Mrs Rich Richards i Is Is D Dead Dea j if 1 j I Weber Loses by Dem Demise s I t T r rt A AI t r I I i d ha r Y any r yr M r r j. j z YF r r's s S. S a 9 4 1 h s a a te t. t r l a af f w 1 MRS MES JANE SNYDER RICHARDS PROMINENT WOMAN IN NINETIETH YEAR TAKEN BY DEATH Pioneer of 1848 an and Active I Worker in Mormon C Church Breathes Breathes- Last e eSpecial I Special to Tho The DEN No Nov 17 The hand The hand of ot death O Dr claimed Mrs Jano Jane Snyder Richards s. s widow of the late Apostle Franklin FranklinD D D. Richards at the home of ot her daughter Mrs Irs Joseph Josoph A A. A West at o'clock this his afternoon Though h Mrs Irs Richards had lad been In falling health for tor sonic some time Ime her condition had hall not nolo been critical critical cal al more than a few She She was In her ninetieth year ear She had figured conspicuously both In In the early and awl recent his history tor of or the Mormon church and was one of or the thc best known women of the state She came to Salt Lake Lala valley In 1848 with Hh her tor husband and moved to Og Ogden en three forty years carM a ago o. o The funeral will bo be h held 1 at O Ogden tabernacle at 1 o'clock Wednesday aft aft- When Mrs Irs Richards 8 as but hut 1 17 j years cars old she blie experienced a noteworthy mir mir- acle ace Members of ot her family had been converted to the tho Mormon faith fulth she alone hol holding baptism unnecessary In that 1 she always hUll hud o obeyed her pa Pl- Pl tents But during the wIn winter winter tor of oC 1544 she sho ho passed through a serious Illness Ill Illness illness ill ill- ness which left her paralyzed and speechless Prayers of or her hel brother returned re returned re- re turned her hel speech when she ehe naked asked to tobe tobe tobe be baptized Thin took tool place pineo In l Lake LakeLa LakeLa La Porto Porte In midwinter 11 A Ahole hole was cutin cut cutIn cutin in thy th Ice Sho She was assisted to the tho baptismal place an invalid but hut after being l Immersed site she hc rose lose from front the wintry wintry win wIn- tr try C font nt miraculously h healed aled as sh she sheail ail tho those e who saw aw thin tho baptism bor bOI I v I c of if t ce MV c V York rJ lane Jane Snyder SUller Richards was wai lolu In Jefferson on county X NS Y Yo January Jan Jan- January uary al' al 31 1 18 1833 the Iho of qC Isaar an and Louisa Comstock Sn Snyder tho the former Cormer furmer fur for mer a native of or and the thc latter o of Massachusetts When hen Mrs was a little girl tho the family faintly moved mO to j gast ast C C. Ontario Canada i I tho the of or the tile Mormon Buret preached h by John I K E Page Pasc was was- resolved eU I Ib brother brOWnl Robert Hubert alder i b by them then llor having been converted to the faith IU H i i In l Kirtland ht Joseph Smith the rho prophet 0 O. and returning to Canada anaa became a I missionary Nearly six months month after JUT hr baptism III i iJane Jane Sn met et Franklin D D. Richards ls at La LeI Porte le au and a betrothal f olio we J 1 The Tho wedding tool took place at Job Crock J I Hancock count county III Ill near La December IS 1St IS Th The ceremony waa v xa performed by Samuel Snyder brother and amI Mrs lr Richards of or th the bride lair made ma c Nauvoo Ill their theil home hOlH The first child to Mr ur and ancI Mrs 1 Richards I was born bom at oo nu December 2 1 t H-t 43 writ With Hh this child In h hr her I arms Mrs HI I. I ar ards 18 attended d tho special meeting o Of l otho the tho Mormon mon church Au August u 1 S IS when Young was WlM recognized recognised lawful successor ol to Prophet Josoph Smith it b being ln said that he stood transfigured before the con congregation rc atlon Second eh CJ lid hid I Horn Crossing tho the 11 01 the Richards family faintly wt wrest wont June 11 1 I IS R II 10 Soon after the tho Journey jO be began Mr Richards was assigned to th 11 lish 1111 mission and he left I his wife He and Continued on Iaco Pago I af c C 0 i Column S. S PROMINENT WOMAN I IN NINETIETH YEAR TAKEN BY DEATH Continued from Pa Page e 1 child to continue tho the journey journe toward tho the Missouri Twenty days a s 's after acter the thu departure of oc Mr Ir Richards his gave birth to her second child which died The company compan of or which Mrs Irs Richards Richards Rich Rich- member arrived at the tho Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- lIs- lIs nr ards s was a I. I river September 1 I of or that year earIt ear President Young It was as received b by and Dr Willard Richards and other church leaders lenders When tho the first child of or Mrs Richards died at Cutlers Park September 1 14 she was left leU childless and sho she felt fell al almost almost al- al most too for Mr 11 Richards was then still Mill on his mission President Young and Heber C C. Kimball Kimball Kim- Kim ball hail said to her at that time It shall be said of you ou that you ou have o como corn up through much tribulation Mr 1111 Richards returned from in tho the spring or of isis 18 That summer an and fall he hc and his wife spent on tho the Journey over the plains They arrived in Salt Lake Lako valley October 1 10 19 Relief Heller Society Work ork Upon request of or President Young Mr fr rind and Mrs rr Richards and family took I I I up lip up th their Ir s re residence d dc c ln in Ogden n in I In Ogden Mrs Richards commenced centering centering cen con Interest in work of or the Relief society which she sho was Instrumental in organizing throughout Weber stake She became president of the Relief Relict so society society so- so clet In Ogden Olden In August 1872 and Jul July 10 19 1877 was called upon to pre pre- sido over all the tho relief societies of oC Weber eber stake b by President Young Youns- This was the first stake st. organization o of the kind perfected in the church Ton days ays before tho the death of oC President lent dent Young Mrs Richards accompanied him on a a. tour to organize Box Elder stake In October 1888 Mrs Richards s was appointed first counselor to Zinn Zina D. D H. H Young president of the tho National I Relief Reller society of oC the tho Mormon church Early In 1891 1801 Mrs 1 Richards accompanied riled nied by Mrs tIrs Sarah M. M Kimball Mrs E. E B B. Wells cUs and other Utah women went vent to the session of or the tho National Council of Women omen at Washington Washing D D. C C. All were admitted to membership On a a. previous visit to Washington Mrs Richards ma made e the acquaintance of or Belva Beha A. A Lockwood Susan B. B Anthon Anthony and other famous women and through them exerted an Influence Influence ence favorable to Utah In the congressional congressional struggle at lt that time over the tho question o of I Mormon anti rmon legislation Member of Fair Hoard Board Mrs Irs Richards Richar s was appointed vice vIco president o of th tho Utah board of ot women managers of the worlds world's fair fall In IS 3 She attended tho exposition accompanied accompanied nied b by her daughter Josephine now Mrs Joseph A. A West Vest of or Ogden She had performed work worl in all the tho temples o of the time Mormon church since tho the da days s 's of C KIrtland and had attended tho the dedications dedications dedica dedica- lions of oc all excepting the Logan Losan temI tem teni- pIe Alter After tho the death of h her r distinguished December 9 1819 Mrs Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards d confined f l d h i attention te for a 1 tI time I I iu LV LI inc Is jui ILU 11 1 U lie public duties so 0 far Car as her advanced age would permit A notable affair In which she figured fig fig- tired prominently was the celebration b by the Weber Relief Helle societies of th the t ent twenty fifth anniversary of or their stake or organization Jul July 20 2 2 1902 1002 when wilen the new Relief society building was dedi dedi- edl- edl cate Mrs Irs Richards presided over O an anI and addressed the time meetings She ha had helped largely largel in Jn securing tho tue funds funda for the structure Six years ears to the tho day a after this event and tn thirty one one years to the day after her selection as president nt of or tho the Relic Relief Re Re- lid lic lief societies in Weber county count July Juh 1 19 Weber Teber stake stae was divided and anti because because be be- cause of her falling failing health Mrs lr i Rich Rich- D ards was released as active president but b by unanimous vote was sustained 5 as the honorary president of ot ell cli the tho Relief Relict societies o of the three stakes in iii Weber aber count county Surviving Sur children of ot Mrs Irs Richards are aro Franklin Snyder Richards who has lias been a prominent attorney of oC Salt Lako for the tIme Mrs past twenty eight years ears Joseph A. A West cst of oC tho general board of ot the Primary Primar associations of or the Mormon Mor Mor- mo mon church and Charles Comstock Richards attorney of or Ogden Oden and formerly formerly for for- merly secretary and acting governor of or the territory of or Utah In ad addition llon to tOe the tho children born before beCore Mrs 1115 Richards Richards Richards Rich Rich- ards came camo to Utah one other son sou Lorenzo Lorenzo Lorenzo Lo Lo- Lo- Lo renzo Richards grew rew to manhood manhood manhood man man- hood and married Mary M. M Dunford of oC Salt Lako Lake but died In 1883 from the thc he effects of ot an nn accident Of Mrs Richards' Richards character a a. friend has written Hors Hers was the tho life lite of or a ministering angel Xo No night was too dark no storm too severe no winds too chilling to keep her from the bedside of ot the sick Nothing she sho hc mi might ht have In her home was too good for anyone anone to whom it might bring a little cheer or 01 comfort The Tho birthday of oC soi o lonc lonely brother or sister was remembered by her when hen their own children had forgotten for for- gotten The pleasures of oC this tills wor world were lost in the Joy of providing for some poor blind or downcast soul or strengthening the faith of ot tho the wa wayward wayward way way- ward wald Her reputation has always been leen that of or a t peacemaker among her associates as as- she was a n natural and ana skillful skillful skillful skill skill- ful nurse and as a a. comforter of the sick and sorrowful unexcelled