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Show p ' City's Oldest Citizen Answers Last Call Mrs. Catherine Roberts Dies nt Ad- lanced Age of Nlnrtj-SU Ycurs. Mrs Cathorlno Roberts, who wns American Fork'H oldest citizen, died hero Inst Sat. at the advanced ago of OC years. She had spout most of tho past two years with hor son, Charles H. Roborts, who Is postmaster postmast-er In Bingham Canyon, but cmna here about one- month ago to llvo with a grand-daughtor. For flvo years prior to moving to Bingham she had lived with her sons in California. During the bnlanco of tho fifty-two yenrs since she enmo to Utal hor homo was In Amorlcnn Fork, whore sho hnd a wldn acquaintance and a largo circle cir-cle of friends. Mrs. Catherlno Roborts was the wlfo of tho lata Rubon Roborts, who wns a carpenter and builder horo in tho onrly days and died -10 yenrs ugo. She was born In Hnrloy, Oxfordshire, Unglnndi Mnrch 31, 1818. Sho Jolnod tho Mormon Church, of which sho wns a devout mombor, In hor early youth and emigrated to Utah In 1802, cros-sing cros-sing tho plains in Homer Duncan's nil tho wny from Florence, Nob., to Snlt Luko City, Her thrcp cons, Oliver Oli-ver E., John I). and Charles II. survive sur-vive hor. Tho funeral services, which were held In tho Fourtli Wnrd Mooting House, wero under tho direction of Uishop Warren U. Smith. Tho other speakers wero Win. Grant, Martin Hanson nnd Prof, J. II, Forbes, all of whom paid high tributes to her dovo-tlon dovo-tlon to duties and worth as u citizen. Thero woro two solos by Mrs. Ron Hnlllday, tho choir singing tho opening open-ing and closing numbers. Bishop J. R. Hlndloy delivered tho opening prayor, aud Bishop J. H. Storrs tho benediction. o |