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Show Vernal Mayor Killed in Fall Dr. Joseph L. Hansen, 45, mayor of Vernal, was killed Sunday afternoon aft-ernoon when thrown from a horse. He was riding with his 11-year old son, Michael, 3 miles west of Vernal. Ver-nal. He changed saddles on one horse for his son and mounted to adjust the stirrups while Michael held the reins. The horse jerked free and tossed Dr. Hansen head first onto the highway. He died two hours later at the Vernal hospital hos-pital of a basal skull fracture. Dr. Hansen was a well-known physician and surgeon and was serving his first political office as mayor. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy Bunker Hansen, a daughter of Mr. and Mr. W. E. Bunker, early Del-tains, Del-tains, two sons, Michael and Bill Hansen, two daughters, Jetta and Sylvia Hansen, all of Vernal, four brothers and six sisters. Funeral services were held in Vernal Wednesday at 10 a.m. Graveside services were held at 4:30 p.m. at the family plot in Wasatch Lawns Memorial Park in Salt Lake City and burial was there. |