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Show H. SCOWCROFT PASSES AWAY Pioneer Business and Wholesale Man of Ogden Expires Funeral service for Hbr ScoW- eroft Will be held at noon Sunday in the Orden tabernacle with Bishop J-I J-I W T're officiating Friends may view I the bodv at the home Saturday nfter- noon and evening and Sunday until ( u o'clock. Funeral arrangements are In the hands of LlhdqulSts m Heber Scowcroft. i-r.. 54 yearn or aee pioneer business man of Ogden I and' vice president of John Scowcrott I Sons company, died last night at the familv residence, 795 Twmty- fourth street, after an .lines of many months. Ieath was due to Bright s Members of Mr. Scowcroft s fariilly I were at the bedside when the end came. BIOGRAFHU Mr Scowcroft was- vice president of the John Scowcroft & Sons company, wholesale merchants and n. .nunc- , turere of Ogdvn, in which connection I he has been instrumental in building I up a business of exteuriw proportions; I director Scowcroii Investment com- pa'nF. prosidon. Heber S-iowcroIt In- vestment company and director Con- solidatcd Wagon and Machine com- panv. Salt Lake. He started out In I life' emptv-handed. but with deter- I f mined spirt and courase 1 he outlook was such as most mg m n H face but he resolved to make wise use H of ev.ery opportunity. lie has led an B idUStriOUS life "hlch brought him in- I to prominence in commercial circles in this city. Mr sVowcroft wa.s also a director I of 'the Shiipe-Wllliams Candy com- I pany. . . t Mr Scowcroft was bor In Lanca- shire. England, January 21. 1S6S son of John Scowcroft, who was also a ) native of England and became on. , I of the pioneer settlers of Ogden. when I he founded the business now conduct-I conduct-I ed under the name of John Scowcrott I & Sons companv. The mother of lb - II ber Scowcroit bore the name of Mary H Fletcher. She, too, was born in lin-H lin-H caahlre, England, and accompanied H her husband to Ftah. ENTERS Bl SINESS WM Heber Scowcroft pursued his duca- H tion in the ogd n city schools ami H when 17 vears of age made his Initial MM step into th- business world. He tint emplovpil in a clerical way in connection with his father's business; B and in 18S9 he became a member or H the firm, having acquired a compre- hensive knowledge of the business MM ihrough practical work. Later lie is eleded to the office ol i e pn sid. ir H and for some time served in the dual capacity of vice president and assist -II ant manager Throughout his ntir- business career he has been continual continu-al ously connected with the wholesale I grocery trade. I mU ' In 1850 Mr. Scowcroft was mar lea H in the Logan temple to Miss Ellen Pin-gree, Pin-gree, a native of ogden and a daugh- i H ter of Job and Esther Hooper Pingn B - who n ere ptonei i peopl Mrs. Scowcroft died June S. 1900, leaving three children .lame-. Heber H and Ellen Irene Mr Scowcroft was H again married in 190L the second H wife being Miss da Plngre H 1 younger sister of his former wife and . thev have become parents of eight ; children. Ida. Ruth. John. Bonita s Blanche. Lucille, Harold and Richard 1 '1 PROMINENT IN CHI IU II H in religion Mr. Scowcroft was an active member of the Church of J. jus - Christ of Latter Day Saints, being a , member of the church auditing coni- mlttee at the time of his death. He j Ba was nt one time a counselor to the late Bishop Robert Mi Quarrie of the Second ward and a member of the We- ber stake high council. He was a Mm vm.-mber of the Wtebei club, ind ap-Ba ap-Ba Lhreclative of the social amenities of Bfl C STlfe. won many friends during the Bj sjong period of his residence in this B City. During his life ho contributed B vjn no small measure (o the develop-H. develop-H. ment of the town. In politics Mr. Scowcroft maintained an independent course. He was an un-B un-B iuccessful candidate for the office of 1 jnayor of Ogden at the first munici-BJI munici-BJI pal election held under the cominis-BJI cominis-BJI vion form of government, f He Is survived 1 the widow, Ida Bjil Plngree Scowcroft, und the following BJf rons and daughters: James, Heber, Bj Jr.. Mrs. Ellen Bccles, Ida. Ruth. John. BJf Bonita. Blanche. Lucille, Harold and BK Richard. Also surviving are his moth-ffi moth-ffi er, Mrs. Mary Scowcroft. and the fol-lowlm? fol-lowlm? brothers and sisters Joseph B and Wlllard Scowcroft, Mrs. G. W BK McCune aftd Mis A. L Scoville. BH oo |