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Show . MS HELD FOR J HYRUM L. CLARK " I ' '. oo of the largest crowds that ever w H (Headed a funeral Ib Pleasant Drove J fl- present at the', services held In I'm tabernacle Monday afternoon fur Si B ayrum Clark. jjr. Clark died Friday evening of - ' B btt week at 8:30 from hemorrhage l fl gt tho brain, resulting from Injuries tor I rMclred when he was run down by l u ftutomoUlo Wednesday-evening r, B Kevious. Mr. Clark sMiedio rally ' , ftr tk0 accident and kepe was held m set for his recovery, although It wa.s ' -taiown from the first that ho was Tt I rriysly lniured 1Ie wa" conscious " .'tor about 30 hoars, but on Friday mor. I ting was not so well and died suti-m suti-m I ienly that ovonlag. All of his chll. I fdren, excepting H. Wlnfleld Clark, mi I were at tho bedsldo when tha end T I 'esme. H. Wlnfleld Clark had been v. I tt tho hospital with his father all I ifternaon and had come back to the a-1 itoro on'y about three quarter of an t h I hour before his father passed away. rf I Hyrum Lorenxo Clark was born I in Pleasant Grove, Nor. 7, 1866, on I Mi father's fiftieth birthday. He was " the son of George Sheffer Clark, a I pioneer of 1847, and. Susannah Dolly "til ark He was the youngest of tho iw I family of bIx children and was chrlst. J"B ened for Hyrum Smith brother of the (i)l Prophet Joseph, and for Lorenzo toW Bnow. Mil As a boy, Mr. Clark attended tho l schools of Pleasant Grove nnd later tho D. Y. U. at Provo, whero he won ; much commendation for his work i I from Dr. Karl G. Maescr. Still la- ter ho attended tho U. of U. at Salt fell Lake. jl In April 1892 he wet married to 3 Mary Ellon Ward, daughter of Mr. jj and Mrs. E. J. Ward, former rest. J9 dents of Pleasant Grove. Eight chll- M dren were born of this marriage, nil J9 of whom are living. -Mrs. Clark J made him an ideal wife and a strong JB bond of love grew up in the family. fM Mrs. Clark war a devoted mother ifl and her death, Just aine years ago, 3... Oct. 18, 1913, was deeply felt in the ' community. S Hyrum 1. Clark was 'associated fl with his father and brothers in bust. ncss for a time and lator held pos- Itlons with tho Tclluride -Power Co. and with tho Utah.Idaho Sugar J company. I After the death of his loved wife, Mr. Clark, with a heavy, heart but fl deteralaatloa to take the place of J both father and mother to his chll-U chll-U dren, started In a grocery business J that he might not have to be away S from home and conld thus keep care. H fnl watch, over his family. With his H marked business ability and his H cheery disposition, Mr. Clark made H friends rapidly and his business grew H from its very small beginning to Ha H present else. H. Wlnfleld, Miss Eva H and MJs8 Arvllla baring "been most H closely associated with tilm la this I enterprise. J Mr. Clark was always progressive J and an untiring worker In alt he un- H dertook to do. He was ever ready to J to extend a hand to anyone to whom H he could bo of service. Generous to H a fault, kind and courteous and loved H by all who knew him, he was ever H far and square In his dealings and quick to forgive any injustlco done him. H Mr. Ctark had a keen sense of com. muntyprldo and bolleved In doing I all he could to .make the community H a bettor place to live in. Anyone . who passed his, home f In ' -summer might see his well kept laws and beautiful flower .aarden, which -he. I always worked o"nfor a fow hours beforo going to his business in tho morning H Tho large, crowd of fellow citizens ho came to the funeral to do him honor, and tho profusion of flowers sent by friends, gav0 strong testimony of tho love and esteem In which he was held by the community. Tho funeral services were very Impressive. Im-pressive. Tho speakers, Wm. 1 Hayes, Andrew A. Anderson, Dp.Q D. Olpln, N. K. Nlelson and L. 'rVl Lund nil spoko of the splendid work ho had done hero and of his klndnesd and great heartedncss. Tho music for the service was un. der tho direction of A. It. Oveflad and consisted of a violin solo "0 My. I Father" by Alfred Swensori, a rocal solo, "One Swcotly Solemn Thought" by Eva Ward Hall and two choruses "Jesus My Saviour" and "Though Deepening Trials Throng Tour Way" was sung by the Girls Glee Club of the hgh school. Interment was In tho Pleasant Grove cemetery where F. S. Humphries dedicated tho grave Mr. Clark Is survived by tho following fol-lowing children: Suzannah Mae Clark Grua, Mary Ethel Clark Allyn, Hyrum Wlnfleld Clark, Eva Mildred Clark Gladys Arvllla Clark. Edna Elaine Clark, Ward Sheffer Clark nnd Har. old Leroy Clark and by six grandchildren; grand-children; by ono sister, Mrs. Susie Clark Gammett of Salt Lake City and by the following brothers: Josoph D. Clark, George Heber Clark, John F. Clark, and Wm. E. Clark, all of Pleasant Grove. |