Show funeral held 1 here sunday for john M gurr funeral services were held sunday afternoon in the first ward chapel for john miles gurr 60 I 1 who died thursday at a m in the local hospital where lie underwent an operation january 19 bishop J F ogden presided at the services speakers were dr T R gledhill of the stake presidency and patriarch H J hansen the ward choir directed by mrs vern blomquist sang two numbers pace face to face was sung as a duet by mrs A W young and miss reba young mrs blomquist BlomqU Bt sang going home the invocation was by auwen AI the benediction by joseph ogden bishop enoch R larsen dedicated the grave interment being in the city came cemetery pallbearers Pall bearers were members of the high priests quorum to which mr gurr belonged relief society members carried the flowers mr gurr was born bom october 25 1876 at richfield a son of reuben reube and elzadia el emiline eilene miles gurr richfield pioneers unable to attend school he started to work at the age of nin nine i e years earning 15 cents a day when he was waa 25 years of age he be went vent to canada j but returned to the united states I 1 a year later he married alice rowley aley february 27 1903 in salt lake L a ke city after their marriage they went to mexico where mrs burrs family lived they stayed there nine years in july 1903 when mexican rebels began to molest the white people mr gurr took his bis wife and children to the station and sent them on the train out of the trouble zone and into the united states of their belongings they were able to take with them only a roll of bedding and ana a trunk on august 2 mr gurr and the other men who had bad sent their the i r families out of the country escaped ese p ed during the night through th rough the mountains on horseback they had to take a band of rebel pris loners with them to the borderline before they could make their escape mr gurr joined his wife and children three weeks later the U S government gave free tickets to the refugees permitting them to go by train to any part of the united states they chose mr gurr and his family went to idaho falls idaho they spent a few years in utah and idaho taking their residence up permanently in utah in 1923 they lived at orem until november 1927 when they moved to richfield mr gurr engaged in farming fanning and freighting mr gurr was a faithful member of the L D S church and served diligently in whatever capacity he was called to serve he is survived by his widow four daug daughters sirs mrs lucy of provo mrs elma nielson of provo alice and zella gurr richfield three sons miles E gurr delbert L gurr and glen gurr ali all of richfield 11 grandchildren I 1 and the golowin following brothers and sisters sirs mrs addie edwards thomas gurr wallace gurr mrs nellie martineau miss maud rowley all of provo wilford gurr nevada mrs B A wilson eureka and mrs mary palmer logan |