Organ Prelude. . . . . . . . . . . . Merl Sundbeck
Opening Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . John R. Richards
First Song. . . . . . . . . . . . "The Lord's Prayer" Mrs. Louella Sarp Heath
. . . . . . . . . . . . Accompanied by Mrs. Jean Paul Heath
Opening Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . William L. Butterworth
First Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . Arthur T. Shurtleff
Second Song. . . . . . . . . . . . "At the End of a Perfect Day" Lindsay Sisters
Second Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . Harold Pyke
Organ Solo. . . . . . . . . . . . "Oh My Father" Merl Sundbeck
Third Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . Bishop Niels H. Hansen
Third Song. . . . . . . . . . . . "In the Garden" Mrs. Drucilla Bott
. . . . . . . . . . . . Accompanied by Mrs. Lucille Hobbs
Closing Remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . John R. Richards
Benediction. . . . . . . . . . . . Leland Davey
Dedication of the Grave. . . . . . . . . . . . Edward M. Guest
. . . . . . . . . . . . Interment at Elysian Burial Gardens

Opening remarks by John R. Richards, first counselor of the Granite Park Ward bishopric:

My dear brothers and sisters, we have met here today as relatives, as friends, and as members to Brother Guest and to the family, and we have come to pay tribute and show our love and respect to Brother Guest and to his family. We just need to look over the congregation in order to understand the esteem with which he was held by his relatives and loved ones and also by his associates here upon this earth. We are sure that the family is grateful for all the kind words of condolences that have been given them and that the full weight of them haven't been felt as yet. Brother Guest has been truly a saint and a builder in Zion. His family is a fine example of faith in Zion. I am sure that his many honest endeavors in life have been noticed and taken to the hearts of the many who were associated with him. I am sure that he feels that he has had a full life upon this earth. I pray that the spirit of the Lord will lead and direct the individuals who take part today&emdash;to the speakers, to the singers, and to all present. . . .

"The Lord's Prayer" sung by Mrs. Louella Sarp Heath, accompanied by Mrs. Jean Paul Heath.

Opening Prayer: William L. Butterworth

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. We have assembled here today to do honor to one of our loved ones, a friend and a neighbor to all. We are grateful, our Father, for the sunshine of this wonderful man. He has performed a great work on the earth. He was a kind and loving husband and father and a splendid neighbor and friend. He has lived long on the earth and accomplished mighty worth. We are grateful, Father, for all he has done for us.

We pray that Thou [wilt] bless his memories, help us to live that we can merit Your smiling approval. He is now united with his loving wife and the dear ones who went before for a glorious reunion. We are grateful, our Father. Help us to appreciate them, help us to be worthy of the continuation of Thy blessings. Bless these children that they may live sweet all their lives, that they, too, may merit the same blessings as their parents, and help us to keep in tune with Thy spirit, help us to be appreciative of the blessings that are ours as Latter-day Saints. We thank Thee, dear God, for our gospel, for our knowledge and for the things that it teaches us&emdash;the hereafter&emdash;that death is just a separation for a brief moment. Bless those who are the speakers today and those who make the music for us. Help us to appreciate them. Help us to be worthy of Thy blessings. We pray that nothing mar or disturb this peaceful atmosphere. Help us always to be prepared for every event, in the name of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, amen.

Remarks by Arthur T. Shurtleff, lifelong friend of the family:

My brethren and sisters and friends. This indeed is a real privilege to be invited to participate in these services and represent you and the family in paying tribute to the life of this wonderfully fine man. As was said in the opening announcement, I have been a lifelong friend of the family. I cannot recall the early years in my life when I became acquainted with Brother Edward F. Guest.

Many of you have heard me say before that I had a very rare privilege as a boy&emdash;that of being my father's messenger. From the time I was able to ride a horse, which was not very old in my case, I rode over this part of the valley at least communicating with men with whom my father had business as his messenger, and I can never forget the kindness shown to me as a boy by the men and women of this community as I visited them.

Those were the days when every man over 21 years of age had to make an accounting to the county by way of a poll tax, which fortunately later was removed but that tax was required of everyone and it was my father's position for many years as a representative of the county to collect that tax. That with other business which he had with people of the community gave me the privilege, as I have said, of meeting sooner than I normally would have done many of the older men and women of this community.

It has been my good privilege to have known also the father of Brother Guest. Although I wouldn't say as a son, because I was just a child but I knew him well enough that I knew who he was when I met him or when he came into my place. I have known all of the brothers and the sisters of Edward Guest. I didn't know an older sister who just recently passed away and was buried in the East, but I have known their families. I have known this good family very intimately. Some of the members of this family organization have been very close to my wife and me over the years and I cannot recall a family anywhere in my acquaintance of whom I can speak honestly, more highly, and sincerely.

Edward F. Guest was indeed a leader of men, not in the sense that he desired publicity or that he desired to appear before men, but he was a leader of men because of the sincerity of his life, because of the honesty of his soul and the honest of his transactions. He was honest, not only with his friends and neighbors, he was honest with the Lord, a man who accepted the gospel of Jesus Christ as a very part of the pattern of living and who lived it in everything he did. I don't know of an individual, I don't know of an instance that could be said of a reactionary nature against Brother Edward F. Guest. He was a real gentleman, a real Latter-day Saint, a wonderful father, a wonderful associate, a man of whom we could always say we would be proud to call a friend.

He was one of that type of men whom I have thought of so often as exemplifying in their lives the actions of the ancient prophets, and I have compared them in my own mind with men like Abraham. . . . Others of that same type who became leaders&emdash;Moses was one of those, outstanding amongst the leaders of those old-time prophets. Another one that comes to my mind very often and of whom we read very little about was Enoch, a man who walked and talked with God, who, as a lad was called a given instructions. . . .

Being born again has happened to Brother Edward F. Guest. He has got down into the water of baptism under the authority of the holy priesthood, by the authority of the holy priesthood and the holy spirit of promise which is the spirit of Christ. He has been promised that he would come forth in the first resurrection. He has been given all of those blessings necessary and essential in connection with that new birth to enter into the celestial kingdom of our God. There, as Brother Butterworth called our attention to in the opening prayer, to meet that lovely splendid woman who was his wife and who is his wife, who will be his wife through eternity, a marvelous, lovely woman. I knew her very, very well.

I had an opportunity of becoming quite close to her in association. My mother was the chief secretary of the Relief Society when the Miller Ward was organized and as such I had the privilege of serving under the hand of Brother and Sister Guest. I was secretary of the Sunday School, having received that position from Sister May Guest Miller, before she became Mrs. Miller and in that position I helped my mother with her reports&emdash;and particularly so her annual reports of the Relief Society which brought me into very close harmony and working contact with Mrs. Guest, coming to know her as I had never known her before. These are the blessings of course that are promised unto those who are faithful, as Brother Guest has been faithful, that they shall rise to the morning of the first resurrection, that they shall be known as the children of Abraham, the elect of God and his children. . . .

[Poem, "I Follow a Noble Father"]

God bless you, my brethren and sisters, may you ever hold dear in your memories the fine things this wonderful father has given to you, I ask in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Remarks by Mr. Harold Pyke, of the Pyke Manufacturing Company, who was Edward F. Guest's employer for over 17 years.

Members of the family and friends, I likewise think this is a privilege to be able to say a few words at these services of Edward Guest. I have known him for possibly more than thirty years. For 17 years he worked for our concern and after his retirement he made occasional visits to our plant to renew his old acquaintances. Most of the employees down there now do not know him but there are still a few that remember and appreciate the friendships that they made with him during this time of employment there. He was a grand man, a friend, particularly a friend of my father, who has now passed away. He used to call him Ed. He was always faithful in his duties.

He had a responsible position. He had the key to the establishment and we had enough confidence in him that he was the only man in the responsible position that he held that was not under bond. We hat that much confidence in the integrity and the honesty of Mr. Guest. I think the family can take a great deal of confidence in the full life that he has led. Four score and ten years is a ripe old age when you consider today that many young men and women within the ages of 45 and 55 and passing frequently. As stated, he was honest and did his job. He was never an employee that you had to direct. When he saw a thing to be done he did it.

I have known some of his family, his son-in-law. Likewise, he has worked for us for a number of years, also his son-in-law's wife and some of the others. There is not much I can say other than I am glad that I had the opportunity of knowing Edward Gust. He was faithful in his work as a previous speaker said. He was likewise faithful to the Church. I wish to take this opportunity of affording to the family the sympathy of the directors of the Pyke Manufacturing Company and from those employees who are still with us that knew and worked with Mr. Guest. May his soul rest in peace both now and evermore. Amen.

Remarks by Bishop Niels R. Hansen:

All through my early life until I received the call of bishop, I had a horror in my heart for funerals. When I was about 18 years of age, I had my very closest buddy pass away. All through my life, as we graduated, as we went through school together, then graduated, I slept with him from those times. I lived with him up to the day before he passed away, but I have a definite fear within my heart of attending funerals, but I have learned to appreciate and learned the beauty of a gathering of this kind.

The reason that these funeral services are so heavenly and so inspiring is because we come together, all of us, with a common thought in our mind; our minds are recalled to the thought that someone has passed along in mortality into the hereafter. Possibly the next person may be you or I. We begin to recollect our thoughts together and be a little repentative in our hearts; therefore, we come together with peace in our minds. We seek a common thought and I don't think there is anything sweeter than attending the funeral services of a righteous person. . . .

The whole structure of Mormonism is founded upon the principle of life after death, and one of the declarations of the Church is that as man is, God knows why and as God is, man may become, and in order to become like God, the preparation, the skill, and the experience must be gained in mortality whether we live one year upon the earth or 90 as our honored guest this afternoon, it matters not, but what we make of those years and ways that we live in order to become a candidate to the celestial kingdom, and that is where God dwells, we must begin to build a celestial body. . . .

If you will just stop to think about Edward F. Guest for a little while, you will agree with me he had as near as possible mortality, both his body under the subjection of spirit and faith to all that as long as the body has flesh and the body has control and leadership of the spirit, we are absolutely out of harmony with the spirit of the heart and we are no wise candidates to become like our Father. How many of us have prepared as Brother Guest has to bring his tabernacle, his earthly tabernacle, into control?

I look upon Brother Guest as one who I would like to emulate&emdash;his life, his habits. He is a man who has fulfilled all the requirements, lived an honorable, clean, pure life, a man who has been full of mercy, a man who has been true to his confidence, a man who has kept his second estate, one who has brought into subjection the earthly tabernacle and when he is resurrected, don't you think that that tabernacle which has put aside the habits and faults and the weaknesses of mortality will be a find tabernacle to become celestialized for him to go on into the eternities into the celestial kingdom.

To me funerals are a time that I take inventory of myself. I wonder just how far I am going in the wrong direction. It has been told by the prophets that "show me the law the man keeps, and I will show you the kingdom he is going to keep." I don't think we mortals realize the seriousness of this very thing of living a pure life. Brother Guest has made the kingdom. The whole kingdom was built upon right here while we are in mortality. Brother Gust has built his kingdom. Now you who are the branches of that kingdom have before your very eyes a panorama of man's life. Look upon it and then take inventory of yourself. We who are not members of the family can do likewise. I have often said that one of the greatest dreams of older people is to grow old gracefully. The young men have their trials and their temptations, but the older people have one just as great, just as hard to fulfill and sometimes the very one that causes him to break away from the faith of their convictions and even destroy all that they have built upon and that is old people can very easily become critical of the church, disappointed in the leadership until they become very critical in their nature. Nothing is right.

I want to tell you this: that Brother Guest never had any hint of such a spirit whatsoever; he had in his heart faith, courage, love, and a blessing for all those who presided over him. And he for one has supported me and my colleagues as much as any human person could. He would give you his blessings and that is more than some people do. I loved Brother Guest. I looked upon him as a true faith, and that twinkle in his eye and that little humorous giggle, may I call it, of his to warm my heart.

I loved to be in his company and I loved to hear him tell some of his experiences. There is a very wonderful example of his life that has been demonstrated in his family and I would like to talk for just a minute and read to you just one verse of what the Savior said to the Romans, 12th Chapter, Roman, the 10th verse. "Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good." Then he says, "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another."

Sister Verna and her husband, brother colleagues, have demonstrated to me the very principles of the gospel in honoring their father and their mother. The Church is built upon that principle. First in honoring their Father in Heaven, loving Him, the Lord God, with all of their heart. The second is we should love our neighbors as ourselves. The Lord told us in the Ten Commandments of all the things we shouldn't do, but of all the things we shouldn't do, He told us one thing we should do is to honor our father and our mothers. How many people give demonstrations of the love that they have for their parents?

Willard and Verna were privileged only to live in their own home that they built, one year, and for fourteen or fifteen years, have cared for their parents. They have sacrificed time but I would say they have gained a great privilege, an association, a faith that their Father in Heaven certainly approved of, by taking care of their father. They are to be envied for the blessings that will come to them, but it certainly demonstrates to me what an opportunity can come to a child or to members of a family to provide for their parents. If you find someone who is neglectful and wishes to slack the responsibility of providing for a parent, I am sure that that person has been perverted from the gospel. I am sure they will have to repent of something very seriously wrong before they pass to the celestial kingdom and I say, Verna, you are to be blessed for your&emdash;you and the rest of the family particularly&emdash;for making your home for your father. You will receive blessings that you cannot comprehend. You will be honored in the life when you meet your father.

I have seen in my experience as a bishop many such cases. I can call to mind several now and I know of other cases just the opposite. I think if we have love in our heart for our fellow men we will have [line missing on copy].

The Lord says if you say you love me and love not, you have not told the truth. She has demonstrated naturally&emdash;and earns the respect of the family&emdash;the very words of the Savior to the saints in the earlier times when he said, "Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy" and "that which you would have others give unto thee, give unto others," and I think Sister Cowley and her husband, Willard, are to be envied for the blessings that will come to them for the wonderful help and comfort to Brother Guest's passing away. They made their home a beautiful thing for him, and I want to say that their home was peaceful. He has been made to feel that they loved him and the spirit of love must be in all our hearts if we are to enjoy this gospel of Jesus Christ.

This body of ours is full of selfishness. We are inclined to follow that which is not good because we have among us the power and influence of Lucifer. If we overcome it, we have been promised that if we are humble and prayerful, the lord will make us master of ourselves. We shall put aside all our weaknesses and when the time comes that we shall pass on as Brother Guest has, we will be ready to meet our Father in Heaven because our body will have nothing, our mind will have nothing, our very would with nothing but the good things of life. May you all be accepted&emdash;the parent, the children, the grandchildren&emdash;to build this kingdom which Brother Guest has commenced, organized, and laid the foundation that you will build his kingdom by building your kingdom, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Remarks by John R. Richards:

We do express to the family our sincerest condolences for the loss of their loved one. We pray that they may be strengthened in their sorrow by the knowledge and understanding that we have of the gospel and of everlasting life and life eternal. We do rejoice with them in this knowledge and understanding made possible by the Savior in the giving of His life for the resurrection and salvation of mortal man.

The family of Brother Guest has requested that we express to each of you their sincere thanks and their deep appreciation for all that has been done in their behalf and for the arms that have been put around them at this time. One of the members asked me to mention that Brother Guest felt just as warm and just as thrilled when you put your arms around him as if he were still with us. They do feel they have been assisted and strengthened and helped in every way. They are thankful to each of you who in any way contributed; to being able to come through with a smile and with understanding. We wish also to thank all of the members on the program, for the speakers and those who gave us the lovely music, also for those who contributed these lovely floral offerings. They have certainly added to the funeral services and have made them much more than otherwise.

The interment will be at the Elysian Burial Gardens, the entrance of which is at 4700 South Ninth East and from the entrance you go about a block east, approximately 4700 South Ninth East at which time Brother Edward M. Guest, Brother Guest's eldest son, will officiate at the dedication of the grave. The benediction will now be offered by Brother Leland Davey.

Benediction, Leland Davey.

Dear Heavenly Father, we thank Thee at this time for the life and this stalwart servant of Thine who has lived and influenced many members, neighbors, friends, and community to live with his lovely spirit exemplifying the true life of our servant, Jesus Christ. We are grateful to Thee for this memory. May it continue to be a guiding light and steadying hand on our actions that we may attempt to emulate him that we may be ready to meet him as we are resurrected, that we may enable ourselves to so live that we may gain the rewards that he has so ably earned.

We thank Thee for the comforting words that have been spoken and sung to us today and for the beautiful music that has lifted our hearts. Wilt Thou bless those who are participating in this manner that they may continue to render this service unto Thee. We ask Thee to let Thee pass a blessing right upon this assembly and especially upon the family of this wonderful man. We ask Thee to make the hours to come less lonely for the family. We ask to let no action or harm befall us on our way to the cemetery. We ask that the dedicatory prayer will be one of inspiration to you. Dismiss us now but bless and ever be with us to help us live as we should that we may be ready for that glorious day, the morning of resurrection where we may all again meet as friends. This we humbly pray for in the name of Thy son, Jesus Christ. Amen.