Show clarence L pierce passes away february 21 funeral services were held at pm feb 22 for clarence L pierce 69 of monticello at the community church with rev V L trail officiating burial was at the mountain view mr pierce died thursday feb 21 at the san juan county hospital from a heart attack he had been in poor health tor for several years A son of josephus and asenath catherine bell pierce he was born sept 22 1882 lie he came with his parents to san juan county in 1920 where they settled on a homestead in the boulder area east of monticello though he was never a farmer he did blacksmith work and sharpened plowshares for the farmers I 1 in n his neighborhood mr pierce was an enthusiastic cameraman camera man making photography his hobby and his fine snap shots and photographs found their way into many homes having never married he leaves no immediate relatives to survive him his father died march 17 1926 and his mother died july 5 1945 |