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Show GEO. C. MURDOCK, SR. PASSES IN BEAVER George C. Murdock, Sr., passed away Sunday evening, November 22, at the family apartment, Mansfield Hotel after several months illness of general debility being 69 years old. Mr. Murdock was a brother of our townsman, Jos. R. Murdock, Sr. A son of John R. Murdock and Al-mira Al-mira H. Lott, early pioneers in Utah, George was born at Lehi, July 6, 1862. He came to Beaver when three years old. Here he married Caroline Farnsworth, May 14, 1885, the ceremony cere-mony taking place in the St. George Temple. Seven children blessed the union, four of whom survive. In Beaver he engaged in general mercantile business with farming as a side line. He had always been an active church worker, having spent two and . one half years on a mission in the eastern states after he had two children, child-ren, and has sent his four sons and a daughter-in-law on missions. While in Salt Lake, educating his sons he was engaged in temple work there about four years. Mr. Murdock is survived by his widow, four sons, George Jr., R. Chase, Frank and Orris, twelve grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. P. T. Farnsworth of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Elmira DeWolfe of Santa Ana California, and two brothers, Joseph R. Murdock of Milford ,and John R. Murdock of Beaver. Funeral services were held Wednesday Wed-nesday at two P. M. from the east vard chapel with Bishop Farrer of the west ward in charge. Pall bear-?rs bear-?rs were Carlos, Zealand and young Chase Murdock, grandsons, and Wil-ford, Wil-ford, Abe and Joseph Murdock, Jr., nephews of the deceased. Interment was made in Beaver cemetery, Bishop Dennis White dedicating the grave. o |
