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The Daily Herald from Provo, Utah • 4

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HERALD, Provo, Utah Friday, March 31, 1972 Obituaries Leo R. Robinson Jennie Farley SPANISH FORK Leo Roach Robinson, 61, Spanish Fork, died Thursday at the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo of a heart attack. He was born Jan. 5, 1911, in Spanish Fork, a son of Harry and Ruth V. Roach Robinson.

He married Grace Peay on Dec. 23, 1943, in the Manti Temple and she died on Dec. 16, 1957. He then married Lucille Knight Harding on Sept. 10, 1960, in Elko, Nev.

He was educated in Spanish Fork schools. He was employed in construction work, for Whiting and Haymond Construction Co. for 23 years. At the time of his death he was employed by W. Clyde Co.

He was a member Teamsters Union. He was Priest in the LDS Church the time of his death he superintendent of the Seventh Ward Sunday School. Survivors include his widow, Spanish Fork; his mother, Spanish Fork; one sister, Mrs. Alden (Vilate) Olsen, Provo; one niece and one nephew. Funeral services will be Monday at noon in the Spanish Fork Seventh Ward Chapel with Bishop Monte E.

Gustin officiating. Friends may call at the Walker Mortuary Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday before services. Burial will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. Edna Pa McDonald MURRAY Funeral services for Edna Ernestine Pulver McDonald, 75, 68 W.

5878 Murray, who died Wednesday in a Murray hospital of a heart ailment, will be Saturday at noon in the Murray 10th Ward Chapel, 5715 Nena Way. A native of Payson, Mrs. McDonald was born July 21, 1896, to Eugene Harrison and Annie Mae Frisby Pulver. She married DeLoy McDonald in 1916 in Provo and he died in 1954. She was a member of the LDS Church.

For 15 years, Mrs. McDonald was a saleswoman for Auerbach's Department Store in Salt Lake City. Survivors include one son, Dean W. McDonald, Bountiful; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ann Worthington, Grantsville; six grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; four brothers and two sisters, Amley Pulver and Albert "Bud" Pulver, both of Payson; Stirley Pulver and Elmo Pulver, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs.

Joseph (Lucille) Turner, Murray; Mrs. Arthur (Marie) Hutchens, Ogden. Friends may call at 4769 S. State tonight from 6 to 8 o'clock and Saturday at the chapel one hour before services. Burial will be in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Cohen E. Henderson Cohen E. Henderson, 75, Fayetteville, former Provo resident, died Thursday in Lincoin County Hospital of a heart ailment. He was born May 22, 1896, in Tennessee. He was retired from U.S.

Steel. He came to Provo soon arter the Ironton Plant was opened and worked there until the plant closed in 1961. He then moved to Fayetteville where he had lived since. was a member of the BPOE 849 of Provo and also of the Moose Lodge. Survivors include one sister, Oma Washburn, Tennessee; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Higgens Funeral Home in Fayetteville. Burial will also be in Fayetteville. BERG MORTUARY SERVICES 373-1841 Provo Margaret Farrer Duke Scott Funeral: services will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel of Provo, where friends may call Friday evening from 6-8, and Saturday prior to services.

Interment Provo City Cemetery. Orem Kate E. Blackham Mackey Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the Berg Mortuary of Orem. Friends may call Friday evening from 6-8, and Saturday prior to services.

Interment East Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery. Provo Hearl Devello Whatcott Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. in 1 the Provo 19th Ward, 667 N. 600 E. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo Sunday evening from 6-8, and Monday at the chapel prior to services.

Interment Provo City Cemetery. Telefund Reaches $23,900 Mary Jane "Jennie" Terry Farley, 86, 193 W. 4th Orem, died Thursday afternoon at her home of complications of a leg which she had broken in January. She was born on Oct. 1, 1885, in Fairview, a daughter of Adolphus and Mary J.

Terry. She married Carroll "Carl" Farley on June 20, 1906, in the Salt Lake Temple. He died Jan. 20, 1951. Her father died when she was 11 years old, she and her brother Milton moved with their mother to Provo.

Her mother married an uncle of Mrs. Farley, Otis L. Terry, in 1900, and they lived in Fairview for one year, then moved to Provo Bench (Orem). As a young woman she served as Sunday School teacher and organist and also as ward organist. She worked also in the Primary and Relief Society as music director, and as stake Relief Society director of the Singing Mothers.

She made many beautiful and original quilts for the Relief Society. She was also active in the DUP. She was a lifetime member of the Utah Genealogical Society, and she did a lot of genealogical research and temple work. She loved to travel, and went to Mexico, Canada, Hawaii and all over the U.S. Survivors include four sons and two daughters, Mrs.

Reed (Melda) Hacking, Stanley T. Farley, Merrill A. Farley and Weston L. Farley, all of Orem; Mrs. J.

Frampton (Lucille) Collins, Logan; Carroll M. Farley, Mt. Pleasant; 29 grandchildren; 19 greatgrandchildren; two brothers, Andrew S. Terry, Provo; 0. Merlin Terry, Baker, Nev.

Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. in the Orem Fourth Ward Chapel, 575 S. 4th W. under the direction of Bishop S. Arvid Dodge Friends may call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.

at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary in Orem and at the chapel Monday one hour before services. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Ervin A. Williams SPRINGVILLE Funeral services for Ervin A. Williams, 69, Springville, who died Wedresday at his home, will be Saturday at 11 a.m.

in Wheeler Mortuary under the direction of Bishop LaMar Crandall. Friends may call at the mortuary tonight from 7 to 8 o'clock and Saturday one hour before services. Burial will be in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. Mr. Williams was born March 8, 1903, in Stanford, to John and Katie Bruno Williams.

He married Bernice McCormick on April 8, 1950, in Green River, Wyo. Mr. Williams was employed as a heavy duty equipment operator. He was a member of the Operating Engineers Union No. Three.

Survivors include his widow, Springville; one son, Garrell Williams, Denver; five grandchildren; two brothers, Joe Williams, Loveland, Mearl Williams, Stanford, Neb. Esther I. Crystal SALT LAKE CITY Funeral services for Esther Ann Ingersoll Crystal, 88, 116 W. North Te. ple, who died Wednesday in a Salt Lake City nursing home of causes incident to age, will be Saturday at 11 a.m.

in the Anderson and Sons Mortuary Chapel in American Fork. Friends may call at the mortuary one hour before services. Burial will be in the American Fork City Cemetery. Mrs. Crystal was born Oct.

18, 1883, in American Fork, a daughter of David and Mary Jane Alston Ingersoll. She married Alexander Crystal on Sept. 27, 1906, in American Fork, and he died on Dec. 13, 1949. She was a member of the LDS Church.

She was also a member of the Utah Woolgrowers Auxiliary. Survivors include three daughters and two sons, Mark H. Crystal, Farmington; Alexander Crystal, Altonah, Duchesne County; Mary Jane Crystal, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ramah C. Sharpstone, Toronto, Canada; Mrs.

Bonnie Lou Priddy, Danville, four grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret Ingersoll, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Emma Jane Countryman, Fort Worth. Tex. Whatcott Rites Set On Monday Hear! Devello Whatcott, died 71, 430 N. 7th Provo, Thursday at the Utah Valley lospital of a heart attack.

He was born Jan. 2, 1901, in Kanosh, Millard County, a son of Henry and Louisa Temperance Manhardt Whatcott. He married Valera Snow on Oct. 10, 1924, in the Salt Lake Temple. Mr.

Whatcott was a school teacher for 43 years, wellknown and respected by thousands of his students. He was especially kind to the underpriviledged. He received his education in the Kanosh schools and was a graduate with honors of Fillmore High School. He also attended Millard Academy and received his B.S. degree from Erigham Young University.

He taught school in Leamington, then moved to Provo after his marriage and lived here since then. In Provo he taught at the Joaquin, Parker, Maeser and Central Junior High Schools before teaching at the Farrer Junior High, from which he retired in 1966. He was also in the real estate business, and had been a salesman for Provo Woolen Mills, Intermountain and Salt Lake Knitting Mills. He was a member of the Utah Teachers Association. Active in the LDS Church, Mr.

Whatcott was a High Priest at the time of his death. He served in the Elders Quorum presidency, taught Sunday School and MIA. His hobbies were farming, animals and fruit trees. Survivors include his widow, Provo; three sons and one daughter, Supt. Calvin D.

Whatcott, Randolph; Dr. D. Keith Whatcott, Provo; Dr. Weston E. Whatcott, Puilman, Mrs.

George D. (Carol) Rampton, St. George; 27 grandchildren. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the Provo 19th Ward Chapel, 667 N.

6th under the direction of Bishop Albert Payne. Friends may call at the Berg Mortuary of Provo Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday until 1:45 p.m. at the chapel. Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery.

Alfred Johnson Jr. MT. PLEASANT Funeral services for Alfred Johnson 85, Mt. Pleasant, who died Wednesday in a Mt. Pleasant hospital of causes incident to age, will be Saturday at 1 p.m.

in the Jacobs Mortuary, where friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. He was the father of Kenneth Johnson of Orem. Mr.

Johnson was born Sept. 16, 1886, in Fountain Green, a son of Alfred Sr. and Marie Jensen Johnson. He married Katie Larsen on March 12, 1909, in Manti and she died on Jan. 24, 1950.

He then married Annie E. Barrett Vickers on Nov. 17, 1950, and she died on Aug. 1, 1970. Mr.

Johnson was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. He was a livestockman and farmer. Survivors include four sons, and three daughters, Kenneth Johnson, Orem; Loftin Johnson, Glen V. Johnson, Mrs. Grant (Bernice) Coates and Mrs.

Seymour J. (Alice) Olsen, all of Mt. Pleasant; Mrs. Edgar (Betty) Tuttle, Manti; Ray Johnson, Bountiful; 28 grandchildren; 28 greatgrandchildren; one brother, Ernest J. Johnson, Salt Lake City.

Statistics BORN AT UTAH VALLEY HOSPITAL Friday: Girl to George E. and Mary Memory Ruth Reed Winder, Provo. Boy to Robert E. and Marie Thompsor. Orem.

Girl to Alan B. and Sheree Cooper Kennison, Payson. Boy to Reese J. and Diane Hayes Roberts, Orem. Thursday: Girl to Robert S.

and Patricia Ann Geren Wanko, Provo. Girl to Thomas and Marilyn Lamb Hamilton, Provo. Boy to Ray and Eloise Blanchard Daybell, Springville. Girl to Blaine J. and Ruth A.

Carter Elton, Heber City. Girl to James and Betty Lou Moon Ormsbee, Provo. Girl to Chad and Marda L. Pilker Winkler, Orem. Wednesday: Girl to Daniel and Dixie Ann Thompson Lucas, Provo.

Brasilia, Brazil's capital, was founded with the aim of developing the country's interior. With two nights of calling left, the BYU Student Library Telefund is close to the $25,000 goal set by its organizers. Thursday night calling brought in $5,309.25 in for pledges, the first bringing five the nights to $23,938.82. running total Telefund, a student project to raise money for the proposed addition to the J. Reuben Clark Jr.

Library on the Brigham University campus, has Young been highly acclaimed administrators by students and alike. "Telefund is a remarkable of student support for the new library addition. The expression effective work of the student volunteers manning the phones and the enthusiastic response of the students who are called is a testimony to the determination and unselfishness of the students of BYU," said BYU President Dallin H. Oaks, after spending time at Telefund Thursday evening. Pledges received in Thursday's calling ranged from 5 cents to $100 with the most frequent pledge being $4.

Students involved in the program seem to enjoy called their his tasks. One student boss, who is taking night classes at the Y. He got the and kept his job. Tonight Radio KIXX will broadcast remote directly from Telefund from 9-11 p.m. During that time Telefund expects to exceed it's $25,000 goal.

Youth Activity Survey Conducted in Springville SPRINGVILLE A youth activity curvey was recently conducted at Springville Junior High and High Schools at the request of Errol Burns, Community Youth Development Leader for Utah State University Extension Service in Utah County. Mr. Burns asked the students to indicate their present amount of participation in group activities outside the classroom, such as in clubs and recreation groups. The survey showed that 70 percent of the high school students, but only 40 percent of the junior high students presently belong to come club or recreation group. Some of the students belong to as many as seven groups while others belong only to one group, a club which they say they must belong to because it is connected with a class at school, Mr.

Burns said. Fifty-nine percent of all high school students surveyed inindicated they were interested in developing still more activity opportunities, as were 75 percent of the junior high students surveyed. They generally felt that there were not enough alternatives open to them. Suggestions for the type of 1 RAY BASSETT Open House To Honor Provo Man 6 A COX CONSTRUCTION CO. dump truck of a load, and had not been lowered again.

turned over at 1050 W. 6th S. in Provo after the Fortunately the driver, Clifford Cox, was not bed of the truck struck the overpass. The injured in the accident. Katie B.

Mackey Funeral services for Katie, Elizabeth Blackham Mackey, 80, of 490 W. 4th Orem, will be held Saturday at 2 in the Berg Drawing Room of Orem, 500 N. State, instead of at the mortuary in Provo, as previously announced. Mrs. Mackey died Wednesday at the Central Utah Convalescent Center in Orem.

Friends may call at the Orem mortuary Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday before services. Burial will be in the East Lawn Memorial Hills. Arthur E. Tranter NEPHI Arthur Ernest Tranter, 71, Nephi, died Wednesday in a Nephi hospital.

He was born Dec. 13, in Nephi, a son of Thomas W. and Esther S. Bull Tranter. He married Bertha Viola Mickelson on Sept.

28, 1929, in Salt Lake City, and she died on June 11, 1952. He then married Selma Q. Memmott on Dec. 21, 1955, in the Manti Temple. For 12 years Mr.

Tranter was ward clerk. He was also a counselor in the Sunday School superintendency and the Elders Quorum and was a home teacher. He worked for H. K. Porter Rubber Co.

until his retirement. Survivors include his widow, Nephi; two sons, Jack A. Tranter, Tooele; T. Dee Tranter, Moab; stepsons, Leo L. Memmott, Bountiful; Ramon J.

Memmott, Nephi; 10 grandchildren; two brothers and two sisters, Frank Tranter, Murray; Alma Tranter, Midvale; Mrs. Edna T. Pay, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Vivian T. Paxman, Nephi.

Funeral services will be Monday at 1 p.m. in the Nephi First Ward Chapel. Friends may call at the Anderson Funeral Home Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and at the chapel Monday before services. Burial will be in the Nephi City Cemetery.

Time of Essence EDMONDS, Wash. (UPI)--A reporter called State Rep. Dale Hoggins, Thursday, seeking federal his opinion on a recent court-ordered redistricting plan. Hoggins told the reporter that he couldn't discuss it right then. "My house is on fire," Hoggins explained.

Only minor damage was caused by an electrical fire in a wall at Hoggins' home. don't count on the weather It's Always Sunny At The Royal Inn Enjoy a complete Easter "eat-out" dinner with all the trimmings for only $220 Roval Inn DINING ROOM 1230 North at University Ave IN PROVO An open house on Easter Sunday between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. will honor Ray Bassett on his 80th birthday. The open house will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Ivan Sovine, 191 W. and Provo. The event is being hosted by the Sovines, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Free, Mr.

and Mrs. Blaine Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Wride. All friends of Mr.

Bassett are invited to attend. Mr. Bassett is now employed at the Deseret Industries. He was born April 2, 1892, in Harwich, a town on Cape Cod. As a child he helped his father run a machine shop.

At nine years of age, he taught himself to play the flute and became quite an accomplished musician. After his formal schooling was completed, he left home to travel all over the southern states, working in various occupations. His main profession was as chef and cook in hotels and restaurants as well as in the Army. He also spent much time as a building superintendent at the Eclipse Building which was adjacent to and later combined with the Tuft's Dental and Medical Building in the Boston area. In 1966 Mr.

Bassett became a member of the LDS Church while he was living in Cambridge, Mass. In 1969 he moved to Utah where he had many friends in Provo and Orem. He has made many more since moving here. He loves children and is always ready to share with them. Mr.

Bassett is a resident of the Hotel Roberts and serves a as a home teacher in the Provo Sixth Ward. He holds the office of High Priest. activities they would like to see offered were too numerous to list, but the five activities high school students mentioned most often were: 1 camping and other outdoor activities; 2 helping other people; 3 team sports: 4 swimming; 5 dances, parties and other co-ed activities. Junior high students indicated they wanted more: 1- team sports; 2 swimming; 3 horseback riding; 4 helping other people; 5 camping and other outdoor activities. Heber J.

Burgon UNION Funeral services for Heber J. Burgon, 89, 7433 S. 7th Union, who died at his home Wednesday of causes incident to age, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Union Third Ward Chapel, 7500 S. 7th E.

He was the father of Marvin H. Burgon and Grant C. Burgon of Orem. Mr. Burgon was born May 20, in Union, a son of Willard Charles and Emma Crouch Burgon.

He married Lulu Hansen Nov. 15, 1905, in the Salt Lake Temple and she died on March 29, 1912. He then married Jennie Hurler on Oct. 18, .916, in the Salt Lake Temple, and she died March 11, 1972. Mr.

Burgon was manager and then president of the Sandy City Bank from 1934 until 1956, then he became a vice president of the Walker Bank and Trust Co. Also a well-known contractor, Mr. Burgon was appointed a member of the National Advisory Council on school building construction in 1929. He was president of the Jordan School District Board of Education. Active in the LDS Church, Mr.

Burgon was a High Priest, had been Bishop of the Union Ward for 10 years and counselor for five years. He was the first president of the East Jordan Stake, serving from 1927 to 1945. He was a temple officiator in the Salt Lake Temple from 1954 to 1964. Survivors include three sons and four daughters, Marvin H. Burgon and Grant C.

Burgon, both of Orem; Stanley W. Burgon, Union; Mrs. Martin D. (Afton) Williams, Renton, Mrs. Olive M.

(Beulah) Larson, Metairie, Mrs. William H. (Beth) Booth, West Jordan; Mrs. West C. (LaRae) Hammond, Holladay; 32 grandchildren; 23.

greatgrandchildren; one brother, Albert E. Burgon, Union. Friends may call at the mortuary at 8090 S. State tonight to 8 o'clock and at the chapel Saturday one hour before services. Burial will be in the Murray City Cemetery.

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