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Show 1 Head Lineman ; For f.loon Lake Is Electrocuted i Charles Ralph Allred, 25,. met j a violent death Tuesday morn-I morn-I jng at about 9:30 o'clock, when j,e was electrocuted while at work at the Rangely plant of the Moon Lake Electric Ass'n. A dead wire accidently flipped across a 13,000 volt power line, coming in contact with the victim-Mr. Allred had helped install a new transformer and was stringing a lead wire' when the mishap occured. He was pronounced pro-nounced dead upon arrival at the hospital in Rangely. Plans for funeral services are ' being arranged under the direc- tion of the Olpin Mortuary of Roosevelt. They will be held at the Altonah LDS ward chapel and burial will be at Altonah, time and date was- not announced. an-nounced. Born at Altonah June 5. 1928, a son of Ralph and Belva v Burgess Allred, he was grad-uated grad-uated from Altamont High School in 1947 and attended Utah State Agricultural college in Logan for a short time. He was employed by the U.S. Forest Service before entering the armed forces in December, 1950. Mr. Allred received a j medical discharge from the service ser-vice six months later. He married Wanda Mitchell of Upalco. in the Logan Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter-day Saints, in August, 1952. Mr. Allred had been employed by the Moon Lake Electrical Ass'n. f- since 1951 and transferred to the Rangely division in May of this year as head linesman. The couple resided in Altonah until moving to Rangely. Surviving are his widow, of Rangely; his parents, Altonah; two brothers and two sisters, Ruth Allred, Altonah; Rex All-red, All-red, U. S. Army at Ford Ord, Calif.; Mrs. Phyllis Berrett and Udell Allred, Rangely. |