Funeral Honors Wm. W. Casper, Former Vernalite
Funeral services were conducted Friday in Salt Lake City for William Wallace Casper, 76, former Vernal resident who died at his home in Salt Lake City Wednesday of last week of a heart attack.
Services were held at the Colonial Mortuary at 1 p.m. and were conducted by Douglas Phillips, a grandson, of Roosevelt. Mr. Phillips offered the invocation and LuDawn Casper, a niece sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Speakers were Mr. Bell, of Duchesne; Benjamin Merrill, Blufdale and Fuller Remington, formerly of Vernal, now of Salt Lake. Miss Casper also sang another solo and Ashel Bingham, Roosevelt, a brother-in-law, offered the benediction.
Short services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS chapel at Duchesne. Burial was in the Duchesne Memorial Cemetery following the services.
Mr. Casper was born at Bluffdale, Salt Lake County, January 5, 1881, a son of Jedediah G. and Annie Merrill Casper. He moved with his parents to Vernal at the age of 15. He married Effie Mabel Odekirk, November 6, 1900 in Vernal. Later the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.
He was a farmer, rancher and also a sheep shearer in the Uintah Basin for many years.
They lived here in Vernal for several years and then moved to Duchesne where they have resided until a year ago when they moved to Salt Lake to make their home. He had been ill for about two years with heart trouble.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Survivors include his widow; sons and daughters, Lynn O. Kenneth G., Frank Charles and Wayne Casper and Mrs. Merle C. Hahn, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Bernice C. Cornich, Mission San Jose, California; Mrs. Joyce C. Phillips, Roosevelt; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Grant Casper, Sandy and Warren Casper, Bluffdale and a sister, Mrs. May C. Anderson of Vernal.
Attending the services in Salt Lake from Vernal were Mrs. May Anderson, Mrs. Thelbert McCarrel, Mrs. Reed Anderson, Mrs. Dell Goodrich, Grant Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Anderson, Mrs. Oral Goodrich and Mrs. Nile Merkley.
Vernal Express, March 7, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Funeral services were conducted Friday in Salt Lake City for William Wallace Casper, 76, former Vernal resident who died at his home in Salt Lake City Wednesday of last week of a heart attack.
Services were held at the Colonial Mortuary at 1 p.m. and were conducted by Douglas Phillips, a grandson, of Roosevelt. Mr. Phillips offered the invocation and LuDawn Casper, a niece sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Speakers were Mr. Bell, of Duchesne; Benjamin Merrill, Blufdale and Fuller Remington, formerly of Vernal, now of Salt Lake. Miss Casper also sang another solo and Ashel Bingham, Roosevelt, a brother-in-law, offered the benediction.
Short services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS chapel at Duchesne. Burial was in the Duchesne Memorial Cemetery following the services.
Mr. Casper was born at Bluffdale, Salt Lake County, January 5, 1881, a son of Jedediah G. and Annie Merrill Casper. He moved with his parents to Vernal at the age of 15. He married Effie Mabel Odekirk, November 6, 1900 in Vernal. Later the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.
He was a farmer, rancher and also a sheep shearer in the Uintah Basin for many years.
They lived here in Vernal for several years and then moved to Duchesne where they have resided until a year ago when they moved to Salt Lake to make their home. He had been ill for about two years with heart trouble.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Survivors include his widow; sons and daughters, Lynn O. Kenneth G., Frank Charles and Wayne Casper and Mrs. Merle C. Hahn, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Bernice C. Cornich, Mission San Jose, California; Mrs. Joyce C. Phillips, Roosevelt; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Grant Casper, Sandy and Warren Casper, Bluffdale and a sister, Mrs. May C. Anderson of Vernal.
Attending the services in Salt Lake from Vernal were Mrs. May Anderson, Mrs. Thelbert McCarrel, Mrs. Reed Anderson, Mrs. Dell Goodrich, Grant Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Anderson, Mrs. Oral Goodrich and Mrs. Nile Merkley.
Vernal Express, March 7, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Funeral Honors Wm. W. Casper, Former Vernalite
Funeral services were conducted Friday in Salt Lake City for William Wallace Casper, 76, former Vernal resident who died at his home in Salt Lake City Wednesday of last week of a heart attack.
Services were held at the Colonial Mortuary at 1 p.m. and were conducted by Douglas Phillips, a grandson, of Roosevelt. Mr. Phillips offered the invocation and LuDawn Casper, a niece sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Speakers were Mr. Bell, of Duchesne; Benjamin Merrill, Blufdale and Fuller Remington, formerly of Vernal, now of Salt Lake. Miss Casper also sang another solo and Ashel Bingham, Roosevelt, a brother-in-law, offered the benediction.
Short services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS chapel at Duchesne. Burial was in the Duchesne Memorial Cemetery following the services.
Mr. Casper was born at Bluffdale, Salt Lake County, January 5, 1881, a son of Jedediah G. and Annie Merrill Casper. He moved with his parents to Vernal at the age of 15. He married Effie Mabel Odekirk, November 6, 1900 in Vernal. Later the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.
He was a farmer, rancher and also a sheep shearer in the Uintah Basin for many years.
They lived here in Vernal for several years and then moved to Duchesne where they have resided until a year ago when they moved to Salt Lake to make their home. He had been ill for about two years with heart trouble.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Survivors include his widow; sons and daughters, Lynn O. Kenneth G., Frank Charles and Wayne Casper and Mrs. Merle C. Hahn, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Bernice C. Cornich, Mission San Jose, California; Mrs. Joyce C. Phillips, Roosevelt; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Grant Casper, Sandy and Warren Casper, Bluffdale and a sister, Mrs. May C. Anderson of Vernal.
Attending the services in Salt Lake from Vernal were Mrs. May Anderson, Mrs. Thelbert McCarrel, Mrs. Reed Anderson, Mrs. Dell Goodrich, Grant Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Anderson, Mrs. Oral Goodrich and Mrs. Nile Merkley.
Vernal Express, March 7, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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Funeral services were conducted Friday in Salt Lake City for William Wallace Casper, 76, former Vernal resident who died at his home in Salt Lake City Wednesday of last week of a heart attack.
Services were held at the Colonial Mortuary at 1 p.m. and were conducted by Douglas Phillips, a grandson, of Roosevelt. Mr. Phillips offered the invocation and LuDawn Casper, a niece sang, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives."
Speakers were Mr. Bell, of Duchesne; Benjamin Merrill, Blufdale and Fuller Remington, formerly of Vernal, now of Salt Lake. Miss Casper also sang another solo and Ashel Bingham, Roosevelt, a brother-in-law, offered the benediction.
Short services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the LDS chapel at Duchesne. Burial was in the Duchesne Memorial Cemetery following the services.
Mr. Casper was born at Bluffdale, Salt Lake County, January 5, 1881, a son of Jedediah G. and Annie Merrill Casper. He moved with his parents to Vernal at the age of 15. He married Effie Mabel Odekirk, November 6, 1900 in Vernal. Later the marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple.
He was a farmer, rancher and also a sheep shearer in the Uintah Basin for many years.
They lived here in Vernal for several years and then moved to Duchesne where they have resided until a year ago when they moved to Salt Lake to make their home. He had been ill for about two years with heart trouble.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Survivors include his widow; sons and daughters, Lynn O. Kenneth G., Frank Charles and Wayne Casper and Mrs. Merle C. Hahn, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Bernice C. Cornich, Mission San Jose, California; Mrs. Joyce C. Phillips, Roosevelt; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Grant Casper, Sandy and Warren Casper, Bluffdale and a sister, Mrs. May C. Anderson of Vernal.
Attending the services in Salt Lake from Vernal were Mrs. May Anderson, Mrs. Thelbert McCarrel, Mrs. Reed Anderson, Mrs. Dell Goodrich, Grant Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Anderson, Mrs. Oral Goodrich and Mrs. Nile Merkley.
Vernal Express, March 7, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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