FINAL TRIBUNTES NAPLES SLEIGH
An overflow congregation in Naples Ward Chapel Wednesday at 11 a.m. paid tribute to Mrs. Marva Merrell, 25, a victim of a sleigh-riding mishap on Friday night.
The mother of four was fatally injured when the fast-moving sleigh in which she was the front passenger smashed head-on into a car six miles northeast of Vernal on Diamond Mountain Road.
Mrs. Merrell suffered a basal skull fracture, both legs broken and chest injuries. She received surgery in Uintah County hospital but died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
INJURED
Also injured in the smashup were Orvil Merrell, the victim's husband, who suffered torn ligaments in his right knee and Mrs. Erma Merrell, her sister, who sustained a fractured right angle.
The Merrells were participating in a Naples Ward sleighing party and their sled was one of the last to make the run down the hill.
The other vehicle in the mishap was a 1954 Chev. sedan driven by Dan H. Richens, 21, of Naples. The site of the accident was a sharp curve on the steep hill.
Mr. Richens told investigating officer Sgt. Sammy Hatch that he had stopped to talk to a group of riders but no one warned him that another sled was approaching.
Sgt. Hatch commented that a law seemed necessary to prohibit coasting on roads unles special precautions were taken.
BORN IN VERNAL
Mrs. Marva Nickell Merrell was born in Vernal March 22, 1931, a daughter of James and May Williams Nickell. She was educated in Vernal and graducated from Uintah High School in 1949. She was married to Orvil Merrell in the Salt Lake Temple Nov. 4, 1949.
Mrs. Merrell was serving as a Primary teacher in Naples LDS Ward.
Survivors, besides her husband, include three sons and a daughter, Gaylen, 6; Gordon, 4; LynnEve, 3 and Glendon, 2; all of Vernal; her father, Vernal and her mother, Monterey Park, California and eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Elda Nash, Roseville, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Lela Tschanz, Monterey Park; Mrs. Lorna Holmes, Mrs. Erma Merrell and Clifton Nickell, all of Vernal; Dallas Nickell, Roosevelt and Glen Nickell, U.S. Navy, enroute to Japan.
Interment was in Vernal City Memorial Park. Prayer at the mortuary was offered by Orlo Goodrich.
SERVICES
The funeral services were conducted by Bishop Morris R. Cook who also related a brief history of Mrs. Merrell.
Prelude and postlude music were played by Mrs. Ada Openshaw. A male quartet including Terry Anderson, Verdin, Orlo and Lowe Goodrich sang "Oh My Father." Invocation by Dee Manwaring.
The quartet sang "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked." Both songs were accompanied by Mrs. Openshaw.
J. Ross Merrell told how Mr. and Mrs. Merrell shared their lives together in worship and play. He commended Mrs. Merrells work in the Primary Association, molding the lives of young people.
A solo "Going Home," was sung by Mrs. Adell Trottier, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Sargent. The benediction was offered by Charles Olsen and Darrell Merrell dedicated the grave.
PALLBEARERS
Pallbearers were Clifton and Dallas Nickell, Theo Nash, William Tschanz, Lynn Holmes and Ivan Merrell.
Out-of-town visitors included Mrs. May Nickell and Mr. and Mrs. William Tschanz, Monterey Park, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Milton Nickell, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Nickell and Mrs. Essie Alexander, Roosevelt.
Mrs. Jerry Hatch, Ballard; Mrs. Zinna Murray and Mrs. Amanda Stewart Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stewart, Rangely; Mr. and Mrs. Theo Nash, Roseville, California; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Duvall, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alice Burke, Iona, Idaho; Charlie Murray, Provo and Tom Vernon, Baggs, Wyoming.
-Vernal Express, January 31, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Relatives: Nickell, Ida May Williams (Mother)
Nickell, James Clinton (Father)
Merrell, Orvil C. (Spouse)
An overflow congregation in Naples Ward Chapel Wednesday at 11 a.m. paid tribute to Mrs. Marva Merrell, 25, a victim of a sleigh-riding mishap on Friday night.
The mother of four was fatally injured when the fast-moving sleigh in which she was the front passenger smashed head-on into a car six miles northeast of Vernal on Diamond Mountain Road.
Mrs. Merrell suffered a basal skull fracture, both legs broken and chest injuries. She received surgery in Uintah County hospital but died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
INJURED
Also injured in the smashup were Orvil Merrell, the victim's husband, who suffered torn ligaments in his right knee and Mrs. Erma Merrell, her sister, who sustained a fractured right angle.
The Merrells were participating in a Naples Ward sleighing party and their sled was one of the last to make the run down the hill.
The other vehicle in the mishap was a 1954 Chev. sedan driven by Dan H. Richens, 21, of Naples. The site of the accident was a sharp curve on the steep hill.
Mr. Richens told investigating officer Sgt. Sammy Hatch that he had stopped to talk to a group of riders but no one warned him that another sled was approaching.
Sgt. Hatch commented that a law seemed necessary to prohibit coasting on roads unles special precautions were taken.
BORN IN VERNAL
Mrs. Marva Nickell Merrell was born in Vernal March 22, 1931, a daughter of James and May Williams Nickell. She was educated in Vernal and graducated from Uintah High School in 1949. She was married to Orvil Merrell in the Salt Lake Temple Nov. 4, 1949.
Mrs. Merrell was serving as a Primary teacher in Naples LDS Ward.
Survivors, besides her husband, include three sons and a daughter, Gaylen, 6; Gordon, 4; LynnEve, 3 and Glendon, 2; all of Vernal; her father, Vernal and her mother, Monterey Park, California and eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Elda Nash, Roseville, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Lela Tschanz, Monterey Park; Mrs. Lorna Holmes, Mrs. Erma Merrell and Clifton Nickell, all of Vernal; Dallas Nickell, Roosevelt and Glen Nickell, U.S. Navy, enroute to Japan.
Interment was in Vernal City Memorial Park. Prayer at the mortuary was offered by Orlo Goodrich.
SERVICES
The funeral services were conducted by Bishop Morris R. Cook who also related a brief history of Mrs. Merrell.
Prelude and postlude music were played by Mrs. Ada Openshaw. A male quartet including Terry Anderson, Verdin, Orlo and Lowe Goodrich sang "Oh My Father." Invocation by Dee Manwaring.
The quartet sang "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked." Both songs were accompanied by Mrs. Openshaw.
J. Ross Merrell told how Mr. and Mrs. Merrell shared their lives together in worship and play. He commended Mrs. Merrells work in the Primary Association, molding the lives of young people.
A solo "Going Home," was sung by Mrs. Adell Trottier, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Sargent. The benediction was offered by Charles Olsen and Darrell Merrell dedicated the grave.
PALLBEARERS
Pallbearers were Clifton and Dallas Nickell, Theo Nash, William Tschanz, Lynn Holmes and Ivan Merrell.
Out-of-town visitors included Mrs. May Nickell and Mr. and Mrs. William Tschanz, Monterey Park, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Milton Nickell, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Nickell and Mrs. Essie Alexander, Roosevelt.
Mrs. Jerry Hatch, Ballard; Mrs. Zinna Murray and Mrs. Amanda Stewart Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stewart, Rangely; Mr. and Mrs. Theo Nash, Roseville, California; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Duvall, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alice Burke, Iona, Idaho; Charlie Murray, Provo and Tom Vernon, Baggs, Wyoming.
-Vernal Express, January 31, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Relatives: Nickell, Ida May Williams (Mother)
Nickell, James Clinton (Father)
Merrell, Orvil C. (Spouse)
FINAL TRIBUNTES NAPLES SLEIGH
An overflow congregation in Naples Ward Chapel Wednesday at 11 a.m. paid tribute to Mrs. Marva Merrell, 25, a victim of a sleigh-riding mishap on Friday night.
The mother of four was fatally injured when the fast-moving sleigh in which she was the front passenger smashed head-on into a car six miles northeast of Vernal on Diamond Mountain Road.
Mrs. Merrell suffered a basal skull fracture, both legs broken and chest injuries. She received surgery in Uintah County hospital but died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
INJURED
Also injured in the smashup were Orvil Merrell, the victim's husband, who suffered torn ligaments in his right knee and Mrs. Erma Merrell, her sister, who sustained a fractured right angle.
The Merrells were participating in a Naples Ward sleighing party and their sled was one of the last to make the run down the hill.
The other vehicle in the mishap was a 1954 Chev. sedan driven by Dan H. Richens, 21, of Naples. The site of the accident was a sharp curve on the steep hill.
Mr. Richens told investigating officer Sgt. Sammy Hatch that he had stopped to talk to a group of riders but no one warned him that another sled was approaching.
Sgt. Hatch commented that a law seemed necessary to prohibit coasting on roads unles special precautions were taken.
BORN IN VERNAL
Mrs. Marva Nickell Merrell was born in Vernal March 22, 1931, a daughter of James and May Williams Nickell. She was educated in Vernal and graducated from Uintah High School in 1949. She was married to Orvil Merrell in the Salt Lake Temple Nov. 4, 1949.
Mrs. Merrell was serving as a Primary teacher in Naples LDS Ward.
Survivors, besides her husband, include three sons and a daughter, Gaylen, 6; Gordon, 4; LynnEve, 3 and Glendon, 2; all of Vernal; her father, Vernal and her mother, Monterey Park, California and eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Elda Nash, Roseville, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Lela Tschanz, Monterey Park; Mrs. Lorna Holmes, Mrs. Erma Merrell and Clifton Nickell, all of Vernal; Dallas Nickell, Roosevelt and Glen Nickell, U.S. Navy, enroute to Japan.
Interment was in Vernal City Memorial Park. Prayer at the mortuary was offered by Orlo Goodrich.
SERVICES
The funeral services were conducted by Bishop Morris R. Cook who also related a brief history of Mrs. Merrell.
Prelude and postlude music were played by Mrs. Ada Openshaw. A male quartet including Terry Anderson, Verdin, Orlo and Lowe Goodrich sang "Oh My Father." Invocation by Dee Manwaring.
The quartet sang "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked." Both songs were accompanied by Mrs. Openshaw.
J. Ross Merrell told how Mr. and Mrs. Merrell shared their lives together in worship and play. He commended Mrs. Merrells work in the Primary Association, molding the lives of young people.
A solo "Going Home," was sung by Mrs. Adell Trottier, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Sargent. The benediction was offered by Charles Olsen and Darrell Merrell dedicated the grave.
PALLBEARERS
Pallbearers were Clifton and Dallas Nickell, Theo Nash, William Tschanz, Lynn Holmes and Ivan Merrell.
Out-of-town visitors included Mrs. May Nickell and Mr. and Mrs. William Tschanz, Monterey Park, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Milton Nickell, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Nickell and Mrs. Essie Alexander, Roosevelt.
Mrs. Jerry Hatch, Ballard; Mrs. Zinna Murray and Mrs. Amanda Stewart Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stewart, Rangely; Mr. and Mrs. Theo Nash, Roseville, California; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Duvall, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alice Burke, Iona, Idaho; Charlie Murray, Provo and Tom Vernon, Baggs, Wyoming.
-Vernal Express, January 31, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Relatives: Nickell, Ida May Williams (Mother)
Nickell, James Clinton (Father)
Merrell, Orvil C. (Spouse)
An overflow congregation in Naples Ward Chapel Wednesday at 11 a.m. paid tribute to Mrs. Marva Merrell, 25, a victim of a sleigh-riding mishap on Friday night.
The mother of four was fatally injured when the fast-moving sleigh in which she was the front passenger smashed head-on into a car six miles northeast of Vernal on Diamond Mountain Road.
Mrs. Merrell suffered a basal skull fracture, both legs broken and chest injuries. She received surgery in Uintah County hospital but died at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
INJURED
Also injured in the smashup were Orvil Merrell, the victim's husband, who suffered torn ligaments in his right knee and Mrs. Erma Merrell, her sister, who sustained a fractured right angle.
The Merrells were participating in a Naples Ward sleighing party and their sled was one of the last to make the run down the hill.
The other vehicle in the mishap was a 1954 Chev. sedan driven by Dan H. Richens, 21, of Naples. The site of the accident was a sharp curve on the steep hill.
Mr. Richens told investigating officer Sgt. Sammy Hatch that he had stopped to talk to a group of riders but no one warned him that another sled was approaching.
Sgt. Hatch commented that a law seemed necessary to prohibit coasting on roads unles special precautions were taken.
BORN IN VERNAL
Mrs. Marva Nickell Merrell was born in Vernal March 22, 1931, a daughter of James and May Williams Nickell. She was educated in Vernal and graducated from Uintah High School in 1949. She was married to Orvil Merrell in the Salt Lake Temple Nov. 4, 1949.
Mrs. Merrell was serving as a Primary teacher in Naples LDS Ward.
Survivors, besides her husband, include three sons and a daughter, Gaylen, 6; Gordon, 4; LynnEve, 3 and Glendon, 2; all of Vernal; her father, Vernal and her mother, Monterey Park, California and eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Elda Nash, Roseville, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Lela Tschanz, Monterey Park; Mrs. Lorna Holmes, Mrs. Erma Merrell and Clifton Nickell, all of Vernal; Dallas Nickell, Roosevelt and Glen Nickell, U.S. Navy, enroute to Japan.
Interment was in Vernal City Memorial Park. Prayer at the mortuary was offered by Orlo Goodrich.
SERVICES
The funeral services were conducted by Bishop Morris R. Cook who also related a brief history of Mrs. Merrell.
Prelude and postlude music were played by Mrs. Ada Openshaw. A male quartet including Terry Anderson, Verdin, Orlo and Lowe Goodrich sang "Oh My Father." Invocation by Dee Manwaring.
The quartet sang "I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked." Both songs were accompanied by Mrs. Openshaw.
J. Ross Merrell told how Mr. and Mrs. Merrell shared their lives together in worship and play. He commended Mrs. Merrells work in the Primary Association, molding the lives of young people.
A solo "Going Home," was sung by Mrs. Adell Trottier, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Sargent. The benediction was offered by Charles Olsen and Darrell Merrell dedicated the grave.
PALLBEARERS
Pallbearers were Clifton and Dallas Nickell, Theo Nash, William Tschanz, Lynn Holmes and Ivan Merrell.
Out-of-town visitors included Mrs. May Nickell and Mr. and Mrs. William Tschanz, Monterey Park, California; Mrs. Verda McKee, Riverside, California; Mrs. Milton Nickell, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Nickell and Mrs. Essie Alexander, Roosevelt.
Mrs. Jerry Hatch, Ballard; Mrs. Zinna Murray and Mrs. Amanda Stewart Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Stewart, Rangely; Mr. and Mrs. Theo Nash, Roseville, California; Mr. and Mrs. Alex Duvall, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Alice Burke, Iona, Idaho; Charlie Murray, Provo and Tom Vernon, Baggs, Wyoming.
-Vernal Express, January 31, 1957, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
Relatives: Nickell, Ida May Williams (Mother)
Nickell, James Clinton (Father)
Merrell, Orvil C. (Spouse)
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