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Show LeRoy Taylor Dies At Vernal Home Of Heart Ailment Funeral services were held last Friday, March 11, in the Vernal Third ward chapel for LeRoy Taylor, Tay-lor, 64, former Vernal city manager man-ager and former resident of Rand-lett Rand-lett and Fort Duchesne, who died of a heart ailment at his home March 7. " Mr. Taylor was born December 7, 1890, at Spanish Fork, a son of George Thomas and Elon Elizabeth Eliza-beth Taylor. When he was just four weeks old his mother took him by horse and buggy to Gusher where his father was employed in the gilsonite mine. When he was eight years old the family moved to a ranch at Nine Mile. The next year they moved to Vernal and two years later to Dragon. From there they moved to a ranch in Randlett as the first white farmers farm-ers there. Most of this time, while his family traveled about, Mr. Taylor attended school in Vernal Ver-nal where he graduated from high school. He later completed his education ed-ucation with correspondence courses cours-es in business administration and bookkeeping. He clerked in two stores in Fort Duchesne after completing his schooling until his marriage to Josephine Harris on May 20, 1915, in Vernal. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints. After his marriage he' worked as head clerk for the Indian Agency Ag-ency at Ft. Duchesne for ten years. At that time (1925) he purchased pur-chased a 640-acre ranch in Randlett, Rand-lett, which he operated until 1947 when he became city manager of Vernal. He resigned his position with the city just one month ago on February 1. At the time of his death he was a member of the Vernal Lions Club. In the past he has served on the Uintah County Civil Defense Board, was chairman of the Farmers Farm-ers Home Administration, served in the Randlett LDS bishopric for fourteen years, was president of the Mutual Improvement Association Associa-tion for some time in Randlett, was on the High Council in Roosevelt Roos-evelt stake for approximately eight ' years and just recently completed a two-year Indian mission with his wife. Survivors include the widow, Vernal; mother, Price; three sons, Ralph, Randlett; Thomas, Lyman, Wyoming, and Reed. Vernal; two daughters, Mrs. Jack (Lois) Trott, Detroit, Michigan, and Mrs. Wayne (Mary) Palmer. Roseville, Calif.; 10 grandchildren, a brother, George, Roosevelt; and two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Empey, Price and Mrs. Frances Murphy, Chicago. |