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Show Delta's Oldest Resident Dies '.. ; . ... j , : -' f V ! ) ' I ROY S. DRESSER (f) , Roy Strong Dresser, 93, Delta's oldest resident died Saturday at 11 a.m. of causes incident to age. He was at the home of Mrs. Viola Songer, who had cared for him during the past year. Mr. Dresser had been a resident of Delta since March, 1911, when he helped in construction work on the canal system for the young arming project, and broke raw ground for a number o'f farmers. For many years he bought and sold horses. When he first came ot Delta his brother, Norman B. Dresser, was editor of the Millard County Chron ice, which he established in 1910, first weekly newspaper in .Delta. Mr. Dresser was born Nov. 28, 1858, at Beloit, Wis., a son of August Aug-ust Strong Dresser and Nancy Van Norman Dresser. He would have been 94 years of age his next birthday. His father, a Union soldier, was killed in the Civil War. His widow wi-dow and four small children, went to Ontario, Canada.the mother's birthplace, where the children all grew up. As a young man Mr. Dresser lived in Wisconsin, and 1898 he went to Alaska during the gold rush, and remained' there until 1904. In Delta and vicinity he had made a large number of friends during his long life here, who appreciated ap-preciated his kindly ways and his pleasant personality. As a younger man he played the piano and sang, and all his life he enjoyed good music. He was a great reader read-er of good literature, and was a frequent visitor at the Delta library lib-rary to take out books. He had been active and in good health until this past August, when his many years exacted their toll. The last three weeks of his life he was in a coma. . He is survived by a nephew, Neil Whitman, Winchester Bay, Ore., and three nieces, Mrs. Eva-line Eva-line Garrison, Mrs. Edith Clark, and Evaline Whitman, Los Angeles California. Flinprnl cQniinac urira rrn H 1 1 pt ed Wednesday al 2 p.m. in the Delta Third ward by Bishop E. M. Moody. The services for Mr. Dresser were opened with a song by the fluartet, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Christensen and Mr. and Mrs. La thel Callister. George Sampson gave the opening prayer. Speakers were Joseph p. Mercer, Bishop William S. Bassett of Delta Second ward, and Bishop 'E. L. Moody, Third ward, who expressed expres-sed the friendship and regard held 'or Mr. Dresser during his long years here. The closing song was a vocal solo by Ladd R. Cropper. Burial was in the Delta cemetery ceme-tery under direction of L. N. Nick's Nick-'s and sons mortuary. |