Manti Messenger | 1951-12-28 | Page 2 | Funeral Today for Sterling Resident

Funeral Today forSterling for forSterling forSterling Sterling Resident Funeral services will be held in Sterling today for Charles W. V Larsen who died at nt his home homen in n Sterling Tuesday following a lingering illness Mr 11 Larsen 76 76 spent virtually virtual- virtual ly y all his life in Sterling where he was engaged in farming as asa asa a n timber contractor and for 10 years was supervisor of county roads oads He lIe was born in Pettyville May 19 1875 a son of Jasper and Esther Bunch Larsen and received his early education in inthe inthe inthe the Sterling school He married Minnie LaVerne Lowry July 22 1896 and she died February ary 5 1920 He later married Arlissa Funk Hansen Mr Larsen was active in public pubic public pub pub- lic ic affairs serving as Republican can precinct chairman for eight years years' lIe He was responsible for forthe forthe forthe the beginning of horse pulling as part of county fairs in Utah and nd was a director on the Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete County Fair Board He is survived by his widow and the following sons and daughters Mrs 1 C. C D. D Raleigh Arcadia California C. C L. L and Lloyd loyd Larsen Salt Lake City Mrs 1 Floyd Ottosen Palisade Park Mrs 1 Ben Stott and Don Larsen Sterling and Mrs 1 Murry Murry Mur- Mur ry Mayfield 1 a stepson George Hansen Sterling Sterling Sterl- Sterl ing ng one brother one sister 22 grandchildren and 13 great great- grandchildren n