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Show Services Held Monday For Sugar House Pioneer Doctor Funeral services were held Monday at 12:30 p.m. in the LDS Granite Stake House for Dr. Taul Snelgrove Richards Sr., 65, member of a pioneer Utah medical family and a recognized rec-ognized authority in the field of industrial medicine. His death occured at the Memorial Medical Center, 2000 9th East, which he helped to establish several years ago after leaving Bingham Canyon, Can-yon, where he practiced medicine medi-cine and surgery for 27 years. Speakers at the services were close associates of the de- build the Bingham High School in Copperton. His interest in industrial medicine stemmed from his many years of practice in Bingham Canyon, where he established es-tablished his own 35-bed hospital hospi-tal and clinic. He was acclaimed for his contributions in the management manage-ment of such problems as sili. cosis, fractures and back injuries. in-juries. .He was a member of the Medical, Labor and Industrial Council, whose reconimenda-tions reconimenda-tions resulted in enactment of Utah's first occupational disease dis-ease law by the 1911 Legislature. Legisla-ture. In 1953, with Dr. L. E. Viko, he received a presidential citation for contributions in aid to the physically handicapped. Dr. Richards also became the first associate clinical professor pro-fessor of industrial medicine in the University of Utah College of Medicine. PIONEER f : . v "' '' s ' ' ' ' ". . ' ' - v t i V : . J:. . . :: . tie was born in Sugar House Nov. 25, 1882, a son of Willard B. and Louise Snelgrove - Richards. Rich-ards. He was- a grandson of Dr. Willard Richards, a Utah pioneer of 1817 and a counselor coun-selor to Brigham Young in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was one of a number of the decendants of the pioneer doctor to achieve distinction in medicine and surgery. He received his medical education at Harvard University Uni-versity Medical School, from which ho was graduated cum (Continued on page 3) Dr. Paul S. Richards Sr. ceased, Dr. Louis E. Viko, Otto A. Wiesley, and Reed H. Beck-stead, Beck-stead, superintendent of the Jordan School District and a stake president. Henry W. Richards, a nephew and former bishop, officiated and pallbearers were Stephen C. Richards, Albert Z. Richards, Paul Stringfellow, Samuel R. Bennion, John A. Hutchings and Elmo A. Nelson. Doctors associated as-sociated in the Memorial Medical Med-ical Center with Dr. Richards served as honorary pallbearers. A man of genial disposition, whose life was dedicated to the relief of human suffering, Dr. Richards won the affection of thousands of persons he had served as physician, as well as the respect "of professional col-ieagues col-ieagues throughout the country. Although ho had been in failing health for some time, ho remained active until a few days before his death. Only a short time ago he presided at a meeting where final plans were made for the Richards Memorial Foundation, organized to foster medical research. - CIVIC WORKER Dr. Richards also has been engaged in many civic affairs. He served 16 years as a member mem-ber and 10 years as president of the Jordan District Board of Education. He was largely responsible re-sponsible for the decision to C. (Alta) Gunderson, Mrs. Benn (Louie Gill) -Broadbent and Miss Joy Richard3, Salt Lake City and Mrs. Ann R. Barton and Mrs. G. L. (Martha) Eldredge, San Francisco. Dr. Richards (Continued from page 1) laude. He served his internship at Cincinatti General Hospital and received residency training at Boston Free Hospital for Women and Boston Lying-in Hospital. Returning from the East, Dr. Richards entered private practice in Bingham Canyon in 1922. He came to Salt Lake City in 1948 to aid in the establishment estab-lishment of the Memorial Medical Medi-cal Center, where he served as senior consultant to a large staff of practicing physicians and surgeons. Before entering medical school he served on a mission to Scotland for the LDS Church. He married Ethel Ben-nion Ben-nion Sept. 7, 1916, in the Salt Lake Temple. Dr. Richards was a charter member of the American Board of Industrial Medicine, a member mem-ber of the Council on Industrial Health, American Medical Assn. consultant to the U. S. Public Health Service; member of the American Industrial Hygenists Assn.; fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and member mem-ber of the AMA, Utah State Medical Assn., Salt Lake County Coun-ty Medical Society and Western Hospital Assn. He had held affiliations with several clubs in Bingham Canyon Can-yon and Salt Lake City, including includ-ing Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Ambassador, Timpanogos and Bonneville Knife and Fork Clubs. For a number of years he was on the Boy Scout Council of the Bingham District and received the Silver Beaver award for his activities. Dr. Richards is survived by his widow; two daughters, Dr. Lenore Richards, a surgeon sur-geon at Memorial Medical Center, and Mrs. Alvin W. (Ethel) Baker, Walnut Creek, California; a son Paul S. Richards Jr., Salt Lake City, and six grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Willard B. Richards Jr. and A. Z. Richards, Salt Lake City; five sisters, Mrs. A. |