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Mark Orrin “Orrin” Anderson

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Mark Orrin “Orrin” Anderson

Birth
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA
Death
9 Dec 1964 (aged 55)
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA
Burial
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
Pl A Bl 5, L31
Memorial ID
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Son of Mark and Annie Anderson.

World War II Military Unit: 58th Sqn Bn
Military Service Branch: Army

Collision Kills Auto Rider Slick Roads Draw Blame- Special to The Tribune

PAYSON-

Slick roads Wednesday were blamed for a collision that killed a 55 yearold Nephi man. Orrin Anderson died in a Payson hospital about am after suffering a skull fracture when he was thrown from a car on US Highway 91 two miles south of Payson.

Trooper Charles Warren of the Utah Highway Patrol said Mr. Anderson was a passenger in a northbound car driven by Donna Sholes 24 Nephi when it apparently struck a slick spot on the road about 9 am.

Slides Into Car

The northbound car spun out of control and slid into the southbound lane where it collided with a car driven by Dale Arthur Saunders 21 Route 1 Payson, Trooper Warren said. Mr. Anderson was run over by one of the vehicles the trooper said.

Both drivers were taken to Payson Hospital where they were treated for cuts and bruises and released.

This was the 35th traffic fatality of the year for Utah County.

Mark Orrin Anderson, 55, Nephi, was born Sept 25 1909 at Nephi to Mark Walter and Annie Elizabeth Hansen Anderson.

Mr. Anderson, an electrician, was a lifelong Nephi resident. He was a bachelor, member the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and veteran of World War II. Surviving are four brothers Homer and Joe, Vale, Ore; Murray, Pico Rivera Calif. and Lee Nephi.

Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, December 10, 1964, Page 13

Son of Mark and Annie Anderson.

World War II Military Unit: 58th Sqn Bn
Military Service Branch: Army

Collision Kills Auto Rider Slick Roads Draw Blame- Special to The Tribune

PAYSON-

Slick roads Wednesday were blamed for a collision that killed a 55 yearold Nephi man. Orrin Anderson died in a Payson hospital about am after suffering a skull fracture when he was thrown from a car on US Highway 91 two miles south of Payson.

Trooper Charles Warren of the Utah Highway Patrol said Mr. Anderson was a passenger in a northbound car driven by Donna Sholes 24 Nephi when it apparently struck a slick spot on the road about 9 am.

Slides Into Car

The northbound car spun out of control and slid into the southbound lane where it collided with a car driven by Dale Arthur Saunders 21 Route 1 Payson, Trooper Warren said. Mr. Anderson was run over by one of the vehicles the trooper said.

Both drivers were taken to Payson Hospital where they were treated for cuts and bruises and released.

This was the 35th traffic fatality of the year for Utah County.

Mark Orrin Anderson, 55, Nephi, was born Sept 25 1909 at Nephi to Mark Walter and Annie Elizabeth Hansen Anderson.

Mr. Anderson, an electrician, was a lifelong Nephi resident. He was a bachelor, member the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and veteran of World War II. Surviving are four brothers Homer and Joe, Vale, Ore; Murray, Pico Rivera Calif. and Lee Nephi.

Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, December 10, 1964, Page 13



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