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Show Joseph Gerrans Dies ' It is with regret we chronicle ; ' . the death of one with whom we were associated in the earlier days, Joseph Gerrans, who died ; on Saturday. 1 1 Mr. Gerrans was born at Bal- dhu, Cornwall, England, Septem ber 1, 1877 and emigrated to this country some twenty two , years ago and on reaching Salt Lake he became affiliated with several mining men and from , . that time was looked upon by the mining fraternity as one of the most capable miners in the western country. Mr. Gerrans for the past few years has been ! . employed by the Utah-Apex ; Mining Co. as a shift boss and t was beloved by the employees of that company with whom he was acquainted. Funeral services were held from the O'Donnel funeral chapel cha-pel at Salt Lake City on Tuesday Tues-day with the Rev. Samuel Mitchell Mit-chell of the Methodist Church and Rev. Hy. Jacobs of the Baptist Bap-tist church officiating. Members from the choir of each church rendered appropriate appro-priate vocal selections. The floral tributes were many and completely banked the casket. cas-ket. Mr. Gerrans is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Fred Turner, Jr. and Miss Brit-timart Brit-timart Gerrans. Interment was made in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Salt Lake City, under the direction of the O'Don nell Undertaking Co. The pall-bearers were co-work ers of deceased who are under the employ of the Utah-Apex Mining Co. also the superintendent superinten-dent of the company, Joseph Norden, was present to pay his . . last respects to a trusted employ ee of his company. ' |