Dated: June 26, 1929 The Ogden Standard Examiner Page 9
Headline: Horses Dash Away; Man In West Weber Meets Death-Joseph Blanch Is Victim Of Accident While Haying-Three Sons Present-Lives Only One Hour After Fracture Of Neck Occurs
Joseph Blanch, farmer, was killed this morning at 9:30 o'clock while raking hay at his farm in West Weber. His horses ran away while crossing a ditch, throwing Mr. Blanch under the rake and breaking his neck. His three sons, John, Donald and Grant, who were working in a nearby field, brought him to his home and Dr. Junior Rich was called, but he lived only an hour.
Mr. Blanch was born in Denmark on June 11, 1870. He was brought with his parents, Wheatley and Dorothy Larson Blanch, to Utah when only a year old and had lived since that time in West Weber. He was married to Laura Etherington on January 20, 1896. She and the following sons and daughters survive: J. Glen Blanch, George T. Blanch, John R. Blanch, Donald Blanch, Grant Blanch, Mrs. Sarah Judkins, Mrs. Heber J. Hancock and Mrs. Parley Wagstaff, all of West Weber, and Mrs. Lee Stoker of Roy. Two sisters, Mrs. William H. Jardine of Taylor and Mrs. C.W. Mayberry of Kanesville, and eight grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Lindquist & Sons.
Dated: June 26, 1929 The Ogden Standard Examiner Page 9
Headline: Horses Dash Away; Man In West Weber Meets Death-Joseph Blanch Is Victim Of Accident While Haying-Three Sons Present-Lives Only One Hour After Fracture Of Neck Occurs
Joseph Blanch, farmer, was killed this morning at 9:30 o'clock while raking hay at his farm in West Weber. His horses ran away while crossing a ditch, throwing Mr. Blanch under the rake and breaking his neck. His three sons, John, Donald and Grant, who were working in a nearby field, brought him to his home and Dr. Junior Rich was called, but he lived only an hour.
Mr. Blanch was born in Denmark on June 11, 1870. He was brought with his parents, Wheatley and Dorothy Larson Blanch, to Utah when only a year old and had lived since that time in West Weber. He was married to Laura Etherington on January 20, 1896. She and the following sons and daughters survive: J. Glen Blanch, George T. Blanch, John R. Blanch, Donald Blanch, Grant Blanch, Mrs. Sarah Judkins, Mrs. Heber J. Hancock and Mrs. Parley Wagstaff, all of West Weber, and Mrs. Lee Stoker of Roy. Two sisters, Mrs. William H. Jardine of Taylor and Mrs. C.W. Mayberry of Kanesville, and eight grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements are in charge of Lindquist & Sons.
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