Eugene Allen Peterson

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJC-145
• Census: 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Census: 1930, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 Jan 1967, SLAKE

Notes:

SOURCE: From Grace Whipple's genealogy sheets.

Eugene Allen Pedersen was killed while Bow hunting in the Tooele mountai n s. A Flash Flood washed his Jeep over the cliff to fall 900 yards. It t oo k the Jeep Patrol and an airplane to find him.

SOURCE: Death Certificates, State of Utah

Obituary: TRUCK WRECK KILLS TWO BOW HUNTERS
Pickup Plunges 300 Yards Down Steep Mountainside

Bacchus - A half-day search for two missing Salt Lake County deer hunte r s climaxed Sunday at 1:20 p.m. when their broken bodies were found o n a m ountainside two miles west of Bacchus.
The men apparently were killed Saturday when their four-wheel-drive pick u p truck tumbled 300 yards down the mountainside.

The dead men were Calvin Reed Bartholomew, 37, 4320 S. 4000 West and Eug e ne Peterson, 43, 3157 W. 3100 South, both of Granger. They were the fir s t fatalities of the infant bow hunting season.
The vehicle was torn to pieces as it plunged down the steep mountain o n t he south side of Coon Canyon.
One body was about 25 yards from the largest part of the truck, and th e o ther another 25 yards up the mountainside.
The wreckage was found by Sheriff's Deputies Pete Kutulas and Darrell Br a dy, who were operating with the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Jeep Patrol.

The patrol had 16 jeeps searching the Oquirrh Mountains from west of Mag n a to Butterfield Canyon, south of Bingham.

Deputies Brady and Kutulas said they had followed the tracks of the vict i m's truck up a fire break on the ridge line to the south of Coons Canyo n.

The hunters apparently drove to the end of the fire break and while atte m pting to turn around lost control of the vehicle.

It plunged down the mountain. The truck appeared to have turned over sev e ral times as it crashed through scrub oak two to three feet high, the t w o deputies said.

Wreckage and belongings of the two men were scattered the full distanc e o f the plunge, and the rear wheels landed 50 yards beyond where the tr uc k body stopped on the bottom of a draw.

Mr. Bartholomew and Mr. Peterson had left Saturday about 1 p.m. to go b o w and arrow hunting for deer in the mountains. Mr. Bartholomew told hi s w ife that they would be gone only for a couple of hours, and they di d no t take any water, food or heavy coats with them.

About 10 p.m. Mrs. Bartholomew contacted Mrs. Peterson, who did not kn o w where the two men had gone.
The Sheriff's office was notified Sunday at 2 a.m.

When a search by deputies did not locate the missing men, the Jeep Patr o l was called in at 9:58 a.m.
Justice of Peace D. S. Walker, who was at the scene, said it was appare n t that both men were killed almost instantly.
Salt Lake County sheriff's officers said the two deaths would not be cou n ted as traffic fatalities.

Aiding in the search were three light airplanes of the Utah National Gua r d which skimmed the ridges and valleys to direct the searchers to the s ce ne where Deputies Brady and Kutulas were waiting.

To bring the victim's bodies up the steep hillside, searchers had to t i e long nylon ropes to the litters and then to a jeep on the ridge. Th e li tters then were supported by searchers as the jeep pulled.

This procedure saved possemen several hours of work, said Walter Fox, se c ond in command of the Jeep Patrol.
Eugene Allen Peterson was born in South Jordan Dec. 26, 1917, a son of H e nry J. and Marvel Ray Peterson.
He attended South Jordan Elementary School, Jordan High School, South Hi g h School and the University of Utah.
He entered the U.S. Army in 1935 and retired as a major nine months ag o . He served during World War II and also during the Korean campaign.

A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was a pr i est in the Wells Ward.
Mr. Peterson married Arvilla Cundick in Salt Lake City June 10, 1940.
At the time of his death he was operator of a service station in Kearns.

Survivors include his wife, sons and daughters: Leon Cordell Peterson, w i th the U. S. Navy in Japan; Brent Peterson, with the Marine Corps in S a n Diego, Calif., and Sharon Ann and Peggy Carlene Peterson both of Gran ge r.

Other survivors include his parents and brothers and sisters, Deverl a n d Harold Peterson, Mrs. Grace Whipple, Mrs. Dorothy Wilson and Mrs. H e l e n McCaul, all of Murray, and Vaughn Peterson, San Francisco.

Calvin Reed Bartholomew, 4320 S. 4000 West, was born in Fillmore Jul y 5 , 1924, a son of Loy and Juliet Bartholomew.

He attended school in Fillmore and later entered construction work. At t h e time of his death he was superintendent of construction for the Leavi l l Construction Co.

He married Leona Bartholomew in Idaho Falls, Idaho, May 14, 1954.

Survivors include his widow; a son and daughter, Tobin Reed and Tamara L e e Bartholomew, Granger; his father and stepmother, Mrs. Ireta Bartholom ew , Fillmore, and brother and sisters, Vernon Bartholomew, Los Angeles ; Mrs . Jean Dobson, Holden, Millard County, and a sister in Salt Lake Ci ty.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Tuesday, September 12, 1961
page 21

RITES TO EULOGIZE VICTIM OF TRUCK

Funeral services for Eugene Allen Peterson, 43, 3157 W. 3100 South, Gran g er, who died Saturday in an automobile accident two miles west of Bacch us , will be Thursday, 2 p.m. at 37 E. 7th South.
Burial will be in the South Jordan Cemetery. Graveside military rites wi l l be by Ft. Douglas Military Post.

Eugene married Arvilla Cundick on 10 Jun 1940 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Arvilla (daughter of Francis James Cundick and Sophie Schneider) was born on 13 Apr 1917 in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 23 Dec 2012 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States; was buried in South Jordan Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW8F-2NW
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Feb 1963, MANTI

Family/Spouse: Paris. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWD5-SC9