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Show H. M. Sundberg, 82 architect, dies in S. L. hospital H. M. Sundberg, former resident res-ident of Idaho Falls, Idaho, passed away after a short illness ill-ness in the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. He was 82 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Sundberg moved to Parowan about eight years ago, to be near their daughter, Mrs. Lollin D. Orton. Mr. Sundberg was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah, to Andrew An-drew F. and Hannah Maria Broberg Sundberg, May 2, 1887. Ai'ter training in the L. D. S. University and working in architectural firms in Salt Lake City, he moved in 1909 at Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, where he taught manual man-ual training and architectural engineering. He married Hazel Ha-zel Austin, May 20, 1914, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He established his architectural architec-tural office in 1917 in Rexburg Rex-burg and was one of the first licensed architects in the state of Idaho. He moved his office in 1925 to Idaho Falls, establishing the original firm of Sundberg & Sundberg and later his firm to H. M. Sundberg, Sund-berg, Architect. He influenced, designed and supervised much of the building build-ing in the Snake River Valley and the State of Idaho, such as numerous LDS churches, public schools, government buildngs, residences, many of the county courthouses, the Elks lodges in Blackfoot and Idaho Falls. The O. E. Bell Junior High School, the pharmaceutical phar-maceutical building at Idaho State University and the Idaho Falls City library. He retired from active practice in 1962 when he moved to Parowan. Here he became active in civic affairs, supervising the building of the Parowan City Library, recommending procedures pro-cedures for up-dating the city building regulations and codes and serving as Parowan , City Building inspector. Survivors include his widow, Parowan; son and daughters, Howard Mark, Arcadia, Calif.; Mrs. Lollin (Marguerite) Orton, Or-ton, Parowan; Mrs. Thomas (Kathlyn) Murie, Monrovia, Calif.; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the LDS First Ward chapel in Parowan. Interrment was in the Parowan Paro-wan City cemetery. The services were conducted by Bishop Budd Munford and Barbara Batt was at the organ for prelude and postlude music. mu-sic. The family prayer was by Steven L. Orton, a grandson. The invocation was by Amos Hatch, the benediction by Bruce Matheson, and the grave was dedicated by Lollin D. Orton, a son-in-law. Speakers were Mrs. Jean Hendrickson and President Howard D. Knight, w'tv remarks re-marks by Bishop Munford. Music was furnished by a ladies quartet, consisting of Jackie Robinson, Janet Jones, Merna Mitchell and Katrine I Johnson, accompanied by Itha Mortensen. They sang "Behold I 'Tis Eventide", as the opening song and "God Be with You" I as the closing one. Pallbearers were Sidney M. and Steven L. Orton; Howard Joseph, Ross Guymon, Willis Robinson and Howard Ras-mussen. |