Show S HELD SUNDY FOB ACCIDENT VICTIM battery E participates in paying tribute to aaron knaphus impressive funeral services were held at noon sunday in the second ward chapel for aaron knaphus who vh 0 was killed instantly in an automobile accident near provo juno june 14 bishop W L warner presided the speakers were bishop enoch R larson of the first ward and C A reese who was one of aarons teachers at school musical numbers were a vocal solo the day is done by ed accompanied by mrs adrian peterson a violin solo by miss vera ver stewart t of venice and three selections though deepening trials ill go where you want me lie to go and my father knows by a vocal quartet coat corn posed of J W ward mr and mrs mra H B mendenhall and aad mrs mm adrian peterson phenon nelson read reso resolutions resolution lutio ns of respect from battery E field artillery of which aaron had been a member Member the battery attended the funeral in a body the opening prayer was by F M ogden and the benediction by chas L bean anterni interment was in the city ce cemetery meent carlos S knaphus dedicated the grave pallbearers Pall bearers were bert salisbury guy christensen gail poulson lloyd and ned knaphus brothers of aaron and kimball knaphus of salt lake a cousin i aaron knaphus was born june 24 1914 at central a son of A L and myrtle christena christensen knaphus the family moved to th richfield when he was a baby and have since made their home here he completed his studies in the richfield grade and junior high schools and attended the richfield high school three years he enlisted in battery E may 5 1931 as a private was promoted to the office of corporal june 1 1 1932 and to that of sergeant june 1 1 1933 the survivors are the parents and the following brothers and sisters daisy lloyd ned andrew leva nina may naomi daomi myrtle and bonnie rae carlos S knaphus and son kimball of salt lake were among the relatives who came to attend the funeral from previous reports most reaper readers are acquainted with details of the accident in which aaron knaphus was killed it occurred at a m thursday when the truck in which knaphus an and d A L poulson were riding crashed into the rear of a truck driven by jed wardle of salt lake loaded with five tons of gilsonite parked just off the highway between orem and the mouth of provo canyon it was the second accident he had been in thursday the first accident having occurred at 1230 a m when their truck turned over on a small dugway leading from the mouth of the canyon to the highway which joins U S highway 91 at orem officers who investigated the accident reported neither of the men was intoxicated and a coroners jury sitting in inquest in the city and county building in provo returned a verdict friday night of an unavoidable accident poulson was not serious 1 ly injured |