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Show v " i I Ernest W. Sorensen I Electrocuted Saturday I FATAL 8H0CK RECEIVED WHILE CONNECTING POWER LINE ON RIVERTON-DRAPER ROAD. Ernoat W. Soronsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Soron Soronsen, Lohl Third Ward, vns electrocuted Saturday ovonlng, shortly boforo C o'clock, while atvwork with tho Wattls-Sam-nels Construction Company on tho Draper-iyvortou road near whoro tho Stnto road lntorsocts It. Ho was up ono of tho powor lino poles connecting connect-ing houso wires, which had boon tnlton down to pormlt tho comont mixer, of which ho wbb tho engineer, to pass. Ono wlro had boon connected connect-ed and In reaching for tho socond ho camo In contact with tho charged wlros. Ho was held suspendod for about ton seconds nnd then droppod to tho ground. Death was not instantaneous, in-stantaneous, howover, as tho young man breathed for somo timo. Ho was plncod In an automoblla and was bolng brought homo but died on tho road, near tho top of tho Point of tho Mountain. Tho noWB of tho death was n ntoro or loss shock to. tho cntiro community, communi-ty, as tho young man is well known and well thought of. Ho was a persistent per-sistent church workor In his ward and onjoyed an exceptionally largo clrclo of friends thoro. Improsstvo funornl sorvlces woro hold In tho Tnbornaclo yestorday afternoon. Tho big auditorium was filled with frlonds and rclatlvos and tho floral offorlngs wero many and boautlful. Hlshop Henry Lewis conducted con-ducted tho sorvlcos and tho choir with two selections nnd Mrs. T. F. Klrkhnm and Miss Lillian Knudson furnished musical numbers. Tho two named lnillos each sang a solo. Invocation was offorod by D. W. Hrown nnd benediction by W. W. Dlckorson, Splendid talks woro mado by Leo W. Coatos, Col. Jorgenson of Salt Lako, Edward Southwlck and Hlshop Honry Lowls. Tho lattor also read tho biographical skotch. All poko in tho hlghost terms of tho joung man. Uurlal was mado in tho local cemotory whero John E. jonoB pro-nouncod pro-nouncod tho dedication, Follow Boldlers acted as pall bearers. Btonraphtca! Sketch Ernest was the third son and fifth child of Soron Sorcnson and Mary A. Soronson,' was born at Lohl, October 10th, 1896. His boyhood days woro spout at homo whoro ho attended tho public schools. As a boy ho was always al-ways trusty nnd consldorato of others, his own happlnoss bolng second consideration. con-sideration. Ho wob baptised a mom-bor mom-bor of tho church of Josus Chriat of Lnttorday Saints and held tho Aronio II priesthood aa Doacon, Toachor and H Prlost. At tho ago of twonty ono ho H was chosen Superintendent of tho. H Lohl Third Ward Sunday School, :l which position ho hold with honor un- til ho was callod In sorvlco of bis LH country In tho great world war. 'Ho was a volunteer and enlisted as a ''H Bailor In tho U. S. Navy, on May 4, 1918, and in tho sliorf timo in sorvlco rH ho rose to 2nd class seaman. Somo H tlmo after tho nrmlstlco was slgnod ho H was granted roloaso to roturn homo, ,, subject to tho call of tho command- H incut of his district, nnd was preparing H to ontor, leaving for Borlvoo for thirty , )H days in Octobor noxt. IwM Ho was employed by tho Wattls 'H Samuels Contsructlon Co. us englneor M whon ho mot his death by bolng , ' electrocuted whllo connecting wlros on "' M the Drnpcr-lllvcrtou highway at about ' , - 5.U0 P. M Soptotnber 18, 1020. Ha has gono to his rowacd and loaves a wM kind and loving mother and father; throe sisters and flvo bro'diors; ono -'M brother and ono slstor bavins preced- 'M cd him to tho Croat Doyond. Ernoat , i was a kind nnd loving boy and was t, lovod by all who know him. Ho was 11 23 years, 11 months nnd 8 days old IH |
