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Show Lane Shurtz Killed Saturday Afternoon When Tractor Overturns on Canal Bank Services Held Wednesday in Delta A tragic accident Saturday cost the life of a young Sugarville farmer. Lane Spencer Shurtz, 28, was killed instantly about 2:45 p. m. when the tractor with which hee was working overturned and pinned pin-ned him underneath. Curt Shields, neighboring farmer, discovered him at 3:30 p. m., when he noticed the overturned tractor in the canal as he drove by. He went to the Sugarville ward church, where a group of men were working, and got help to right the tractor and extricate the victim. Lane had been harrowing weeds on the bank of the canal by his farm In Sugarville when the accident occurred. Tractor and har row had slid into the canal which is 5 to 6 feet deep, with banks that are steep and slick. O. J. Bennett, deputy sheriff, investigated the accident, and said Lane had driven along the bottom of the canal for .2 mile with the harrow attached. Then he had unhooked un-hooked the harrow and had gone on another .1 mile. Tracks showed where he had made several attempts to pull out as he drove along. He was nearing a bridge east of his hous,e when he made another attempt which proved fatal. The tractor had upended up-ended and turned over backward crushing him beneath. Lane had been working at the Sugarville church in the forenoon, and had asked for the afternoon off so that he could harrow weeds while they were dry. He was born July 28, 1922, at Escalante, Garfield county, a son of Frelene and Stella Spencer Shurtz. The family moved to Delta in the fall of 1925. Lane was a graduate of Delta high school, and was three years in. the merchant marine during World War II. He was married to June Mem-mott, Mem-mott, June 20, 1946, in the Manti temple. Their home was made at Sugarville, where Lane farmed. He was an active member of Sugarville Sugar-ville ward and at the time of his death was counselor in the Sunday Sun-day School. He was a, member of the Third Quorum of Elders, and a past president of the YMMIA in the ward. Surviving are his wife, and two children, Roger Guy, 3 years, and Beverly June, 19 months; his parents, par-ents, 'and the following brothers and sister, Cecil F. Shurtz, Eldon and Alden Shurtz, all of Sugarville; Homer J. Shurtz, with the armed services at Fort ORD, Cal.; Kent Shurtz, on an LDS mission in the east central states, and Mrs. Col- leen Harris, of Salt Lake City. An older brother, Guy Shurtz, was killed kil-led in World War II. Funeral services were held Wednesday Wed-nesday at 1 p. m. in Delta First I ward chapel, conducted by Bishop Harold Jensen of Sugarville ward. |