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Show County Commissioner Killed In Trued Accident I - f ' ' . V' COMMISSIONER DIES Killed instantly in a truck crash near Mona last Friday was Clinton James Mickelson, member mem-ber of the Duchesne county board of commissioners. FUNERAL HELD ON TUESDAY FOR CLINT MICKELSON Funeral service's were held Tuesday Tues-day ot 10 a.m. in the Duchesne LDS stake chapel for Clinton J. (Clint). Mickelson, 51, Duchesne county commissioner and prominent promin-ent business and civic leader, who was killed' instantly last Friday. April 27, in a truck accident near Mona on Highway 91. Conducting the services was Porter L. Mer-rell. Mer-rell. bishop of the Duchesne ward. Mr. Mickelson, who was completing com-pleting his second two-year term as a member of the' Duchesne county commission, apparently died instantly as the new truck-trailer truck-trailer he was driving ran off the highway about four miles north of Mona and was crushed as the machine jack-knifed. He was alone in the semi he was driving from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City which belonged to the Utility Trailer Sales Co., owned and operated op-erated by his brother, Glen Mickelson. Mick-elson. Estimated damage to the semi was $5,000. According to Trooper A. Rex Hill of Eureka who investigated the accident, the pavement was wet from rain, but the brakes apparently ap-parently were not applied before the mishap, leading him to suppose sup-pose Mr. Mickelson fell asleep and allowed the vehicle to run into the borrow pit. Front wheels of the truck were knocked from under the machine bv the impact. Has Different Theory Later information from eye witnesses to the accident and a State Road crew working about a quarter of a mile south of the scene of the accident,, disprove the "went to sleep theory," and have led officers to believe the steering mechanism of the truck had gone bad, or that Mr. Mickelson Mick-elson suffered a heart attack. A tourist reported as he passed the semi, which he said was not going fast, that it seemed to be in trouble. He was watching as the vehicle left the road and the front wheels apparently were sheared before the complete impact im-pact of the crash. Mr. Mickel-son's Mickel-son's body was either thrown from the cab,, or he had attempted at-tempted to jump, and it was found in a crushed condition,' apparently having been run over ov-er by the trailer as it jack-knifed jack-knifed and crashed. Had he remained re-mained in the cab, he probably might have escaped serious injury, in-jury, because little damage was done to the cab. Born In Manti Mr. Mickelson was born Dec. 20, 1904 at Manti, a son of James M. and Christina Anderson Mickelson. Mick-elson. He married Maurine Hansen Han-sen of Ephraim in the Manti LDS Temple, June 21, 1828. He attended elementary and (Continued on Back Page) CLINT MICKELSON . . . (Continued From Page 1) high school at Manti and was a graduate of the Manti High School and Snow College at Ephraim. Following his graduation from Snow College he attended the University Un-iversity of Utah. He was active in student affairs in high school and at Snow. He came to the Basin with his parents to homestead about 1910. After completing college he spent several years in business in Duchesne. Du-chesne. In 1942 he accepted a po sition as buyer for Geneva Steel Co. and resided in American Fork until in Nov. 1949, when he returned re-turned to Duchesne to open the Uinta Furniture Co., which he operated for about five years. He also operated a service station for about a year in connection with his furniture business. A Civic Leader While a resident of Duchesne he was active in civic, political and religious affairs. He was elected elect-ed a member of the Duchesne city council in 1951 and served until he was elected a member of the board of county commissioners in the fall of 1952. He resigned from the city council effective Dec. 31, 1952. He was re-elected for his second 2-year term in 1954. He was serving as a member of the county welfare board at the time of his death, and had been active j in reviving the county fair and served' on the fair board several years. An active member of the LDS j church, he held the office' of a Seventy in the Duchesne ward, where he was also a ward teacher and on the welfare' committee. He was an active member and past president and secretary of the Lions Club and Republican party. Had Four Children Mr. Mickelson was the father of four children, three of whom survive. A daughter, Lou Jean, died at the age of 10 years in 1941 from rheumatic fever. Surviving Sur-viving besides' his widow are two sons, Douglas, a junior at Duchesne Du-chesne High; Lt. Russell C, with the U.S. Air Corps and' stationed at Vance lAir Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma., and Carol, a junior student at the BYU at Provo. A twin brother, Clifton C. of Duchesne, school board clerk, another an-other brother, Glen, of Salt Lake, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruby (Mable) Paramore, and Mrs. Jay (Renee) Neeley, both of Salt Lake, also survive. Buried At Manti Speakers at the funeral were A. Hale Holgate, president of the Duchesne Du-chesne stake; Lyle Young, member mem-ber of the board of county commissioners, com-missioners, and Clifton N. Mem-mott, Mem-mott, publisher of the Uintah Basin Bas-in Record - Roosevelt Standard. Frank Moss, president of the Association of County Officials, read a resolution of condolence to the family from the association associa-tion of which Mr. Mickelson was an active member. Musical numbers included a vocal vo-cal solo, "In The Garden," by Grant Peel, and a vocal duet, "Thy Will Be Done," by Mrs. Arzy Mitchell and Bishop Merrell; Cheryl Merrell was accompanist for both numbers. Prelude and postlude music was played on the organ by Mrs. Mitchell. I The opening prayer was by John P. Madsen, and Alfonzo Mad-sen Mad-sen gave the benediction. Burial was in the family plot at Manti under the direction of a Manti mortuary. |