the chief officials of the Mormon church, died last Sunday. By all his own so-religionists and all who knew him personally, regardless of creed, he ' was highly esteemed because of his genial manner, ' ' affable disposition and , friendly attitude towards all. One of the pioneers of Utah, he was always active and a successful business man. His associates asso-ciates in the business world pronounce his death a great loss to the city. Though he had passed the seventy-eighth milestone in the toll road of life, up to the time he was stricken down with pneumonia his mind was active and his faculties clear and his counsel was sought by those who always relied on his judgment. lie was a ceaseless worker, and will be missed by all who knew him, especially by those who were associated with him in religious and business busi-ness matters. To his bereaved family we extend the deepest sympathy. |