Show 1 t 1 I rh t John hn Stevens True Pion Pioneer er Is s e Dead at att 87 I 6 John Stevens 87 87 Sum County commissioner from I 1933 to ta 1939 and a a. a lifetime resl- resl d dents dentt of Jenefer died of causes incident to age Feb Peb 12 at his hoarse e He Aile was waa born Dec 31 1 1876 in Ir Henefer to Charles Henry Robin Robin- son eon and Fanny Hannah Stevens He ale married Gertrude t on OJ OJA A 12 1905 in the I Salt Halt Lake Temple She died M March h 10 1951 r j jM I AS As county commissioner ho he appointed appointed ap ap- JJ pointed l ted tho the original Ite n net 0 f e 0 r Town wn Do Board rd and made hade it possible loi town to construct a mod modern mod erti ern r i sew sewer r s system He lie served n nth th Utah Power and Water Board Doard fr from in 1953 to 1959 was director slid arid secretary secretary of ot the Henefer Irrigation Irrigation Ir Ir- Co from 1954 1928 and a Henefer Dramatic director ct r of ot the Co Cod for Co for tor 40 years from 1906 to 1946 1946 He no le also was a member of ot the U Town Board Doard from 1954 1 to 1958 and was the last survivor of ot the he first lIen Henefer brass band I Ilie A He lie was a member of the Twenty ty seventh Quorum of Seventy Seventy and fulfilled an n DS mission to I IA A Australia from 1901 to 1904 I Survivors Include three sons eons I and a daughter Lawrence of Heber Sydney Yuma Arizona I Edwin Henefer Mrs George Doris Clark Warren 15 grandchildren grandchildren grand grand- ch children and 16 16 great U- U dren dran A sister Mrs George Caroline Caro- Caro Car Caro Caroline line hie Ackerman Salt Lake City I I Funeral services were conducted conduct conduct- ed Saturday In the Henefer W Ward rd Chapel I Burial was in the Henefer City Cemetery I r Funeral services were held I Sa Saturday February 15 In fn the I H Henefer Ward Chapel w with th Delbert C. C a member of ot of conducting Pi Prelude and postlude m music was played by Mary R. R Fawcett The Invocation n waS was given by by Dale I Stevens a grandson vocal trio Thea Thea Boyer Louise and nd D Dorene rene Row Rowser remarks Bishop Grant R R. tt remarks John JohnE E E. Wright EWright vocal solo LeVelle Stephens speaker Joseph r E. E Beard solo solo vocal trio Arvilla Fawcett accompanied each musical musi musi- musical cal number Closing prayer Myrtle Stevens Hyde a grand grand- daughter The prayer at the nome was given by Donald Trussell and aid the dedication of ot the grave was by Bill BUI Ackerman Pallbearers were all aU grandsons of Mr Stevens and Included Dale Stevens Dan Stevens Don Ste- Ste Ste Stevens vens yens Gene Stevens K Kenneth Clark and Johnny Clark |