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Show Death Suddenly Summons One of Beaver County's Pioneers Vhei Milford citizens learned of sudden death of Mr. George Atkin, which occured at 1:30 Satur-day Satur-day morning-, December 11th, the entire en-tire city was shocked and sadness settled like a pall over the entire community. com-munity. He had been troubled with lis heart for about a month, but seamed to be improving. On Saturday Satur-day morning at 1:30 he went to his room suffering great pain. Dr. Parish Par-ish was immediately summoned but upon arriving found life was extinct. !lr. Atkin was sick only about , 15 minutes. Funeral services were held at the L D. S. church at two o'clock Tuesday Tues-day afternoon and were largely attended, at-tended, the church being filled to overflowing. Prayer was offered by Patriarch Edward Moses. The speakers speak-ers were George Jefferson, Leonard Bowen, W. A. Miller and Bishop Bird, Each offering inspired words of comfort com-fort that helped to heal the pangs ol sorrow. A duet, "Saw Ye My Sorrow," Sor-row," by Mary Baker Eddy, was tuchingly rendered by Mrs. Paul Evans and Mrs. D. A. Baxter. Mr. Alvin Baker rendered "Face to Face" , in such a manner as to touch the heart strings of love. The singing by j the choir, under the leadership of Dr. Parrish, seemed like strains from Heaven.- James Clay offered the closing prayer. Interment was in the Milford cemetery, J. B. Duncan dedicating dedi-cating the grave. - One sad, but inspiring sight, was the six pall bearers old, tried and true friends of the deceased, who tenderly bore his body to its last resting, place. . They were James Glenn, C. T. Martin, Joseph McEwin, Joseph Hickman, Ed Peterson and Roy Rogers. Members of the Service 1 Star Legion and P. & B. W. club had charge of the flora), offerings and the beautiful scene at the church en- j trance was one long to be remembered as these ladies stood side by side j frorti the gate to the entrance of the church, holding the lovely flowers in their arms. There was nothing to be- i hold but the flowers and the beauti- : ful faces touched with sadness and love as the mourners passed out of the church. Some one was heard to say, " I would begrudge no price for a picture of that scene." George Atkin was born in Tooele, j Tooele county, Utah, in 1863. His father, George Atkin, was born in 1 England, and served on a mission in England for the L. D. S. church in 1883. He came to Utah in the early . "lays. Mr. Atkin was married to Annie Jones in 1886, the wedding taking place ;n the temple at Logan, Utah. Three sons were born to bless this union. They are Stanzas D. of : Walla Walla, Wash., Shirley S. of J Mt. Pleasant, Utah, and Geo. A. of Oroville, Calif. Besides his widow i and three sons he is survived by ; eight grand children and two brothers, , W. T. Atkin of Salt Lake and . Harry Atkin of Salina, Utah. Those above ihi! ioncd, except Harry Atkin, who I is ill. were here for the funeral, also Mrs.' W. T. Atkin, Mrs. S. S. Atkin ' and daughter,' and Sam J. Jones, a brother to Mrs. Atkin, and a large number of friends from Beaver and other places. i other places. Out of respect to the j deceased businessman most of the j business houses and the bank closed j during the funeral hour, j Geo. Atkin came to Milford in 1900, I 26 years ago, and became active at J once in mining, farming and the hotel business. His cheerful and , familiar face is missed in the lobby of the hotel, and hundreds of people ; outside of Milford who knew and loved' him, mourn his death. Mr. and Mrs.' Atkin have spent a great deal of money and effort for the advancement of the town, and Mr. Atkin was always a sincere en-i en-i thusiast in proclaiming that Milford was one of the coming cities of the state. He never underrated the resources re-sources and possibilities, of Beaver ; county. Always, content to cast, his lot among our people, he never expressed ex-pressed a desire to leave except for a short visit. Nothing could better express the love and esteem in which he was held than the wonderful floral offerings sent in his honor and memory. mem-ory. Words can not express the grandeur and beauty of these messengers mes-sengers of God. Telegrams of sympathy sym-pathy were sent the bereaved family from many points in this and adjoining adjoin-ing states, attesting the great friendship friend-ship and esteem in which Mr. Atkin was held. Among the many letters of condolence, one reads as follows: "Dear Friend: Words count for little at a time like this, but in my heart I give you not condolence. Rather do I give you joy that one so dear to you has passed from out your mortal ken into the realms that know neither night nor pain. How blessed is the thought that "Birth and Death are but the Parenthesis marks in the great Eternal Etern-al sentence which our Father has written for us. And how comforting to know that we may walk together again, sometime, somewhere." George Atkin was a friend of mankind man-kind and all who knew him mourn his passing, and extend sympathy to the bereaved family. |