Show A noble woman finishes her work here julia S snow passed away at the home of her aon jos S at p m sunday oct 31 from heart failure at the age of 72 ears the ath of april 1909 she passed away like going to sleep without any pain and with but little earning she was alie of mathais F spencer and amelia brown was born in the city of new york april ath 1837 alio came with her parents to nauvoo when a child and passed through all the early scenes of the trials of the sainta she remembered well the martyrdom of the prophet and his brother was driven out of tho city in the dead of night and crossed the missouri mer on a flat boat leaving everything behind taking only food enough lo 10 last over night went to st louis and finally crossed the piling in bishop edward hunters company arriving in salt lake alley in 1849 with her mother and younger sister she waa married to apostle erastus snow in 1856 and helped pioneer the different mission settlements with her husband finally locating in st george where she resided up to her death she had a lovable nature and was always kind and agreeable she leaves two sons edward H president of the st george stake of zion josephs the superintendent of the st georgo coop co op store one daughter maud R principal of the district schools of this city and fourteen grandchildren funeral services were held in the tabernacle at 2 p m tuesday the large building being crowded with those who came to pay last tribute of respect to ono who vas dearly in this life the casket containing the mortal remains was literally covered with a profusion of wreaths and flowers and alien no more could be piled on it banks of them were formed on the near portions of the stand such a profusion of roses chrysanthemums and other flowers is rarely seen at a funeral and the effect wag most beautiful alie speakers were elders thos P cottam james andrus J D T mcalaster D H cannon geo P whitehead and D H morris A great number followed the remains to their resting place in the nearly the whole of the school pupils being there with wreaths and bunches of choice flowers which were deposited on tha grave covering it entirely are you a subscriber for this paper |