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Show hree Called By Grim Reaper In Week m Orson Swenson, son of Swen rhilda Pehrson Swenson, was ntally killed near his home in about nine o'clock on-the eve-a of February 22nd. was born in Osbey, Sweden, ary 2, 1376, and was baptized ; .he L. D. S. Church by Olaf I n, a missionary from Pleasant I on the 5th of June, 1892. Aiming Ai-ming the church the family great desire to come to Zion s they couldn't afford to all it once, the children were sent i -j-ne at a time. Orson was the j come being only 16 years old. st got work herding sheep in Co., later, after the rest of ;X. imily had arrived and made )LDhome in Pleasant Grove, he here to live. llat several years after he married Boa, Newman, daughter of Mr. srKs. John Newman, they made .iome in Pleasant Grove, later aj ? to Mercur, then to Salt Lake jhi-nd then to Twin Falls, Idaho, 'he'' the family resided for a num-ltio,' num-ltio,' years. While there Orson en-gj en-gj in farming and in the picture pig business. In a religious toe was especially interested in watual, working diligently and ! 0; ;ly in the Y. M. M. I. A. :har.it ten years ago the family foil- back to Salt Lake where they . until last September when he . s wife, their children all be-"Vried, be-"Vried, moved to Orem where nerated the Mountain View jndi , camp. val ea(n Swenson was a man of ver- jjibilities and painstaking care work so that he was able to 3ire( e things well than most men. jam; a member of the first brass n Pleasant Grove when Mr. pM;s was the leader. He was the . of six children, five of whom, resK!r with his wife survive. They rs. Reba Riggs of Burley, , Mrs. Violet Fisher, Blackf oot, 10, 15 John, Virgil, and Mrs. Olive of Salt Lake City. He is . 'vived by the following broth- rYT. sisters, Mrs. Marie K. Nel-3. Nel-3. Ada B. Warnick, R. P., and E. ol Bait Lake City; Dan A. in; Amy Sandgren of Provo, :lge V. Swenson of Pleasant :ral services were held Sun-l Sun-l the Stake Tabernacle at p. m. over the remains of 979 1 ' Swenson who was killed m omobile accident at Orem. Dp L. M. Atwood of the Man-rd Man-rd conducted the services: 14:'lo was rendered by Reuben ' '.f the Sharon ward. The in-g3jin in-g3jin was offered by Bishop B. '28U'mis of the Second ward, fol-,80".!by fol-,80".!by a violin solo by Mrs. Le-231!ark, Le-231!ark, accompanied by Mrs. C. sen. 2f Qjij'fspeakcrs were Niels Monson '' Manilla ward, Ben E. Mason . 451.!io Falls; Frank Mozley of ike; Stake President W. W. :,731.'k, and closing remarks by L. M. Atwood. Other musi-nbers musi-nbers were a trio, "My Task" purine and Beatrice Monson 2ggj.da Neves; a solo "Oh My ' by Vernon Jn.rman of Salt 741.1 The benediction was pro-A pro-A by Leon Burr of the Shared. Shar-ed. Interment was made in '' asant Grove cemetery, where 1 508 nve was dedicated by Olof U5021'- |