obituary for Harris LeRoy Yorgason

Page 4-THE HERALD, Provo, Utah Sunday, March 5,1972 Obituaries Harris Yorgason PAYSON - Harris L. Yorgason, 62, Payson, died Friday in University Hospital, Salt Lake City. He was born April 18, 1903 in Moroni, a son of Orson L. and Hannah Anderson Yorgason. He received his education in the Moroni schools and married Francis Coates on Sept. 2,1930 in Manti. She died May 29,1937. He married Odessia Singleton on May 12,1948 in Evanston, Wyo., and she died on Feb. 20, 1971. For 17 years he was employed by the Nevada Northern Railroad in Ely, Nev. But in 1948 he moved to Payson and he has been employed by Geneva Steel Plant in the transportation department. He was a member of the LDS Church and a member of the Steel Workers Union. Surviving are a son and a daughter, Robert Yorgason of Salt Lake City and Mrs. James M. (Floy Kaye) O'Brian of Pacific Grove, Calif.; three grandchildren and three sisters, Mrs. Zada Green, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Helen Sanderson, Farmington, and Mrs. Lois Johnson, Taylorsville. Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in the Walker Funeral Home, 587 South 1st West Payson. Officiating will be Bishop Elaine Montague of the Payson 5th Ward. Friends may call Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday prior to the services. Burial will be in Payson City Cemetery.