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Show t T i?f,- W,TlT. ,K&&it' "& r 3 '.$clBBWiir' 'Pi'ikl &sx MiRBMiPi&B riBSrl;iH flE-vl. v0!Qi HI. bR; I - Heber Parker Dies Suddenly One of .Wellsvillcs Most Respected Pioneers Pio-neers Called to Reward. Sudden Death Leaves Family Prostrated. Wellsvllle, June 23. The uncertainty uncer-tainty ot life was very torceably de- f monstrated thU-trornlng at 8 o'clock when Heber ParVrone of ou.' mos honored and worthy,' citizens passed from this Jlf io' th? one beyond the llhl; grave. M' ParKw hao aiheu rrcm his bej ns umkI ana" seemed to bo in tho best of spirits, lie had eaten his breakfast and haijJust left his home and was walking toward the front gato on his beaiitlfijl lawn, when he was seen to sthgger and fall. His b loved wife was In the house at the time, and she rushed to his fildo nnd tried to got him to poak to hrr, but Wo was. citlnct for ho, had expired Instnntlyjfiylthout 6no single word of warning. Hcait fnlluro was tho causo of death. Dr. P. R. Merrill hurried to his homo but found upon hjs arrival that Mr. Parker was dead. His wife and children and friends are almost prostrated .with grief over his sudden taking away. Heber Parker was born In Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 30, 1849. His parents emigrated emi-grated to Utah' In 1851 settling first at Lehl, later moving to Cedar valley. val-ley. In 1860 with his parents he came to Wellsvllle, whero he has made his ,homo ever since. With his father ho tilled tho soil until the year 1863 when ho began freighting for John H. Bankhead. His route was from Utah into Montana, along tho trail of which bo became known for his sterling qualities as a young man. Ho was not long at, tho business ot freighting for someone else, but almost al-most immediately his business Instincts In-stincts and his sterling qualities as a progressive and .industrious man took him out ot tho "employment of another an-other and sot hlrnup In business for himself. Ho 'purchased a team and continued In the tro'fihtlng business for twolvo years.-, With tho savings from this work h purchased a farm of his own near Wellsvllle and has since then followed the honorablo occupation oc-cupation of farmer and business' man of tho most successful typo. Mr. Parker early branched out Into In-to tho stock raising business. Ho wns so succes''v'f that ho soon be-camo be-camo known as'ono of tho most prominent prom-inent of UtaVtypjure.brcd stock pro-duccrs pro-duccrs Of latp'jear- ho has made himself prominent In horse raising. Seeral of the best stallions In this part of tho country wero purchased and Introduced by him. Tho horst, breeders hero owo him a debt of gratitude for tho Interest ho has taken tak-en In bringing In bettor horses. On January 8, 1S72, Mr. Parker man led Sarah Ann Cooper and fiom this union has sprung a family of eleven children, eight of whom, nvo buys and three girls, survive him. Mr. Parker has been u most sue-'ssful sue-'ssful man and has accumulated considerable piopoity, ttt least plcn-t plcn-t to keep his famllj comfortablo during dur-ing this life. It Is Impossible) to make any doflnlto statement con-cnrnliiK con-cnrnliiK tho value ot his estate, but tho most conservative estimates do not plnco It below $230,000. Ho has been a dlicctor ot tho Wellsvllle Cooperative Co-operative Mercantile Company for about thirty years. For several years he has been a director and ono of tlio principal stock holdors ot the Cache Valley Banking Co., of Logan. Mr. Parkor filled a splendid mission mis-sion in England from 1895 to 1897. Ho wos a member of the Wellsvllle bishopric for nlno years and has sy-ed sy-ed for a long time is a member of tho Wellsvllle city council. In 1910 ho was elected county commissioner for Cache county on the Republican ticket. Two ot Mr. Parker's sons, Heber C. and Fred C have filled missions In England, and his youngest son Orson Or-son C. Is now on a mission In tho samo country. Mr. Parker's character wa3 a syn-onjm syn-onjm for Integrity, efficiency, and substantial business ability. Every one know him and honored and roved him for his worth as a man and as a public benefactor. Not only Wellsvllle Wells-vllle but all of Cacho county mourns tho loss of ono of her ablest and most worthy citizens. Tho bereaved family fam-ily may derlvo comfort from tho knowledgo that tho entlro commun. Ity Is sorrowing with them. Funeral services for Mr. Parker will bo held In tho Wellsvlllo tabor-naclo tabor-naclo on Friday Juno 20 at 2 o'clock, bo presont. All friends aro cordially invited to Resolution ot the Board ot Directors of tho Cacho Valley Banking Company: Com-pany: Whereas, God In his Dlvlno Provl-denco Provl-denco has called to tho Great Beyond our esteemed follow member Heber Parkor, and Whereas, Wo the directors of tho Cacho Valley Banking Company, !ti meeting assembled, desire to porpet-uato porpet-uato the memory of our departed aa. soclate, now thereforo It is Horeby Resolved that there bo entered in tho permanent records of this bank tho following: Director Heber Parkor was a man ot kindly disposition and genial personality, per-sonality, possessed a sterling ari'd upright up-right character, which attracted to him an oxtended clfclo of friends who regarded him as a helpful adviser, and his death Is a distinct loss to them, to th'a Institution nnd to the business Interests of Cacho Valley, with which ho was so conspicuously identified. It Is Further Resolved taat wo ex-tend ex-tend our sincere sorrow to the bereaved bereav-ed family and relatives and that ij copy ot this resolution bo presented M to tho family Of proth'er Hobor Par- H ker as an oxprcsslon ot tho profound sympathy ot this Board, jB GEOROE H. CHAMP, flH OLIF CRONQUIST, IB HYUUif NEBEKER, jB JOSEPH NEWBOLD, IB 4IYRUM HAYBALL, JB GODFREY FUHRIMAN, B JOSEPH E. SlIEPARD, M ALVIN H. THOMPSON. H |