Leo Jensen

LEO JENSEN STRUCK BY TRAIN [further information may be found on FamilySearch.org]

DEAN HARRIS (died 16 Apr 1939)
TWO LOCAL PEOPLE IN FATAL ACCIDENTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Dean Harris Falls from Cliff; Leo Jensen Struck By Train
Two Oneida county residents, Dean Harris, 16, and Leo Jensen, 42, were accidentally killed Sunday.
A strong wind was believed to be responsible for the death of Harris who toppled from a 200-foot cliff at Cherry Creek and was fatally injured.
Young Harris died Sunday afternoon about half an hour after the fatal plunge. He was conscious for only a short time after his companions reached him.
With three friends, Phil Reese Jr., LaVaughn Jones, and David Clair Lewis, all of Malad, Harris had gone on a Sunday hike to the cliffs. The Party had reached the top when the others noticed that their companion was missing. They hurriedly descended and after a twenty minute search found Harris’ body 200 feet below.
Dr. M.J. Kerns was summoned, but Harris died before the doctor reached the scene of the accident.
The boy was born Sept. 26, 1922, on the same Cherry Creek ranch on which he was killed. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stillman Harris. His mother died about eight years ago. Dean was a junior in the Malad high school.
Surviving are his father, two brothers, Jack and Stanley Harris, three sisters, Theda, Shirley and Helen Harris.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Stake tabernacle with Bishop Leo Williams of Cherry Creek presiding. W.J. Williams, Benjamin Lundberg, J.M. Isaacson and S.A. Hendricks were the speakers. Musical numbers included: vocal solo, Miss Leonore Woozley; quartet, Lester Tovey, Morgan Tovey, Edward Woozley and Melvin Yearsley; vocal solo, Howell M. Williams; duet, Miss Elaine Evans and Miss Audene Jones; duet, Mrs. Wanda Napier and Mrs. Faye Hanson. The prelude and postlude were played by Mrs. Ruth Davis and Mrs. Owen Howard. Closing remarks were made by Bishop Williams who read a beautiful and touching poem written in tribute and memory of Dean by his brother Jack. The invocation was by Robert Gibbons and the benediction by Norman Crowther.
The profusion of floral offerings were a fitting tribute to the esteem in which this boy and his family are held. Students of the high school were dismissed for the service and the building was filled to capacity.
Interment was in the Malad cemetery with Joseph A. Jones dedicating the grave.
Out of town visitors who came for the services included: Bishop and Mrs. L.M. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Harris, Dan Green and Joseph Morris of McCammon; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Harris and two daughters of Pocatello; Lewis Davis of Grace; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Harris, Miss Rula Harris of Ogden; Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Williams of Wellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Thomas and three children of Montpelier; Mrs. Christie Smith of Soda Spring; Mrs. Ether Burnham of Calif; Jack Har