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Show Funeral Held Wednesday For David Edward Shelley Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Mt. Pleasant North ward chapel for Flight Officer David Shelley Shelley, son of Bishop and Mrs. D. A. Shelley of Mountainville, who was killed January 24th in an airplane crash near Dyers-burg, Dyers-burg, Tenn. Bishop O. M. Aid-rich Aid-rich conducted the service. A double quartet sang, "I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go," and the opening prayer was offered of-fered by O. V. Anderson. A vaocl solo, "There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere," Some-where," was sung by Briant Brady, acompanied by Miss Le Nila Young, both of North Sanpete San-pete high school. Bishop William L. Shelley of Mountainville, a brother of Bishop Bish-op D. A. Shelley, spoke of his associations with Edward, his nephew, and of Edward's splendid splen-did character. V. H. Gunderson of. the North Sanpete high school spoke of his associations with the family while he was a school teacher at Mountainville. telling of the fine spirit manifest by the Shelley family. An organ solo, "Goin' Home," was played by Mrs. Norma Kot-ter. Kot-ter. First Lieutenant Lewis E. Klitz-bach, Klitz-bach, who accompanied the body as an Army Escort, spoke of Edward's Ed-ward's loyalty as a soldier, and his faithfulness to duty. President H. C. Jacobs spoke consoling words to the bereaved family and Bishop O. M. Aldrich gave some closing remarks and words of sympathy. The double quartet sang, "I Know My , Father Knows," and Nels Johansen offered the closing prayer. A Color Guard of the Utah State Guard carried the American Ameri-can Flag into the chapel at the beginning of the service and at the close the same guard retired with the Colors. An Escort of the American Legion Le-gion acted as pallbearers. Burial was in the City cemetery ceme-tery where Supt. J. R. Bagnall dedicated the grave. Full military mili-tary honors were given the young officer by a firing squad from the Utah Home Guard. Burial was under the direction of the Jacobs Mortuary of Mt. Pleasant. |