| Show I lady's ladys dys dy's 1 Brother I Killed on rob lob KAMA L Lester Leater e 8 tel Davis navis Mecham th the father of tour four children was I killed instantly Wednes Wednesday aJ m morning 0 r n 1 n It when a tractor he was driving apparently rolled over on him at atthe atthe atthe the open pit copper mine lie he was wo a brother of Mrs Mra Ross noss Mildred Robertson of ot Kaman Kama Mr Mecham of W West t Jordan had haa been ah nit angl dozer angle d Zer operator at atthe atthe at atthe the mine and had been with the company since 1939 except l for fora r ra a ft year four period when he was wu with the armed forces during World War II There were no witnesses to the accident but oot company officials sara sale Mr M Mecham ham was driving a payl ader tractor carrying a l load m lit front when the mishap occurred just after 7 30 am nm He waS wat taking the load down downa a ramp from F level to D level near the Apex yards when the machine apparently went out of ot control r ran rho n up the side of or a l bank R and d flipped over company spokesman n said The fatal mishap was the first at the mine since Dec 1 1958 1858 Lester Mecham was born April 15 1920 in Wallsburg Wasatch County a 0 son of Alma and Lula Luis Davis Mecham He lIe was as educated in Wallsburg schools and graduated graduated grad grad- from Wasatch High School On April 19 1945 1045 ho was married married mar mar- ried led to Beth Harmon in Wallsburg Walls Walls- burg Mr Mecham had bad just received his year 20 certificate from Ken- Ken He was an elder in the West Jordan First Ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints He served four years with the US U.S. Air Force during World War II part of that time in Panama Pan Pan- ama I Surviving are his widow his parents of Wallsburg and four children Diana Lynn 13 Linda I 10 Sharon 8 and Ann 2 I Others surviving include four brothers and three sisters Burial in Wallsburg |
