Show meral services held ed for wilford day host gost impress impressive ve funeral services M held thursday afternoon m n east ward L D S 4 carowan parowan wl pel for wilford day 71 one of 1 4 countes coun tys most notable citizens livestock man farm fann i prominent and lifelong resident of Qin unity death came at 1215 a monday gonday at his ranch home in swan valley after a four months bess ess services were under the direction f arnold Y stevens ot of the paro a west vest ward bishopric and com need with the choirs of both ards singing though deepening Dee penin nils under the direction of ivan acker er with della delia marsden at the lano walter C mitchell offered otte lit M opening prayer after which E aly lyman and mary 0 gsg a duet 0 holy savior with rance marsden at the piano speakers speaker were H L adams of nwan oscar hulet of summit golam fidiam peterson of the il logan lamont E and president david L sargent of ce 71 1 jar carcity city and mary M marsden ut ot 7 feis city who read letters and tele of condolence received by te family other musical numbers were a bartet number oh my father by onnon B R weight ray D garner ff clair rowley and albert quist i violin solo berceuse Berc euse by roy L ff lal alverson verson of the B A C with rank frank van cott at the piano and ahe e clewing song by the choir sometime well understand wm win 11 L lyman offered the closing prayer and silas J ward dedicated the grave pall bearers were two grandsons vorman lorman day and hamer morris of cedar city two nephews glenn S I 1 holyoak of this citver cit vEa r edward eard lavis davis of circleville Cir cleville and two wo of af 11 days brothers sidney and arthur scott of nepal the profuse profus of beautiful flowers were in charge large of several lady friends of the e family mr day was active until june juna when he was stricken and has a record of service to his community county state and church attained by few in this section he was mas one of the first and foremost breeders bleeders bre eders of fine purebred rambouillet sheep and his flocks have won worldwide world wide renown many sheep from his flock have been bought by russia and shipped to that country for breeding stock recent honors accorded him were the he presidency of the american rambouillet sheep breeders bleeders Bre eders association in 1937 and judge of the rambouillet sheep division of the chicago international livestock show he was born bom in Ka narra utah may 8 1870 a son of thomas and charlotte dark clark day pioneer res residents of southern utah later he moved to parowan carowan with his paren parents and nd has resided here since that tune time strongly believing in the development of parowan carowan valleys underground water resources he was one of the very first farmers to drill artesian wells in the valley he was at one time considered larg est t potato grower and has continued to ship many carloads of fine potatoes annually from his farms here mr day has always beer been active in in civic and church affairs and a booster for southern utah and his of public service in both elective and appointive offices is enviable enable and dates from the time of statehood he prided him self f on being a personal friend of every utah governor his career of service includes many offices from his election as a ember of the iron county school ard in 1900 until the time of his passing when he was a member of tte the utah land use planning board A lifelong church worker he was sustained stained as president of the par owan stake of the L D S church in 1916 and served until 1920 after having been a councillor to two previous stake persi dents he cd as a missionary for his church to great reat britain from 1904 to and d has been active in church or of his ward until the birne me of his death he served as chairman airman of the building commit tees for the construction of both carowan parowan rowan ward chapels and was of the most liberal contribute ors in the construction of both buildings he served as mayor of parowan carowan from 1907 until 1909 and as county commissioner from 1902 to 1901 1904 he was elected to the state legislature on the republican ticket in 1910 and served three terms between then and 1920 he was elected state senator from the bilth district in 1920 and alid again in 1932 he was one of iron countes coun tys strongest republican auppl during his entire life during the world war he was chairman of the iron county defense council was county fd administrator and active in red cross and liberty bond drives he was appointed a trustee of 0 the utah state agricultural college from 1926 to 1930 and was a firm supporter of the BAC at cedar city he was closely associated with wilh business and industrial development men t of iron county having be been e a founder of the bank of iron county and a director of several mercantile institutions among thern them being the day mercantile co in parowan carowan which he managed for several years he led several cooper co oper active among which was the drilling of a 1600 f toot oot tun I 1 j I 1 nel from coop co op valley through a I 1 moun mountain tain to bring additional water into parowan carowan valley he was president of the iron county construction company which built the ca war lund highway a project c completed om in 1922 and was instrumental in building the drain canal that was to take water from little salt lake onto Rush lake benches during recent years he h has as devoted his energies to diversified I 1 farming in parowan carowan valley instigating the growing of several cash crops among which were peas and carrots until the past year or two he owned a fine herd of purebred holstein dairy cattle he sold these and started to market his hay and grain crops by buying and feeding sheep and cattle his farm in this valley at present is one of the best ma machinery chinery equipped farms in utah his land it has as been available to many public agencies for experimental I 1 purposes ur poses and surviving him are his widow mrs 1113 elizabeth scott day whom he married on july 13 1898 a son W scott day of cedar city and for forr r daughters mrs wilson lunt mrs durham morris of cedar city mrs M ra almon jr orton oi of parowan carowan and mrs lloyd white ot of ft stockton tellas teas 17 grandchildren and three brothers and a sister thomas C and joseph day of salt lake city ephraim day of circleville Cir cleville and mrs annie davis of antimony F r C van buran of long beach california and his son gordon von van who lives in CoA colorado crado were buren who residents among the former I 1 were here to particia parti participate ciP ate in the deer hunt and visit with relatives res and friends over last week end rex C ward of salt lake city week here v visiting isit has spent the past some with his people and doing I 1 hunting |