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Show Three Deer Hunters Perish On High Timpanogos Mountain I Two i'loasunt Grove men, Owen L. Ash, ill years of age, aim tionuld Malcom, 31, and Merlin Komington, 31, of I'rovo were frozen froz-en to death Tuesday high in the-Timpanogos the-Timpanogos mountain, where they were trapped Monday night by sudden heavy storms. The frozen bodies of Owen Ash and Ronald E. Malcom, were found about dark Tuesday evening, and they were brought out of the mountains moun-tains late Wednesday evening. The body of Merland Rcmnigton was found Thursday afternoon and brought down, and taken to I'rovo. I'ro-vo. Bill Hunter, 25 of Pleasant Grove the only surviver of the hunting tradegy, who was found late Tuesday Tues-day with his. arms wrapped around a tree, and who is in the American Fork hospital told Deputy Sheriff Durrant how the four stranded men had tried desperately without with-out sucess to build a fire in the ledges where they spent Monday night. The wives of the three men who lost their lives and the wife of Bill Hunter lone survivor, requested that they might express through the Pleasant Grove Review their appreciation to all those men, soldiers, sold-iers, officers forest rangers and othrs who assisted in the search for their husbands. Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. Sunday afternoon in the Pleasant Grove First Ward Chapel frr Owen-. L. .Ash, "1. who. o'ed Tuesday morning in American Fork canyon from exposure. The services will be in charge of Bishop J. A. West of the First Ward Bishopric. He was born February 3, 1912, at Pleasant Grove, Utah, a son of Leonard and Hattie Frampton Ash. He attended the Pleasant Grove schools and was student body pres-ient pres-ient of the Pleasant Grove High School student body in 1930. He was very active in athletics, and was a member of the Alpine district dist-rict championship basketball team in 1930. He was an active member of the L. D. S. Church, being President of the Elders quorum of the First Ward for several years. He followde the profession of automobile mechanic, and operated the Standard Station in Pleasant Grove lor several years. Ho married Donna Olpin, February Febru-ary 14, 1935, in the Salt Lake Temple. Tem-ple. Io is survived iby his wife and three children, Kenneth, Pauline, Paul-ine, and Leu Gene. His mother and step father Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Brough of Ncphi, one brother, Le-Roy Le-Roy Ash, of Orem, two grandmothers, grandmoth-ers, Mrs. Kathryn Fra.npton and and Mrs. Elizabeth Ash, both of Pleasant Grove. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Ash's brother, Li-wis Olpin, Saturday and at his home Saturday evening and until time of the services ser-vices Sunday. Funeral .services will be held at 2 P. M. Tuesday at Uie Pleasant Grove First Ward Chapel for Ronald E. Malcom, ."!, who died Tuesday morning in American Fork canyon while on a deer hunt. The srevices will be in charge of Bishop J. A. West of the First Ward Bishopric. He was born Octobe- 7, 1912, at Waterloo, Iowa, a son of Thomas V. and Florence Fcntiman Malcom. lie .served several years as a member mem-ber of the Waterloo Traffic Police, and was injjurcd in a motorcycle accident, while on du'y, a' -d since that time has been portioned on account ac-count of results of the accident- He was employed by Parley Larson Plumbing Co. of Prove at the time 'of his death. H- r. Li'.iiotl :o 'tie" I'iu-'orjo Smth in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Aprl 5, 1912, and moved to Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove to live in July, 194-3. He is survived by his wife, and baby-boy baby-boy Ronald 9 months old. He is also survived by a brother, George Malcom of the U. S. army in Mis-ippi, Mis-ippi, sisters: Mrs. Bernard Frost, Jesup, Iowa, Mrs. Mabel Blum, Marblerock, Iowa; Mrs. Francis Baldwin of Independence, Iowa, Miss Margaret Malcom, San Francisco, Fran-cisco, California, and Mrs. Lucy Mae Van Den Brand of Jesup, Iowa. , Frends may call at the Olpin Bros. Mortuary Monday, and at the home of Mr. and Mrsv Lester Stott Tuesday until time"ofther services. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove City cemetery. |