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Show I FUNERAL HELD , i I.N FIRST WARD BB i Smlthlleld. May 19. runcral sorv- H t lees wero held on Saturday over tho B remains of Mrs. Mary A Hillyim BB In tho First ward thbernnclo, Dlshop B Miles lircsltlhig. Tho opening prayer H ns offered hy C. J. Plowman. Tho H f choir eang' "When First tho Glorious B I I-lgbt of Truth," "When I Shnll Reap H What I Have Sown," "What Vo'co H Salutes tho Startled Ear,", and "Oh, H y Knther " William' A Noble, H Htshop William L Winn, A. J Bar- H ber hnd Illshop 10 It MUog spoko of m j (ho many oxccllcut (pialttlcs possess. H ?d by tho deceased Sister Hlllyard B , very seldom It over, offended nnyono B and bad an unusual number of BH Mends owing to her clmrltablo dls- B i position to help those, loss fortunato than horself and endowed with tho H ' Intclllgenco ot glvin- relief In elck- B ncss and affliction. In early youth Cl-iimlui'i Hlllyard, as sh0 was familiarly famil-iarly cnllcd, wns a very actlvo worn-I worn-I mi In public affairs. Mrs. Hlllyard wns tho daughter of Mary and Thorn-ns Thorn-ns Heaps. Wns born nt Uoddlngton, Ilngl'md Nov. 1C, 1832.! Her father was employed ns a clerk In tho church of England and received a good sultry sul-try and provided n comfortable homo for his family, besides giving his chll-dren chll-dren a fairly good education. Grandma Grand-ma nt tho hgo of soventeen taught n cIbbs In her own homo for ono term or during tho winter montiis. On Jan 28, 1852 sho married Thomas A, Hill-J Hill-J aril After two j'ears residence, In Unglnnd they started for Utah On April 8 they set sail on tho Marsh-field Marsh-field and landed at Now Orleans on Mhy 29 After n few weeks of resting rest-ing nnd preparation they commenced tho Journey across tho plains In William Wil-liam Taylor's company, arriving. In Zlon In October. For two years they lived in Salt I.nko City thon moved to Utah county and later to Wen-mond Wen-mond in 18G0 where they resided until un-til 18GG when they moved to Smith- field. Thomas A. Hlllyard died In 1907 Ieuvlng his widow and family well provided for. Nino children wero born to them of whom only four boys remnln, Alma John, William and Hjrum. Thirty-four grandchildren and a community of relatives and friends mourn tho loss of such a good woman. '" Another of our pioneer, women was laid to rest yesterday, Mrs. Emma Kolscy. Tho speakers wero: nishop II T. Peterson of Trenton; A. B. Chambers, Dlshop G. H. Miles, Dlshop Dlsh-op Wlllltim Ij. Winn nnd President Wnddoups of Le.vlston. Tho speakers dwelt upon somo ot tho many good qualities such as novor bplp-gilatc for anything, nnd nevor Bpcaiclng evil. Mrs. Kolsoy wns tho daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann Woodcock. Sho was born nt Birmingham, England, Eng-land, July 9, 1839. Sh0 embraced tho gospel in her natlvo land and came to Utah In tho fnlt of 1863. In 18C1 sho was married to John,A. KelBey who succeeded her to tho i great beyond be-yond four years, Sister Kolsey crossed cross-ed tho plains with the church teams and walked from tho Missouri river to Utah, wading overy stream on the why. A sister Mrs. John G Smith of Salt Lake City, a nephew Charles Golden of Pocatello, and a brother In-law Thomas Kelsoy of I.ogan sur-vivo sur-vivo her. Tho close friends of Mrs. Kolsey always found her cneerful, obliging and trying to do good. She wus a faithful Latter-day Shint. A goodly number of our people attended at-tended tho M. I. A. stake, day on tho 17th nt Richmond. Our city was represented In the story tolling' contest con-test nnd in tho quartet work. Most favorable mention w'nB made of each. Tho Second word quartet won tho tlrst prize. Evory Btako officer was present with the exception of one from each board and Mrs.' Mariner Iloskelley who Is In tho mission field. Every association In the stake was represented but one. Pr&fs. Robinson Smuxthwnlto and Miss J3owen ot the D. Y. Collego and Prof. Engar of tho Preston Academy acted as tho adjudicators adju-dicators and gave universal satisfaction satisfac-tion to all the contestants and the audience. We thank Richmond for the courtesy shown and tho welcome spirit so prevalent on every side. We feel justly proud of the success of the day as it Is the first ono held In our stake. Experience is Rio great educator and we shall try to profit in the little defects noted, and Improve on some of them bV another year. The commltteo nre deserving of tho highest praise for the orderly arrangement ar-rangement and rendering of parts and sports. In all the day was a most successful and Inspiring ono nnd we liopo will prove a stimulus to every organization In the stake. |