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Show Prominent Church and Civic Leader Dies i Edward J. Palmer, 76, prominent church and civic leader of Cedar 'City, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon, after-noon, August 25th , of a heart attack. at-tack. He had been in apparent good health and spent the forenoon working work-ing about his home, and was not taken ill until about noon. He was born in Cedar City on August 14, 1886, a son of Richard and Johanna Reese Palmer, prominent prom-inent southern Utah Pioneers. Surviving Sur-viving are his widow, Mrs. Cynthia Roberts Palmer; one daughter, Mrs. Rhoda P. Webster, Cedar City; and three sons, Leo and Robert K. Palmer Pal-mer of Cedar City, and Louis Palmer Pal-mer of Washington, D. C. Also surviving sur-viving are ten grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Richard H., Jethro, and Wm. R-Palmer, R-Palmer, and Mrs. Ka'e P. Macfar-lane, Macfar-lane, all of Cedar City, and Mrs. Lillie P- Mlddleton of Salt Lake City. Mr. Palmer's life has been one of activity in church and civic affair?. When the first L. D. S. Primary organization or-ganization was effected In Cedar City, he was its secretary. From then on for 62 years he served his church continuously In some official offi-cial capacity. He served as Ward Clerk for fourteen years, member of, the Hih Council for 20 years, and as President of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement association, both Ward and Stake, for many years. In a civic capacity he served long terms as City Councilman, school trustee, Justice of the Peace and County Attorney. He was a, member of the first committee com-mittee named in Cedar City for the founding of the Branch Agricultural Agricultur-al College. His first wife Mrs. Clara Knell Palmer, died on December 5, 1928. Funeral services will be held in the Cedar Second Ward Chapel at 2 p. m. Friday, August 28th. |