Show joseph orton called joseph orton departed this life at his home in this city sunday dec dee 81 31 1916 of fold old age adeller abed by asthma bioni chich he had suffered for a 1 number of years he hai hal been confined to his bed about a neek waiting tor for the end J seph ortin was I 1 lorn orn at aming ton england october 4 1833 a son of N illiam M and mary nelton elton orton he was bap imp sized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints at airm ingham england in 1805 and was ordained a priest by elder joseph howard feb 10 he came to america in 1858 and was as ordain ed an elder by elder howard cox at new york in 1858 coming to utah the same year in 1859 he was ordained a seventy at salt lake city by elder gill gilbert ert clements he was called to the bouthern southern utah arsion in 1861 and arrived in the st george valley december 3rd the same year behrig a one of the pine eis of this city elder mortn ft aa or dah ed a high priest april 17 1877 by pres J D T mcallister he filled a n isslyn to gre it britian in 1880 and another inisi miss on to the same countie in 1886 elder orton w wis is an active man he lie worked it his tr ande ide a hoei nak er for a great many bears ears here making shoes of native leither ie ither at vinous time he was clerk of the ard quorum of seventy waid clerk bishop s cun counselor apt of bunday sunday schools theological class teacher parents class superintend ent ord ordinance ordin mence ence worker in the st george temple rec ader of the st george temple district city councilman ju justice tice of the peace county superintendent of public school sch ol 01 trustee etc in military service he rose u to cor boril sergeant and first lieutenant acting captain in the docil militia joseph orton was married to emma N el et bin 1866 and to re becca H wilkinson in 1881 no children insulted lesul ted from either of these marriages joseph orton was w 14 an upright cit izen z en honorable aa as aran rr in could be an earnest worker sincere in his re legious belief and a good neighbor he ile had a fund of dry humor humo and hib quaint recitations which never filled failed to roars of laughter will long he be remembered by his 1118 old time f frenis rien Is funeral services were held in the st george gerge stake tabernacle on tuesday january 2 the speakers pres david H cannon pres edw edn H snow elder geo I 1 jams jarvis and elder john E pace all eul eulogizing the lite of the departed brothel bishop james mcarthur conducted the services interment wis was made in the city cemetery the grave be ing dedicated by elder brigham jama jarvis |