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Show Pioneer Resident Goes to Final Reward Niels Andrew Larsen, 84, passed to his reward late Tuesday following an illness of one month. He was born October 16, 1852, in Denmark, a son of Hans and Keran Stena Hansen Larsen. At the age of nine months, his father died and with -an older sister, Mary, he lived with his mother, j They joined the L. D. S. church and j in the year 1859 his mother married N. C. Heiselt, a Mormon missionary, and left for Utah. Arriving at Winter Win-ter Quarters they made preparations to cross the plains by purchasing a handcart. Before leaving, however, word came for all the Saints to ob-tan ob-tan wagons and oxen which they did by trading. Andrew, his sister and grandfather grandfath-er walked all the way to Salt Lake arriving in the fall of 1859. Soon after this time the family moved to Pleasant Grove, this city and American Ameri-can Fork being his home ever since. He married Sevrene Fredrick of Pleasant Grove, February 15, 1875. I To this union was born two children, Wallace and Serenes. Hs wife died in 1878 and he lived alone until 1880 when he married Elizabeth Jane Smith of Pleasant Grove. Elizabeth bore him 14 children: George A., Vivian, LeBoy, Vem, Larwence, Wm. L., Leslie, Earl, Allen K., Niel, Thel-ma Thel-ma and three who died at birth. With Elizabeth he celebrated his Golden Wedding March 18, 1930. She died May 2, 1933. In his passing went the oldest liv- ing pioneer in tne norm ena oi - mi county. Having met with the hardships hard-ships of pioneer life he had an exceptionally ex-ceptionally strong physical constitution, constitu-tion, never knowing sickness until his health failed June 11, 1936. He was a contractor and farmer having worked with his stepfather at North Piatt on the Union Pacific railroad and later working in Echo 'canyon remaining there until the gold spike was driven at Promontory in May, 1869, marking the completion comple-tion of the railroad across the na- tion. He was active in cutting tim- , ber for the mines when Bingham Canyon was 'first opened up. He : also spent several years working in American Fork canyon building bridges. The last 50 years he has lived on his farm on the east bench and at his home in American Fork. While not active in the church he always had a devout belief in the Mormon religion and was always willing to assist with labor and money when possible to carry out religious activities. His children, their wives and brother, Hyrum, were at his bedside at the time of his death. Surviving are eight sons: Earl of Driggs and Allen K. of Idaho Falls, Idaho; George A., Ogden; Leslie and Niel, Lehi; Wallace, Vem, Wm. L. and one daughter, Thelma, of American Amer-ican Fork; two half-brothers: Hen-sen Hen-sen Heiselt, Colorado; and Hyrum Heiselt, Provo. Twenty-five grandchildren grand-children and five great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services are being conducted con-ducted today at 2:00 p. m. in the Third ward chopel. Friends may call at the family home prior to the services. i n . |