David Elder Buist, Jr.
Esteemed Mendon Resident is Taken— Funeral services for David Elder Buist, 70 resident of Mendon for the past fifty-six years, will be conducted Wednesday at one p.m. in the Mendon ward chapel with Bishop Edgar S. Hancock in charge. Friends may call at the Buist home in Mendon Tuesday and Wednesday until time of rites. Interment in Mendon cemetery will be under the direction of the W. Loyal Hall mortuary of Logan. Mr. Buist passed away Sunday morning of a heart attack. He was born February 23rd, 1872, in Arbth, Scotland, a son of David and Agnes Burdett Buist. He came to the United States with his family at the age of thirteen as a convert to the L.D.S. church. After living in Salt Lake City for one year, the family moved to Mendon to make their home. For many years Mr. Buist was a section foreman for the Union Pacific railroad and later engaged in farming. He married Hannah Baker June 5th, 1900 in Mendon. Surviving are his widow, of Mendon; five sons and daughters, Annie, Earl A., Fern and Melba Buist of Mendon, and Sergeant David G. Buist stationed with the U.S. Army in Australia, and two brothers, Alexander Buist of Mendon and John Buist of Malad City, Idaho. ~Newspaper Not Listed, 1942.
David Elder Buist Eulogized In Mendon— Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Mendon Ward Chapel for David Elder Buist. Bishop Edgar S. Hancock presided. Prayers were offered by Patriarch Mormon D. Bird and Charles Ladle. the Singing Mothers directed by Mrs. Oscar J. Barrett, with Mrs. Ellen Ladle at the organ, sang the opening number. A duet was rendered by Mrs. Henry C. Stauffer and Cyril Nelson accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Harry Bartlett. Vocal solo John O. Hughes, accompanist, Mrs. Mozelle Sorensen who also played a piano solo, "O My Father." Those who paid high tribute to the fine character of Mr. Buist and praised him for his honesty, loyalty and courage were Oliver Taylor, Allen Willie, Joseph C. Sorensen, Mayor Vance D. Walker and Bishop Hancock. The grave in the cemetery was dedicated by Charles W. Ladle. ~Newspaper Not Listed, 1942.
David Elder Buist, Jr.
Esteemed Mendon Resident is Taken— Funeral services for David Elder Buist, 70 resident of Mendon for the past fifty-six years, will be conducted Wednesday at one p.m. in the Mendon ward chapel with Bishop Edgar S. Hancock in charge. Friends may call at the Buist home in Mendon Tuesday and Wednesday until time of rites. Interment in Mendon cemetery will be under the direction of the W. Loyal Hall mortuary of Logan. Mr. Buist passed away Sunday morning of a heart attack. He was born February 23rd, 1872, in Arbth, Scotland, a son of David and Agnes Burdett Buist. He came to the United States with his family at the age of thirteen as a convert to the L.D.S. church. After living in Salt Lake City for one year, the family moved to Mendon to make their home. For many years Mr. Buist was a section foreman for the Union Pacific railroad and later engaged in farming. He married Hannah Baker June 5th, 1900 in Mendon. Surviving are his widow, of Mendon; five sons and daughters, Annie, Earl A., Fern and Melba Buist of Mendon, and Sergeant David G. Buist stationed with the U.S. Army in Australia, and two brothers, Alexander Buist of Mendon and John Buist of Malad City, Idaho. ~Newspaper Not Listed, 1942.
David Elder Buist Eulogized In Mendon— Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Mendon Ward Chapel for David Elder Buist. Bishop Edgar S. Hancock presided. Prayers were offered by Patriarch Mormon D. Bird and Charles Ladle. the Singing Mothers directed by Mrs. Oscar J. Barrett, with Mrs. Ellen Ladle at the organ, sang the opening number. A duet was rendered by Mrs. Henry C. Stauffer and Cyril Nelson accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Harry Bartlett. Vocal solo John O. Hughes, accompanist, Mrs. Mozelle Sorensen who also played a piano solo, "O My Father." Those who paid high tribute to the fine character of Mr. Buist and praised him for his honesty, loyalty and courage were Oliver Taylor, Allen Willie, Joseph C. Sorensen, Mayor Vance D. Walker and Bishop Hancock. The grave in the cemetery was dedicated by Charles W. Ladle. ~Newspaper Not Listed, 1942.
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