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Show S. J. TAYLOR CALLEDBY DEATH SERVICES WITH. HUNDREDS PAY INQ FINAL RE8PECTS HELD YESTERDAY AT AUDITORIUM. -' Samuel Joseph Taylor, llfo long resident of our city nnd ono of tho best known mon In this section, passed pass-ed away to the other sldo Monday morning. Mr. Taylor had not enjoyed, good health for tho past 'thirteen years but until this year his condition1 was not Borlous slnco his partial ro-covery ro-covery from tho first Illness. Last summer he suffered a rolapso and for somo weeks ho was not expected to live, but his Iron will pulled him through tho crisis nnd ho was up and around town several wcokB boforo hlH condition "again confined him to hlB bed. from which ho did not nrlso again. Ono of tho largest attended funornl Borvlces held here was conducted yesterday afternoon at tho Auditorium. Audi-torium. Tho big building was filled with friends paying tholr final respects re-spects to him. Tho sorvlces wero officiated otor by Bishop Henry Lowis who nlso rend tho biographical sketch which appears below. Tho spoakors at tho services Included S. W. Ross, Thomas It. Cutlor, James II. Gardner and A. B. Andorson. Tho musical numbers, commented on vory highly by many, woro as follows: Three quartet selections, sung by Mrs. Luln Andorson, Miss Melba Fox, Prof. Abraham Andorson nnd Joseph Kirkham, solo, Mrs. O. h. Klttlnger with violin and piano ac-companmont ac-companmont by Mrs. h. Tammlnon and .Mrs. F. D. Worlton and solo, John Y. Smith, Prof. Lund played tho accompaniments to tho selections other than that of Mrs. Kittlngor." Invocation In-vocation was offered by W. J. Wing nnd benediction by Oeorgo AuBtln. Interment was In tho Lehl cemetery, whero Bishop S. I. Goodwfn "pro-nounrcd "pro-nounrcd tho dedication. Biographical Sketch Samuel Joseph Taylor was bom Soptember 12, 1802, In Lehl, Utah, bo-lug bo-lug tho oldest son of Samuel R. and Martha A. Fox Taylor. Ills llfo has been ono of many activities, never having boon an idler, oven during tho time that ho was .an invalid. Ho has always tried to keop himself engaged In somo way to holp mako a living. After finishing his schooling In Lohl and at tho Brlgham Young Acadomy, ho spent n number of years In Novada engaged in farming nnd ranching. Ho was married to Sarah C. Evans, July 24, 1885. Ho was one of tho trusted employes em-ployes of tho Pooplo'a Co-pp for 19 year loalng their employ to ongago : In tho carpenter buslnoss, and was later employed as a mochanle by tho Utah-Idaho Sugar Company. Ho has always been a groat lovor of all kinds of Bports, and nthlotlcs and of tho out-door llfo. Ho was a mombor of tho first baBoball team In Lohl, was a momber of tho band for ninny years, nnd was also a momber of the Lehl Homo Dramatic Company and a mombor of tho choir under tho leadership of John Glbb. ; Ho has taken an nctlvo part in tho ; public affairs of Lehi City and In politics although ho nover aspired to any public ofllco. About thirteen yonrB ngo ho was stricken with a spinal dlsoaso which necessitated his being strapped to a stretchor for four months and after bolng released from that condition wns compelled to wear a loathor Jnckot up to tho tlmo of his death; nil of which hns caused him much pain nnd suffering Although ho has been a groat sufforor ho has not complained com-plained but has maintained a cheor-ful cheor-ful disposition oven during tho last fow woeks when IiIb suffering has been almost unbearable. Ho was cheerful and congenial In his naturo and has always had a host of warm frlonds Ho Is survived by his wife and two daughters, his mother, bIx brothers nnd two slstors, having been preceded preced-ed to tho Great Beyond by his fathor, threo brothers and ono slstor. |
