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Show Robait Garrity Laid Away I I'aed Ann tine Week After Denlli of Ilrolhcr. Kuneral services over tho reinalnu of Robert Garrlly wore hold In tho Tabernacle on Tuesday. There was a good attendance nnd u profusion of IlowcrB, showing tho high cstcom In which ho wob held by a largo circle of frlcndB. George Schow of tho First Ward bishopric presided, and Hie First Ward choir ftiriilshcil tho singing. sing-ing. The speakerB were Dr. T. V, Worlton, Ulshop Henry Lewis, Enoch Russou and George Schow. Mr. Garrltj died last Saturday front Rrlght'a disease, after an illness of several months. Since coming to Lchl about eighteen yearn ago much of his time luiB been spent as nn employee of tho Utah-Idaho Sugar company, where he gained u reputation for thorough nnd olllclent work. Tho following sketch of bio lite' was read at tho funeral: Robert Gnrrlty, soli of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Garrity, wns born Sept- 13, 1870, nt Stouluglon,- Conn. His boyhood boy-hood days were snent working with Ills father, who was Hcxton or the Stouington cemetery. At the ago or 23 ho came west, locating lo-cating In Park City, Utah, when) ho spent the following three years. Horo be became acquainted with Vlnnlo Harris and on March 28, 18'JG, they were united In wedlock, nnd as the result of this union ho became tho father of lx children Lymnu, ugo 17; Kenneth, ago 1C; Vlnnlo, ngo 18; Darrel, age 10; Rex, ago 8, and Eddie, age 0, all of whom survive him. He wns a loving husband nnd u kind and affectionate rather. lly friends It Is said lie was u ilnp believer in tho Golden Rule, and by living up to Hb precepts Ihih made Uie many frlcndB he .now Iuib. y Ho departed this life May 2 at 11 o'clock p. 111. Just a week before his death his In other, Michael, was telephoned of Robert's serious condition. Ho Intended In-tended coming to see him on the fdi-lowlng fdi-lowlng day, but beforo coming 6fT shift a lock tell on IiIb head and'.b'o-j fore regaining consciousness unothcr fell and broke his back, catmlng death the following day. |