Death Certificate has death date as April 10, 1949
Died at Pelican Point, Utah County
Mine Machine Falls, Kills Utah Worker
PROVO, April 12-Crushed when a piece of mining machinery toppled onto him, Lavar Daybell, 35, Springville, was killed Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Lakeside lime and stone quarry near Pelican Point on the west shore of Utah lake, approximately 15 miles south of Lehi.
According to investigating officers, Mr. Daybell was employed at the quarry, operated by Evan Hansen, Provo, to produce limestone and gravel.
Tried New Machine
A new machine, known as a "slusher" was being used for the first time and after Mr. Hansen made the first trip into the tunnel for a load of limestone, Mr. Daybell tried the machine.
As he put into gear, the machine flipped up and toppled onto him.
Mr. Daybell was born Nov. 13, 1913, in Charleston, Wasatch county, a son of Robert and Martha North Daybell. He received his education in Charleston and Provo schools, moving to Provo with his parents while a young boy.
Married in 1932
He married Merie Peterson Dec. 3, 1932, in Provo. After residing in Provo for a year, they moved to Gannet, Ida., returning to Provo in 1935. He was wmployed by the Peterson Lime Co. until 1942 when he purchased a farm and moved to Payson. After four years he moved to Springville, where he had resided since. He had been employed by the Lakeside company for approximately a year.
Survivors include his widow four sons and three daughters, Richard L., Kenneth N., Ronald G., Barbara, Joan, Dorothy and Douglas C. Daybell, all of Springville; his parents, Provo; two sisters and two brothers, Theo Daybell, Midway, Wasatch county; Keith Daybell, Sprigville; Mrs. Bernice Hartley, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Eva Brickey, Spanish Fork.
Salt Lake Tribune April 13, 1949
Died at Pelican Point, Utah County
Mine Machine Falls, Kills Utah Worker
PROVO, April 12-Crushed when a piece of mining machinery toppled onto him, Lavar Daybell, 35, Springville, was killed Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Lakeside lime and stone quarry near Pelican Point on the west shore of Utah lake, approximately 15 miles south of Lehi.
According to investigating officers, Mr. Daybell was employed at the quarry, operated by Evan Hansen, Provo, to produce limestone and gravel.
Tried New Machine
A new machine, known as a "slusher" was being used for the first time and after Mr. Hansen made the first trip into the tunnel for a load of limestone, Mr. Daybell tried the machine.
As he put into gear, the machine flipped up and toppled onto him.
Mr. Daybell was born Nov. 13, 1913, in Charleston, Wasatch county, a son of Robert and Martha North Daybell. He received his education in Charleston and Provo schools, moving to Provo with his parents while a young boy.
Married in 1932
He married Merie Peterson Dec. 3, 1932, in Provo. After residing in Provo for a year, they moved to Gannet, Ida., returning to Provo in 1935. He was wmployed by the Peterson Lime Co. until 1942 when he purchased a farm and moved to Payson. After four years he moved to Springville, where he had resided since. He had been employed by the Lakeside company for approximately a year.
Survivors include his widow four sons and three daughters, Richard L., Kenneth N., Ronald G., Barbara, Joan, Dorothy and Douglas C. Daybell, all of Springville; his parents, Provo; two sisters and two brothers, Theo Daybell, Midway, Wasatch county; Keith Daybell, Sprigville; Mrs. Bernice Hartley, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Eva Brickey, Spanish Fork.
Salt Lake Tribune April 13, 1949
Death Certificate has death date as April 10, 1949
Died at Pelican Point, Utah County
Mine Machine Falls, Kills Utah Worker
PROVO, April 12-Crushed when a piece of mining machinery toppled onto him, Lavar Daybell, 35, Springville, was killed Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Lakeside lime and stone quarry near Pelican Point on the west shore of Utah lake, approximately 15 miles south of Lehi.
According to investigating officers, Mr. Daybell was employed at the quarry, operated by Evan Hansen, Provo, to produce limestone and gravel.
Tried New Machine
A new machine, known as a "slusher" was being used for the first time and after Mr. Hansen made the first trip into the tunnel for a load of limestone, Mr. Daybell tried the machine.
As he put into gear, the machine flipped up and toppled onto him.
Mr. Daybell was born Nov. 13, 1913, in Charleston, Wasatch county, a son of Robert and Martha North Daybell. He received his education in Charleston and Provo schools, moving to Provo with his parents while a young boy.
Married in 1932
He married Merie Peterson Dec. 3, 1932, in Provo. After residing in Provo for a year, they moved to Gannet, Ida., returning to Provo in 1935. He was wmployed by the Peterson Lime Co. until 1942 when he purchased a farm and moved to Payson. After four years he moved to Springville, where he had resided since. He had been employed by the Lakeside company for approximately a year.
Survivors include his widow four sons and three daughters, Richard L., Kenneth N., Ronald G., Barbara, Joan, Dorothy and Douglas C. Daybell, all of Springville; his parents, Provo; two sisters and two brothers, Theo Daybell, Midway, Wasatch county; Keith Daybell, Sprigville; Mrs. Bernice Hartley, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Eva Brickey, Spanish Fork.
Salt Lake Tribune April 13, 1949
Died at Pelican Point, Utah County
Mine Machine Falls, Kills Utah Worker
PROVO, April 12-Crushed when a piece of mining machinery toppled onto him, Lavar Daybell, 35, Springville, was killed Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Lakeside lime and stone quarry near Pelican Point on the west shore of Utah lake, approximately 15 miles south of Lehi.
According to investigating officers, Mr. Daybell was employed at the quarry, operated by Evan Hansen, Provo, to produce limestone and gravel.
Tried New Machine
A new machine, known as a "slusher" was being used for the first time and after Mr. Hansen made the first trip into the tunnel for a load of limestone, Mr. Daybell tried the machine.
As he put into gear, the machine flipped up and toppled onto him.
Mr. Daybell was born Nov. 13, 1913, in Charleston, Wasatch county, a son of Robert and Martha North Daybell. He received his education in Charleston and Provo schools, moving to Provo with his parents while a young boy.
Married in 1932
He married Merie Peterson Dec. 3, 1932, in Provo. After residing in Provo for a year, they moved to Gannet, Ida., returning to Provo in 1935. He was wmployed by the Peterson Lime Co. until 1942 when he purchased a farm and moved to Payson. After four years he moved to Springville, where he had resided since. He had been employed by the Lakeside company for approximately a year.
Survivors include his widow four sons and three daughters, Richard L., Kenneth N., Ronald G., Barbara, Joan, Dorothy and Douglas C. Daybell, all of Springville; his parents, Provo; two sisters and two brothers, Theo Daybell, Midway, Wasatch county; Keith Daybell, Sprigville; Mrs. Bernice Hartley, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Eva Brickey, Spanish Fork.
Salt Lake Tribune April 13, 1949
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