Obituary: Vernal Express 10 July 1952
Miles Bown Dies From Injuries
PROVO - Miles Bown, 54, died Friday at 4:30 p.m. en route to a Glenwood Springs hospital following an injury suffered in an accident at his ranch near Wolcutt, Colo., 40 miles east of Glenwood Springs.
He was born July 1, 1898, in Gunnison, a son of the late Lafe and Clarissa Jane Dack Bown and is well known in Utah and Colorado as a woolgrower.
He came to Provo as a boy and attended Provo schools. While attending Brigham Young University he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during World War I. After military service he graduated from a business college in Salt Lake City and was employed in the Deseret National Bank.
He married Lola Baum of Provo Sept. 2, 1924, in Salt Lake City and has lived in Provo since that time. He was associated with his father and brothers in the sheep and cattle business in the Uintah Basin and Colorado, and for the past six years has operated his own ranch.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was associated with the National Woolgrowers Association and was a member of the Provo BPOE Lodge No. 849.
He is survived by his widow and two sons, [names living sons] and two brothers, J. Clinton (Doc) and Fred Bown of Provo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Berg Drawing Room Chapel under direction of Bishop Dean E. Terry of Provo First Ward.
Military honors were directed by Arvel Cook of the Dean Mendenhall Provo post of American Legion, Post No. 13.
The Elks conducted a graveside ritual in Provo City Cemetery.
Miles Bown Dies From Injuries
PROVO - Miles Bown, 54, died Friday at 4:30 p.m. en route to a Glenwood Springs hospital following an injury suffered in an accident at his ranch near Wolcutt, Colo., 40 miles east of Glenwood Springs.
He was born July 1, 1898, in Gunnison, a son of the late Lafe and Clarissa Jane Dack Bown and is well known in Utah and Colorado as a woolgrower.
He came to Provo as a boy and attended Provo schools. While attending Brigham Young University he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during World War I. After military service he graduated from a business college in Salt Lake City and was employed in the Deseret National Bank.
He married Lola Baum of Provo Sept. 2, 1924, in Salt Lake City and has lived in Provo since that time. He was associated with his father and brothers in the sheep and cattle business in the Uintah Basin and Colorado, and for the past six years has operated his own ranch.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was associated with the National Woolgrowers Association and was a member of the Provo BPOE Lodge No. 849.
He is survived by his widow and two sons, [names living sons] and two brothers, J. Clinton (Doc) and Fred Bown of Provo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Berg Drawing Room Chapel under direction of Bishop Dean E. Terry of Provo First Ward.
Military honors were directed by Arvel Cook of the Dean Mendenhall Provo post of American Legion, Post No. 13.
The Elks conducted a graveside ritual in Provo City Cemetery.
Obituary: Vernal Express 10 July 1952
Miles Bown Dies From Injuries
PROVO - Miles Bown, 54, died Friday at 4:30 p.m. en route to a Glenwood Springs hospital following an injury suffered in an accident at his ranch near Wolcutt, Colo., 40 miles east of Glenwood Springs.
He was born July 1, 1898, in Gunnison, a son of the late Lafe and Clarissa Jane Dack Bown and is well known in Utah and Colorado as a woolgrower.
He came to Provo as a boy and attended Provo schools. While attending Brigham Young University he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during World War I. After military service he graduated from a business college in Salt Lake City and was employed in the Deseret National Bank.
He married Lola Baum of Provo Sept. 2, 1924, in Salt Lake City and has lived in Provo since that time. He was associated with his father and brothers in the sheep and cattle business in the Uintah Basin and Colorado, and for the past six years has operated his own ranch.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was associated with the National Woolgrowers Association and was a member of the Provo BPOE Lodge No. 849.
He is survived by his widow and two sons, [names living sons] and two brothers, J. Clinton (Doc) and Fred Bown of Provo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Berg Drawing Room Chapel under direction of Bishop Dean E. Terry of Provo First Ward.
Military honors were directed by Arvel Cook of the Dean Mendenhall Provo post of American Legion, Post No. 13.
The Elks conducted a graveside ritual in Provo City Cemetery.
Miles Bown Dies From Injuries
PROVO - Miles Bown, 54, died Friday at 4:30 p.m. en route to a Glenwood Springs hospital following an injury suffered in an accident at his ranch near Wolcutt, Colo., 40 miles east of Glenwood Springs.
He was born July 1, 1898, in Gunnison, a son of the late Lafe and Clarissa Jane Dack Bown and is well known in Utah and Colorado as a woolgrower.
He came to Provo as a boy and attended Provo schools. While attending Brigham Young University he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during World War I. After military service he graduated from a business college in Salt Lake City and was employed in the Deseret National Bank.
He married Lola Baum of Provo Sept. 2, 1924, in Salt Lake City and has lived in Provo since that time. He was associated with his father and brothers in the sheep and cattle business in the Uintah Basin and Colorado, and for the past six years has operated his own ranch.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was associated with the National Woolgrowers Association and was a member of the Provo BPOE Lodge No. 849.
He is survived by his widow and two sons, [names living sons] and two brothers, J. Clinton (Doc) and Fred Bown of Provo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Berg Drawing Room Chapel under direction of Bishop Dean E. Terry of Provo First Ward.
Military honors were directed by Arvel Cook of the Dean Mendenhall Provo post of American Legion, Post No. 13.
The Elks conducted a graveside ritual in Provo City Cemetery.
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