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Show JOSEPH KELLER DIES SUDDENLY "Was Attending Service at The Tabernacle. , Attack of Heart Disease While in Good Health. p' Joseph Keller, of the Fourth vv aid, JflAjgwhllo attending conference in the tab-Bf55rnacle tab-Bf55rnacle Satinday morning, was stilck- en with heart disease, dying almost instantly. The service had just begun I and as the opening prayer was brought to a close ho passed away without a vvoid. Friends near him noticed his -collapse and he was carried into the B -open air, but efforts to revivohlm H were unavailing. As Mr. Keller cn-H cn-H torcd the tabeinacle ho appeared In his usual health, and in reply tolinqulr-H tolinqulr-H ics said that he had no reason to com-H com-H plain. While never of robust constl-H constl-H tutlon he always had fair health, and H liad never had the slightest dlthculty J with his heart, although In his rcjec- H tlon when a candidate for life insur- H anee he was told that his heart was the weak point. The death came as a H terrible shock to the family and to the H peoplo of the city. Mr. Keller wasre-flj wasre-flj yarded as a most excellent gentleman, held In highest esteem by those who H knew him well. In the Fourth ward he and his family "have many warm friends whose expressions of grief and B sympathy were many and sincere. B The deceased was of Swiss nativity, fl helng boin in Margrethcn, Swltcr- land, in 1871. He came to Logan In I 1887, working for himself as a stone- cutter, then with the Z. 0. M. I., lB4ffsaao Smith, and llnally being assocl- SJfcated with Mr. I). P.. Roberts in the produce business. Mr. Keller had til- I led two missions, one of two j ears In I the Swiss field, and the last one thirty- ,fl three months In length in the German- 'S3p Swiss Held. He had just returned in ym Februaiy of thlsjear. Howasaloy- fflf al Latter-day Saint, a faithful worker Vm and had the confidence of his superiors HJ and alt associated w Ith him. 9 This sudden death deprives a loving B wife of u companion and support and Jive little cliildrcn of a kind father and protector. Mr. Keller mauled Miss Mary Frankliauscr In Swltcr- land when he was about twenty jears of aire, and of this union four boy sand Hj a girl were born. flj Some thoughtful friends on learn- B iug of the death of Mr. Keller started flj a subscription list to raise money to fl pay off a mortage af $.?iO that was up- fl an his homo. The amount was raised with little dllllculty. This is highly fl creditable on the part or the contrlbu-fl contrlbu-fl tors. The Funeral. H Tlio funeral over the remains of Mr. fl Keller w'as held yesterday afternoon B at 2 o'clock In the tabernacle. A very B large gathering of frlendswas present, B the body of the house being filled and fl a poitlon of the galleries. Floral of- fl fcrlngs were many and beautiful and H tho manifestations of widespread and B sincere grief beyond question. &B Beautiful music was furnished by a wHypRioir under tho direction of Alexander F R, Lewis. The speakers were Ulshop H"B Thomas X. Smlsh, Elder Charles II. H Hart, Trcs. Hugh J. Cannonof Liberty fl Stake, Salt Lake county, Elder Arnold, of Salt Lake, Elder Samuel B lloskolly, and Counsellor W. W. K Maughan. B Tho opening prayer was offered by flj Ulshop Thcurcr, of Providence and fl tho benediction was hnoked by Elder fl .las. A. Lclshman. During the scr- fl vice, a quartette was rendered in B German by two young ladles and two B gentlemen. Miss Nora Eliasou rcn- B dcrcd "Only Remember" and Miss B Minnie Peteison also sang a solo. Tho special muslo was well rendered. H Ulshop Smith said among other H things that some men 1111 their life H missions bettor In 25 ycaisthan others flj do In a hundred and ho believed this true of Elder Keller. He lived a H glorious life and will reap a splendid H toward. 9J Elder Hart knew of no man better H prepared for death and could not H mourn as he othciwlsc might. Tho deceased lived In tho Lord and died in ilils house, with a song on his lips a BjPfcteautlful life and satisfactory ending. ?fwM r6s Cannon was President of tno H Gorman and Swiss missions when H r'll,cr Keller laboied there and his testlmonv was that ho never saw a more devoted saint than he. He was unselllsh, acrlllelng, earnest, ener- getie, tried and true. He felt that he himself had bi.en bcnellted by his contact con-tact with Uhler Keller. Hitler Arnold's address was In tho German language, many of those pie-sent pie-sent being Germans. Suniicl Roskelley's words wcie a series of encomiums on the life of tho deceased, his work, his etllclency as recorder re-corder at the Temple, the loss that Is sustained. He uiged the friends of the deceased and family to see that they do not lack In the future. Mr. Ros-kelley Ros-kelley also prophesied that "the name of Keller will ahvajs be on the church records," that the Lord will never permit the heirs of this good man to leave the church, that the name will becomu obsolete never. W XV. Maughan, In behalf of the presidency of the stake, said Elder Keller was held in high esteem. He was not only a thoroughly good man but he hail the natural ability to till many positions, and he held them with honor and lldcllty. Mr Maughan Maugh-an set forth the sudden death as a warning that none of us have a lease on life and that today is the propel I time foi picparation. Following tt'c close of the sen Ice the remains were laid to rest in the Logan cemetery, followed there bj a long cortege. |