Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-08-09 | Page 6 | Funeral Held for Boy Who Died in Californa Cinder Pit; Family Formerly Resided in Basin

Funeral held for boy who died in cinder family formerly resided in Basin Duchesne Funeral services for Ronald Blaine Mech-am were held in the Duchesne Stake House July 25 at 1 p.m. The a son of Blaine and Betty Shelton Mech-am died July 21 of at Ronnie was born June at the Roosevelt At the time of his the family was living at less than a block from the place of work of the father and Warren at Cinder On this Saturday Ronnie and a younger and a Terry were playing in the near a cinder pit when Ronnie accidentally slid with the cinders into the Help was right there and the four men Uncle the business owner and a truck worked frantically to get him We was extricated from the cinders in about a minute and a half and artificial mouth to mouth respiration was and continued while he was being taken by ambulance to California A physician pronounced him dead on due to inhalation of dirt and members brought Ronnie to Roosevelt the next Tuesday and services were held the next directed by Bishop Phillip Moon of the Duchesne Opening prayer was given by N. Craig the Garden of was sung by NaDeane Horrocks and Gloria accompanied by Anne A Primary teacher of Steve was the first followed by Orven J. Dear Little Boy of was sung Joe Clay burn with Dennis playing the piano accompaniment Bishop Moon was the closing speaker and the closing song was Somewhere we'll Levi J. Anderton gave the Prelude and postlude music was played by Norma Wade Wilkins said the prayer in the Relief Society Ronnie is survived by his a brother a brother and a sister maternal and Don and the paternal Sylvia