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Show Ranks Of Utah's G. A. R. Dwindle i j With Death of John W. Widdoes; j Military Services Honor Veteran1 I with fitting military services conducted con-ducted by service organizations of o wars, and with tributes from l?vic leaders and fellow citizens, the Immunity paid last respects to Tohn W. Widdoes, a veteran of the Civil War, at funeral services Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon in the Alpine stake tabernacle. Clifford E. Young, a. long-time friend of the family, conducted con-ducted the services, jlr. Widdoes, one of the last two surviving members of the G. A. R. M m Utah, and one of the state's most R colorful' figures, answered the last H caii Sunday morning. Weakened by 1 his advanced age, ' he succumbed I after an illness of twelve days. 1 With his death, the ranks of the 1 g A. B- in this state were reduced 1 to one member, only Ira A. Stormes, B 94-year old commander of the Utah B department remaining. Mr. Stormes Q was present at the services. " S Tributes to Mr. Widdoes as a 1 volunteer in the cause to preserve D the Union, as a good citizen, and H as a man devoted to the service of 3 Ms fellow men were given by the e' I speakers, H. E. McNeill, chaplain of B Post 49 of the American Legion;' 1 Rev. Elias Jones of the Community 1 church; and Clifford E. Young. 1 "This man left an example of I service to his fellow men, by enlist- fl tag as a young volunteer to fight to 1 preserve the Union," Mr. McNeill I said. "The same principles which fl caused him to do this also guided fl his life." "In these troubled times," fl Mr. McNeill continued, "it is fitting I that we should think deeply of free- 1 dom and our fellowmen." fl The Rev. Mr. Jones said that, in I his short acquaintance with Mr. fl Widdoes, he found that Mr. Widdoes 1 "knew the Bible, and he meditated 1 upon it. He knew the Word of God, I and this knowledge guided his life." fl "The greatest contribution a man )fl can give to his community is to live I a good life. The greatest contribu-1 contribu-1 tion a man can give to his country fl is a good life. Here is a man that has led a good life," he continued, j The Rev. Mr. Jones concluded his remarks by pointing out the hope of Alpine 0 immortality, and offering words I of a babr o! consoai0ri t0 the bereaved. lday- Clifford E. Young, in closing remarks, re-marks, paid a tribute to Mr. Wid- ient of tie does' devotion, service and kindli- g care for ness. The same unselfish motives accident al ihich prompted Mr. Widdoes to volunteer vol-unteer his services in the Civil War also were guiding motives in his rican Fork later life, President Young pointed ition at the . He called attention to Mr. Widdoes' readiness to help in any Why cause, often offering his Alpine left tancial assistance before a cll was ter recover- made upon him. ndix opera- The services were opened with a selection, "Abide With Me", by a Bale quartet, comprised of Kenneth Dimick ol Vinson, ciare Christensen, Harold e the biril ctl'Pman and Leo T. Hansen, ac-tompamed ac-tompamed by Ann Parker. The in-'wation in-'wation was offered by Frank G. unhhins o! Shelley' bishP of the ward in which parents of' "sided. V A vocal duet, "In the Garden", Ms rendered by Mrs. Edna Boley npan ar Mrs' LaDocia Wagstaff , accom- , hnrnol fMetl by Mrs- Aml Shipley. Pol-girl, Pol-girl, doi ,Ims Ml. McNem,s remarks a "et election, "One Sweetly Solemn u ( ?0lSht." was sung by Kenneth i WrigM ,; Robinson and Mrs. Ora Chipman, nce fi'oe- ';:comPanied by Ann Parker. The hospital 0smg mimbel. Rest Soldieri Resti ,'s sunB by the quartet. The Rev. . , 's Pronounced the benediction, rd Madsen 0n the stand were Mayor O. Dents De-nts of a , 'vre Wootton and members of the t the n (Continued on Page 8) able to attend. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. George Shoff of Moorhead, Iowa, and Miss Julia Widdoes of North Hollywood, California; eleven grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. ters, there being a large family. Only a few years ago, he again established contact with them, finding find-ing that all his brothers and sisters had passed away and only one sister-in-law remained, but that the Widdoes family had become numerous. numer-ous. He married Ruth Elizabeth Graves of Indiana, on May 3, 1908. In the successive years he worked as a cobbler, farmer and lumberman in California, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio, Illinois and Utah. He moved to Delta, Del-ta, Utah, in 1918, working at the sugar factory. In 1922 he moved to American Fork, where he has since resided. His wife died here on September 14, 1933. Despite his advanced ad-vanced age, Mr. Widdoes maintained maintain-ed an active interest in community affairs and kept up his affiliations with the G. A. R. and the American Legion. Only two years ago he participated par-ticipated in the encampment of the "blue and the gray", at the Gettysburg Gettys-burg battlefield in Pennsylvania. He often took part in the American Legion activities. On September 26 he was honored by the Oliver O. Howard post, at ceremonies at the Harrington school. The ladies' service organization presented pre-sented a flag and picture of President Presi-dent Lincoln to the school, to pre-petuate pre-petuate Mr. Widdoes' memory. Mr. Widdoes had taken ill and was un- RANKS OF G. A. R. DWINDLE WITH DEATH OF MR. WIDDOES; SERVICES HONOR VETERAN (Continued from Page 1) city council, Mr. Stormes, and members mem-bers of the American Legion,, of which Mr. Widdoes was an honorary member. Members of the Oliver O. Howard Post of the Women's Relief Corps to the G. A. R. were present. At the cemetery, the American Legion ritual was carried out uncles the direction of Burton H. Adams, and the G. A. R. ritual was conducted conduct-ed by the Women's Relief Corps. Mr. Widdoes was born in Flushing, Belmont county, Ohio, on February 4, 1844, a son of John and Margaret Beers Widdoes, and spent his early life in Ohio. When the Confederate raider, Morgan, was earring on his raids in 1863, Mr. Widdoes, then a young man of 19, enlisted for a short term in the Eighty-fifth Ohio volunteer volun-teer regiment, in which he served three months. His second elistment came the next year, when he joined the 145th Illinois volunteer infantry for a 100-day 100-day period. He served 126 days. Fifty-seven years later, in 1921, after j the additional six clays' service had long been forgotten, the aged veteran vet-eran was very much surprised when he received a government check for $10.67, for these six days. After the war ended, Mr. Widdoes was mustered out of service and moved to Iowa. There he took an active part in civic and political affairs. af-fairs. On April 30, 18C4, he married mar-ried Lucinda Rowley, of Franklin, Ohio. She died in Iowa on January 25, 1887. Subsequently Mr. Widdoes lost contact with his brothers and sis- |