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Show i. tews, sec of WEBER CLUB. DIES JT HIS HOME AFTER IN ILLNESS OF S FEW DAYS 1 Lester Reynolds, for a number of years secretary of the Web-r lub. died al the family residence this morning morn-ing following an illness of several days. Death was due to nervous breakdown. He was born at St. Joseph. Jos-eph. Missouri, June '2. 1S69. He came , west when a youngster and has been a resident of Ogden and Utah for1 more than twenty-five years. For a number of yeirs he was with the Or t egon Short Line and Southern Pgt Iflc railroads in Ogden, but, after leaving the employ of the railroads, became secretary of the Weber club, a position posi-tion which he lias held for more than fifteen years. He was the first paid secretary of the club. Mr IJ r-vni id I wnc u mi rtihur nf tln- I Weber club, of the Country club and of Weber lodge No. G F. & A- M. He iras also a member of Bl Kalah chapter of Shriners, Salt Lake. He is survived by his wife, and by two brothers, one at Pocatello and one ai Logan Funeral services will be held in the Masonic temple Sunday afternoon. af-ternoon. It-;in Fleetwood of Salt Lake will officiate. The body has been remove. re-move. to the Klrkendall undertaking establishment. Tribute by W. L. Wattis. In commenting on the death of the club secretary, Warren L. Wattis, pres ident of the organization, said: Oaden has lost a very useful and loyal citizen and the Weber club has lost a staunch friend an industrious ' 4 ind most efncient secretary. He wa k the first nii-in to hold that office who g devoted all of his time and energy to the work, and the present system of' accounting and club management has been built up and developed by his careful, continuous and systematic management. He was proud of the-organization. the-organization. of its growth and B LChlevements and was very jialou of its reputation. "During the past few years he has 5 been in poor health and disease made H more rapid inroads into his system than even his closest friends realized H I admit I did not realize how desperate B his phjslcal condition had become, but Cn we can now see that he hinisi It un H di i stood that his end might come at I ,in time He was quietly and sys-,'B lehiaticully arranging his affairs and 9 those of the club ii preparation foi W h ( k i ted But all this while he m jinet the world, and particularly th H club membership, wi'n smiles and n Jests md very tew knew ot the agony, 5j i hoth physical and mental, that musi H I have been with him constantly. "He had a personal and very friend- B ly acquaintance with the great majority majori-ty of the club members and his taking away will be felt by then: as a distinct and irreparable personal lo-s " |