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Show Byron Kershaw Dies Suddenly j Death came suddenly to Byron Kershaw, 50, former resident of this city, Saturday night in Fort Brid-'ger, Brid-'ger, Wyoming. Mr. Kershaw was ' employed by a Mr. Marioin De Fay, a sheepman and rancher of that I place to do some surveying for him, and he left Salt Lake Saturday morning. In the afternoon while engaged in his work, he complained of feeling ill and Mr. De Fay prof-i prof-i fered to take him back to Salt Lake, which Mr. Kershaw refused, saying he would be all right by Monday. Mon-day. They retired and in the night Mr. Kershaw was stricken with a sudden heart attack and expired. The body was brought to Salt Lake by Mr. De Fay Sunday morning. Byron Smith Kershaw, son of I William and Emma Dickerson Kershaw, Ker-shaw, was born in this city March 1 13, 1883. He attended the schools I here and graduated at the age of 12, in 1895. He was too young to . enter the university and was com-jpelled com-jpelled to wait a year. He later I graduated from the U. of U. in the school of civil and mining engineering, en-gineering, and took up work as a government engin?er after graduation. gradu-ation. ! Mr. Kershaw married Miss Clar-' Clar-' ice Arnold of Van Wert, Ohiio. a ' i teacher in the American Fork j schools, September 12, 1909, in Salt : Lake City. They made their home ! in American Fork until fourteen ' years ago when they moved to Salt Lake and have since resided there. Surviving are his wife, three brothers: bro-thers: William H. Kershaw of Salt I Lake; Joseph Harold and Earl Kcr-! Kcr-! shaw of San Dk';o, California, and one sister, Mrs. Clara K. Asher of American Fork. Funeral services were being held Thursday at 2 p. m. in the First j ward chapel as we went to press. |