| Show Alma Wills dies in road Rites held May 2 Funeral services were held May 2 at 1 in the Roosevelt-Second Ward chapel for Alma Leonard who was killed instantly Wednesday afternoon when a tractor he wag driving plunged off a steep embankment while he was pulling a load of Bishop Arvin Bellon of the 2nd Ward officiated at the THE DEATH OF Wills became Duchesne County's 1st highway fatality during the current year According to Duane Utah Highway i Patrolman who investigated the it is apparent that the trailer loaded with 12 head of cattle was too heavy for the tractor Wills was driving-down a steep grade in the Crescent The tractor overturned and plunged down the embankment pinning its victim Apparently the brakes locked and the tractor skidded feet before leaving the The trailer broke loose from the tractor before the Speakers at the funeral included Bishop W. Ralph former bishop of the Second Ward and Ezra J. former president of the Roosevelt stake who now resides in Each paid tribute to the life of service Wills had given his church and He had sei-ved as a counselor to both Bishop Shields and Bishop Bellon and was currently director of the ward's agriculture MUSIC AT funeral included prelude and postlude music by Verda Mae at the organ and Barbara Ham-blin on the a male quartet composed of Keith Karl Marion L. Harrison and Don sang The and My See ALMA page 10 Alma Wills from page Father was their Mrs Dorothy Luck sang Know That My Redeemer accompanied by Mrs Lillian Wilkerson Prayer at the home was by Marion R. the cation by Wendell benediction by LaMar Wilson and the grave was dedicated by W. Russel Pall-bearers were five Keith Byron Dee John Eldredge and Alan also Matthew a I who lived in the Wills home for I several years as a child The Second Ward Relief Society was in charge of the HE WAS BORN MAY in Juab a s-on of Robert Charles and Selina Alice Wheeler He came to Roosevelt with his parents at age of 11 months and had lived in Roosevelt all his He married Carrie November in the Salt Lake He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day a high priest and had served as a member of the Roosevelt Second Ward He was honored as Farmer of the Year by the Ki-wanis Club and was a director of the Uintah Farmers SURVIVORS INCLUDE his a son and the following Dal- Keith Mrs Byron Dee Huntington Calif John Alma Mrs Johnny Mrs Alan and 37 Wills was guardian and uncle to the following nieces and nephews who lived in his Kenneth Los Mrs Albert Charles El and Matthew Vernal A Victor C. also |
