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Show Parowan educator and church worker is heart attack victim, final rites Saturday ; qLA ' ' Jb' in the Third Ward bishopric,, was a priesthood class Instructor Instruc-tor and a devoted home teacher tea-cher for many years. He had been a member of the Parowan Paro-wan Stake Sunday School board and was serving as a member of the Parowan Stake High Council at the time of his death- He married Mary Alice Glen at Santa Clara Mar. 1, 1940 and the marriage was later solemnized in the St. George Temple. She survives him as do two sons and a daughter: Jay Marvin, St. George; Robert C. (Robin) Graff, Ogden and Mrs. George W. (Barbara Ann) Johansen, Mt. Pleasant. Also surviving are eight grand-chillren grand-chillren and the follofing brothers bro-thers and sisters:: Verle, Marion Mar-ion and Mrs. Landon (Wanda) Frei, all of Santa Clara; Glen-don Glen-don T. and Mrs. Eugene (Beu-lah) (Beu-lah) McAllister, St. George; Mrs. Jack (Elaine) Seegmil-ler, Seegmil-ler, Salt Lake City. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 in the Third Ward chapel with Bishop Val Hyatt Bentley conducting, con-ducting, and Itha Mortensen at the organ for prelude and postlude music. Speakers were Max Dalley and Howard Adams, with Mrs. Beulah Graf speaking and paying a tribute to the deceased. de-ceased. Bishop Bentley offered remarks at the close of the services. The prayer at the mortuary was offered by Marian J. Graf, the family prayer was by Lloyd Shields. The invocation at the services was by Fred Topham, the benediction was by Clair Hulet, and the grave in the Parowan City cemetery was dedicated by S. M. Clark. The opening musical num-her num-her was "Abide with Me" by a ladies sextet consisting of Frankie Lou Bentley, Mary Etta Orton, Ola Robinson, Janet Ja-net Jones, Alice Mitchell and Merna Mitchell. Lawrence Burton Bur-ton played an organ medley and the closing number "Oh My Father" was by a mixed quartet, composed of Verl Taylor, Tay-lor, Dewey Topham, Karl O. Mitchell, Watson Adams, Alice Mitchell, Ola Robinson, Mary Etta Orton and Frankie Lou Bentley, Itha Mortensen was accompanist for both numbers. Pallbearers were Richard Dotson Ernest Ahlborn, Duane ValAusdal, Willis ' Robinson, Thales Brown and Bruce Decker Deck-er and Honorary Pallbearers were members of the stake high council. Flowers were carried and arranged by the Parowan High School Women's Wo-men's faculty. MARVIN GRAFF A heart attack in the early morning hours of Aug. 24, claimed the life of Marvin Henry Graff, 60, prominent educator, civic and church worker of Parowan,. Stricken at 3 a. m. he died two hours later while on his way to the hospital in Cedar City. He was born Dec. 31, 1911 at Santa Clara, Utah, a son of Henry and Josephine Tobler Graff. He grew up there and assisted in the operation of the family fruit farm and orchard, or-chard, and later traveled with his father and brothers to several sev-eral southern Utah towns to sell their fine produce. His love for the cultivation of the soil continued to be one of his hobbies, and this year he grew a very fine garden at his home. He was noted for his lovely yards as well and frequently assisted farmers in the valley during the summer. He attended Dixie Junior College and then completed studies for a degree in education educa-tion at BYU. Later attendance at the same school brought him a master's degree in his-post his-post graduate work in the pip oh 'oouops' tbioos pus AiO reer in Modena in a two rooms school where he stayed three years. In the fall of 1940 he He began his teaching ca-moved ca-moved to Parowan, teaching first in the elementary and then moveing into the high school. In high school he was instructor In history and social science, and also served of late years as assistant principal. princi-pal. He has been in charge of the driver training program, been senior class advisor, was chairman of the scholarship and attendance committee and chairman of the graduation committee. He worked with students in the United Nations program and was noted for his ability as a peace maker in the school. He had served as president of the I C E A. He was a member of the Knife and Fork Club, the Red Hill Wranglers and of the Parowan Par-owan Volunteter Fire Depart-ment. Depart-ment. Always an active member of the LDS Church, he had served |