The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-29
NELSON FUNERAL TO
Be THIS AFTERNOON
Board of Governors of Com
mercial Club Pass Resolu-
tions of Sympathy.

Funeral services for Colonel William
Nelson, editor OF The Tribune, who
died last Sunday morning, will be hold
this afternoon at CLOCK in tho
fnmily residence. 761 Sixth avenue. The
funeral will be public and friends are
invited to attend The service of the
Episcopal church will be read and the
Rev. Ward Winter Reese, rector of St
Paul's church. will be in charge.
Resolutions, extolling the character
of the veteran editor and soldier and
expressing sympathy for those be
reaved by his death, were passed yes.
terday by the board Of governors OF
the Commercial club, OF which Mr.. Mel
son was a member. The board Of gov,
ernors of tho Press club also directed
that resolutions of sympathy be writ
ten.
At the funeral today the honorary
pallbearers~ will he Senator Thomas
Kearns. Ogden Hiles. Arthur Pratt
liams and former Chief Justice r. y
Baskin. Active pallbearers. all per
sonal friends Of Colonel Nelson, are A,
n, Mckay. r. Y. Hunt. Horace Dunbar
w f.. Eigus, a. G.. Mackenzie and j, A,
Reeves
The resolutions passed by the Com
mcrcial club governors follow;
William Nelson, who died Sun
day morning, October 90, 1918, at
his home in Salt Lake City, was in
many respects n remarkable char
acter. He possessed a wonderful
fund Of varied information gath.
cred from extensive reading and
the experience incident to long
and noteworthy career,
As man he was diffident and
unobtrusive, with no lack Of physi-
cal or moral courage. Modest in
his tastes, quiet in his demeanor,
loyal in his friendships. intense in
his dislikes. he was a thorough par
tisan so far as principles went, but
ever refused to be bound By the re.
quirements of mere expediency,
As an editor he was paiustalting
and Industrious, and furnished
ample evidence of information CON
cernine the topics he treated. 1Iav-
ing come to Utah in stormy days
sion beat about his head and left
some marks upon his disposition,
which, beneath its stern exterior,
was kind and sympathetic.
As a soldier he was one of the
first to respond to the call Of Lin
coin, one of the foremost in every
action where he was engaged, ono
of the last to quit when the day
seemed lost.
As a member of the Commercial
club Of the city he showed the
same disposition to do his part for
the building up Of the community
without selfshness and without
ostentation. He was one OF the
first to protest against the levy
made on members, and one Of the
first to respond when the need was
demonstrated.
Whereas, the Commercial club
has lost a valued and valuable
member, the community an able
and distinguished citizen, the news
paper profession a writer of dis
tinction, and his family q kind
father and husband, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, the members
Of the governing board of the
Commercial club OF Salt Lake City,
Utah, hereby express, on behalf Of
the membership, our appreciation
Of the worth of the deceased and
our sincere sorrow at his going;
and
Resolved, further, that COPY
of these resolutions be placed on
the record of tho club, a copy sent
to each OF the newspapers and to
the family.