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Show Leland Empey Dies of Heart Ailment, Funeral Held Tuesday Final rites were accorded Leland Le-land Empey, 66, of Cedar City, Tuesday noon at the Third Ward Chapel following his sudden death Saturday night at his home. He died of a heart ailment. Speakers at the services included includ-ed Kobert Tuckett, Exalted Ruler of BPOE Lodge No. 1556 of Cedar City and Therol McArthur, a past president of the Cedar Kiwanis Club -- two organizations in which Empey was active. Services Ser-vices were conducted and remarks re-marks were made by Bishop Dan Crawford. Special musical numbers included in-cluded a vocal duet, "In The Garden," by Mr. and Mrs. James Bishop, accompanied by Mrs. Thora Porter and "I Walked Today To-day Where Jesus Walked," a duet by Marilyn Craig and Carlene Bauer, accompanied by Avey Davis. Da-vis. Posting and retiring of the colors col-ors was by the American Legion Post No. 74. Prayer at the mortuary prior to the services was by Lorin Miles. Invocation was by Wendell Stewart Stew-art and the benediction was pronounced pro-nounced by John M. Brown. Burial was in the Ogden City cemetery Wednesday following vief graveside services. ' Empey was born in Ogden Nov. 29, 1899, a son of William and Alice Rozella Smith Empey. He married Isabella Fitzgerald, July 5, 1942 in Ogden. Mrs. Empey died several years ago. At the time of his death Empey was retired, although he had remained re-mained active in affairs of both the Elks Lodge and Kiwanis Club. He was a member of the LDS Church, having served a mission to the Southern States and at the time of his death was secretary to the Seventies Group in the Third Ward. He served in the armed forces during World War II. In the Kiwanis Club Empey had compiled an enviable record of 16 years of perfect attendance. He had held virtually every office of the club, including vice president, board member, commute com-mute chairman, president, and served a term as Lt. Governor in the Utah-Idaho District. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Aretta O'Neil and Mrs. Maude Wilson of Ogden and two brothers, Sarge S., Layton, and Joseph, Orem. |