Show LESTER I A mil NEIS N DIES SUNDAY F ESS Seft services ices held memorial day I 1 in tabernacle mi many any friends present I 1 funeral services for lester A nelson alfo wh 0 died of miners consumption in the st marks hospital in salt lake shortly before 5 p m sunday were held on memorial day in the sevier stake tabernacle with the fourth ward bishopric tisho pric in charge C P Christen christensen presided at the services speakers were A a J ashman a dr T R P gledhill and J W ross boss musical num numbers bers were a vocal solo not under stood by mrs glen meyer and three quartet renditions jesus lover of my soul genevieve one bone of mr nelsons belsons Nel sons favorite songs and abide with me members of the quartet were mrs orson J F christensen mrs C A rese reese J A jackman and A W rowley the invocation was by president E X W poulson the benediction ben diction by J H ford interment was in the city cemetery A M maughan dedicated the grave lester A nelson was bom at richfield may 5 1883 a son of august and harriett thurber nelson richfield was always his home although his work in mining frequently took him to other localities studious and retiring in disposition he be never engaged to any extent in public work but had a host of friends he is ia sur by his bis widow mrs ella way nay nelson one daughter mrs delean N jensen and two sons deon dean and kay all of richfield his mother mrs harriett nelson of salt lake one sister mrs R K Y jensen of salt lake and five brothers lloyd and eugene nelson on of Lund breck alberta canada ralph nelson of raymond washington E G and A L nelson of richfield none of ilie ih e xela relatives tives from out of town except those residing in salt lake were able to be here for the services like a benediction five minutes before his death irv in the hospital where he had bad spent the last two years of his life one of his favorite songs carry me ale back to old virginne Vir ginny played by string instruments came over the air on every radio in the hospital mr nelson himself had always been a talented singer and lover of music |