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Show Death Ends Life Of Activity For Judge Ilollenbeck Death ended the career Tuesday Tues-day at 7 a. m. of Judge L. A. Hollenbeck, of Duchesne, one of the most prominent men of the Uintah Basin. He died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Nellie Jones, of a lingering illness, ill-ness, having suffered a stroke in 1947. However, he has enjoyed en-joyed fairly good health, having never been bed-fast. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 22, at 2 p. m. in the Duchesne LDS ward chapel, and friends may call at the family fam-ily residence from 11 a. m. Friday Fri-day until time of services. Burial Bur-ial will be under the direction of the Dillman mortuary. On July 17, 1950, Judge Hollenbeck Hol-lenbeck celebrated his 94th birthday in his Duchesne home. During his lifetime he served in both the Colorado and Utah legislatures, as Duchesne mayor for 1920-21, Duchesne county attorney at-torney and in many other public pub-lic capacities. He was born July 17, 1856, in Hebron, Pa., the son of John and Emily Parker Hollenbeck, In 1883 he married Emilena Jackson. He was admitted to the bar at Hebron in the same year, and soon after his marriage came west and located in Salida, Colorado, where he held many prominent positions, among them a member of the House of Representatives of Colorado. He also taught school at Maysville and Salida for three years, later lat-er practicing law. From there the family moved to Delta, Utah, and then to the Uintah Basin in 1914. He soon became very active in political and civic affairs, serving his first term as Duchesne county attorney soon after the formation forma-tion of this political branch. In 1920-21 he was elected mayor of Duchesne, and in 1922 rep- resented Duchesne county in the Utah state legislature. For many years he enjoyed work in the newspaper field. He was once editor and part owner of the Salida Mail, and in Duchesne county associated himself with C. B. Cook, as editor ed-itor of the old Myton Free Press and the Duchesne Record. He also served on the county seat newspaper during many changes of ownership. Judge Hollenbeck retired from his law practice at the close of World War II, making his home since then with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Titus Jones. Survivors include one daughter, daugh-ter, Nellie H. Jones, Duchesne; two grandsons, Milton and Conrad Con-rad Hollenbeck; and one great-granddaughter, great-granddaughter, Nancy Hollenbeck. Hollen-beck. Mr. Hollenbeck's wife, Emilena Emi-lena Jackson Hollenbeck, and a son, Guy, preceded him in death. |