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Show Funeral Services Held Tuesday for Elvia W. Norris Impressive funeral rites were conducted Tuesday, March 4 for Mrs. Elvia W. Norris, who died in a Salt Lake Hospital on Saturday after a short illness. The Service began at 1 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove First-Fifth Ward Chapel with Bishop Lewis J. Harmer of the Pleasant Grove First Ward presiding. pre-siding. Invocation was offered by Lorin M. West and was followed by a vocal duet "In the Garden" by Sadie Beck and LaDocia Wagstaff accompanied by Lillie Beck. Speakers who paid tribute to the life of Mrs. Norris and spoke words of faith and encouragement to her family were Robert Marrott and Burton. H. Adams. Musical numbers were a vecal solo, "I Need Thee Every Hour," by Azona Lloyd accompanied by Verda Fen-ton, Fen-ton, who also played prelude and postlude organ music. The closing number was a vocal solo "Going Home," sung by Ray Shelley, accompanied by Mary Humphries. Benediction was pronuonced by Gordon Allred, of the bishopric, and Joseph Beveridge also of the bishopric, offered the dedicatorial prayer in the American Fork ceme-teiy, ceme-teiy, where interment was made. Mrs. Norris, 73, was bom in Sandy San-dy to John and Mary Spencer Withey. She spent her early life in Bingham. She was married to Frank Norris June 10, 1904, Salt Lake City. They moved to American Ameri-can Fork for 20 years. He died in January 1926. Mrs. Norris moved to Pleasant Grove where she has since lived. Survivors Include daughters and a son, Ralph, Mrs. lone Garvin, Mrs. Rose Bowden, all Pleasant Grove; Mrs. June Rees, Redwood City, Calif.; nine grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; brother, Albert Al-bert Withey, Salt Lake City; sister, Mrs. Willie Hoskin, American Fork. |