Show r r rI rRay I f Ray Is Dead as Result of Gas Blast at Ideal Cement I I Ray nay Ira tra 61 1 of ot Itene Iten fere died Sunday Oct 6 1963 In Inan Inan inan an Ogden hospital of burns caused by nn an explosion Wednesday Wednes Wednesday day Oct 2 at the Ideal l Cement Cement Ce Ce- ment Plant Th The employee truck struck n a match and exploded nn an accumulation I of oC gas In the storage room loom nd ad I joining the tho basement section of the laboratory Unknown to I I anyone the main cross country high presume e public utility gas gns I line located some feet from the building had ruptured and allowed gas to permeate through the soil into the basement storage storage stor n age c room The blast shook the entire building area arla and the force of the bla blast t blew off the basement door and frame and anel scorched the interior interior in in- of the basement Mr ran up the basement base base- ment steps steP and onto the lawn and fellow ran to his aid and mann managed ed to smother the I fire br by rolling Mr in a blanket The victim was WM rushed to the hospital in the Morgan City and County ambulance Charles Burriss plant superintendent superintendent headed the investigation for the plant Mr was a member of the Church and had served in the tho Henefer Ward MIA in 1937 and 1956 I He lIe had been employed as a n physical tester in the laboratory at Ideal Cement for the past 22 I rears He was supervisor of the tho M M- Men program in 1951 He lIe also coached the Henefer Ward basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball team and in 56 1955 was coach of the Junior Softball team which won the Summit Stake champion champion- ship Born April 20 1912 in Henefer he was a son eon of Charles Noble j i I and Electa Fowler Pewter He I I married Rena Ann Dearden July I i 2 1935 in the Salt Lake j I I. I Temple She Sho died Nov Nor 21 1953 1959 I He Ile married Ruth Huth Brown Dunn June II 11 11 1960 in Summit Sum Sum- mit County Surviving are his widow sons and daughter Rulon nulon N. N Scott D. D and Alan Ainu Lynn all of Henefer Mrs Eldon Robinson Brigham City Mrs MrA Ken lon Rena Ann Amt Walker a stepdaughter stepdaughter step step- daughter MarJean Gunn Hen Honofer Hono- Hono tel for and atul four tour grandchildren Ho Ito also Is la survived by a 11 sister Mitt Mm Edward Lol Lois Edgeworth Downing Calif two brothers Orville Orvllle Ogden Theron Hooper Weber County and a n. niece ho raised Arlene Wood Fullerton Calif Funeral services were conducted conducted con con- ducted Wednesday at 1 pm p.m. inthe inthe In the Henefer Ward Chapel Burial was In the Cemetery |