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Show Former Resident Dies In New York, Buried in Parowan Funeral services were held on Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Third Ward chapel for Paul D. Parker, 34, who was accidentally killed by electrocution while working on a tunnel job in Niagara Falls on Saturday of the week before. His body was shipped to Parowan Paro-wan for services and burial by his brothers, David Vivian and Frank, who live in New York City. Bishop Howard M. Adams conducted con-ducted the services and Mrs. Eleanor A. Johnson was at the organ for predule and postlude music. Speakers were Arthur B. Evans, and Bishop Adams. The invocation invoca-tion was offered by Claude Orton, Or-ton, the benediction by W. Scott Mitchell and the grave in the Parowan city cemetery was dedicated dedi-cated by a brother-in-law of the deceased, Ernest Brunson, of Cedar Ce-dar City. The opening and closing songs, "Sometime We'll Understand," and "Lead Me Gently Home," respectively, were by a double-mixed double-mixed quartet consisting of Ber-trude Ber-trude and Alice Mitchell, Roberta Rowley, Berta Burton, Harold Mitchell, Howard Ward, Clair Rowley and Claude Orton, accompanied ac-companied by Mary Lyman. President Pres-ident Howard D. Knight sang "Coin' Home" as a special num-j ber. I Military rites at the services were conducted by Earl Bunn, commander, Parowan Post 20 of the American Legion and the American Flag which covered the casket di'.lng the services, was presented io the sisters of the deceased, Mrs. Beatrice Brunson and Mrs. Helen Brock, by LeRoy Adams. The deceased was born in Parowan Par-owan Jan. 29, 1921. to Daniel S. and Nan McMullin Parker, and resided here until his release from service during World War II. Members of his family who were here for the services were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Branson and family of Cedar City, Robert Parker ana Mrs. Heien crock of Connorsville, Ind.; Max Parker and son Sidney, Seattle, Wash.. The following Is the Niagara Falls, N. Y. newspaper account of the accident which killed Paul or. Saturday, June 7. The clipping was sent to his sister, Beatrice Brunson in Cedar City by his brother, David, of Roscoe, N. Y. A Tonawanda rock driller, Paul D. Parker, was electrocuted Saturday Sat-urday afternoon while operating a drilling machine on the Niagara Nia-gara power project, opposite the entrance to Riverdale Cemetery. The Merritt, Chapman and Scott employee was raising the drill into a vertical position ready rea-dy for drilling when it touched an overhead power line carrying 1 09,000 volts. He was taken to Memorial Hospital, but was pro-i nounced dead upon arrival there' at 5:10 p. m. Houston W. Fuller, project T. iC i y C Ti i Pitrvi , tuiu oidic roncc the power line is about 30 feet from the ground and that the boom of the drill is just a foot longer. |